Hattie McDaniel
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday10 June 1893
Died26 October 1952 (age 59)
Place of birthWichita, Kansas, USA
Known credits104
Biography
Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 - October 26, 1952) was an American actress whose portrayal of Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939) won her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first black person to win an Academy Award. After working as early as the 1910s as a band vocalist, Hattie McDaniel debuted as a maid in The Golden West (1932). Her maid-mammy characters became steadily more assertive, showing up first in Judge Priest (1934) and becoming pronounced in Alice Adams (1935). In this one, directed by George Stevens and aided and abetted by star Katharine Hepburn, she makes it …
Hollywood Black
2024 · Self (archive footage)
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
2023
Becoming Marilyn
2022 · (archive footage)
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
2022
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Explained
2018 · Self - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001 · Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Self (archive footage)
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961 · Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Beulah Show
1950 · Beulah
The Big Wheel
1949 · Minnie
Family Honeymoon
1948 · Phyllis
Mickey
1948 · Bertha
The Flame
1947 · Celia
Song of the South
1946 · Aunt Tempy
Never Say Goodbye
1946 · Cozy
Margie
1946 · Cynthia
Janie Gets Married
1946 · April
Hi, Beautiful
1944 · Millie
3 Is a Family
1944 · Maid
Janie
1944 · April, Conway's Maid
Since You Went Away
1944 · Fidelia
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943 · Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number
Johnny Come Lately
1943 · Aida
George Washington Slept Here
1942 · Hester
In This Our Life
1942 · Minerva Clay
The Male Animal
1942 · Cleota
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Callie
Affectionately Yours
1941 · Cynthia, Sue's Cook
The Great Lie
1941 · Violet
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Self
Maryland
1940 · Aunt Carrie
Gone with the Wind
1939 · Mammy
Zenobia
1939 · Dehlia
Everybody's Baby
1939 · Hattie
The Shining Hour
1938 · Belvedere
The Mad Miss Manton
1938 · Hilda
Carefree
1938 · Hattie (uncredited)
The Shopworn Angel
1938 · Martha
Vivacious Lady
1938 · Hattie (uncredited)
Battle of Broadway
1938 · Agatha
True Confession
1937 · Ella
Quick Money
1937 · Hattie (uncredited)
45 Fathers
1937 · Beulah
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