Hattie McDaniel
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 clear she has little use for her employers' pretentious status seeking. By The Mad Miss Manton (1938) the character she portrays actually tells off her socialite employer Barbara Stanwyck and her snooty friends. This path extends into the greatest role of McDaniel's career, Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939). Mammy is, in a number of ways, superior to most of the white folk surrounding her.
From that point, McDaniel's roles unfortunately descended, with the characters becoming more and more menial. McDaniel played on the "Amos and Andy" and Eddie Cantor radio shows in the 1930s and 1940s, the title character in her own radio show "Beulah" (1947-51), and the same part on TV (Beulah, 1950).
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1893-06-10
Place of birth
Wichita, Kansas, USA
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Cast
Gone with the Wind
1939
7.93
Judge Priest
1934
6.48
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934
3.50
Show Boat
1936
6.73
Blonde Venus
1932
6.80
Song of the South
1946
6.40
Murder by Television
1935
3.70
George Washington Slept Here
1942
6.30
Carefree
1938
6.59
Since You Went Away
1944
6.50
Never Say Goodbye
1946
6.30
In This Our Life
1942
6.78
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
6.40
Alice Adams
1935
6.70
The Great Lie
1941
6.80
Saratoga
1937
6.30
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
6.60
The Flame
1947
5.50
Affectionately Yours
1941
4.80
The Big Wheel
1949
5.80
Family Honeymoon
1948
5.70
The Shopworn Angel
1938
7.10
Zenobia
1939
4.60
The Shining Hour
1938
6.60
Margie
1946
6.90
Battle of Broadway
1938
4.20
True Confession
1937
5.80
The Crime Nobody Saw
1937
5.00
The Boiling Point
1932
4.00
Are You Listening?
1932
5.00
Mickey's Rescue
1934
0.00
Janie
1944
5.50
Janie Gets Married
1946
6.00
Mickey
1948
6.00
Maryland
1940
6.20
Vivacious Lady
1938
6.90
Merry Go Round of 1938
1937
5.00
Sky Racket
1937
3.30
Over the Goal
1937
3.00
Hypnotized
1932
0.00
The Wildcatter
1937
0.00
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
3.30
I'm No Angel
1933
6.37
Arbor Day
1936
6.00
We're Only Human
1935
6.50
The Washington Masquerade
1932
6.50
The Male Animal
1942
4.10
Don't Tell the Wife
1937
0.00
Music Is Magic
1935
4.00
Quick Money
1937
4.00
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
6.30
Fate's Fathead
1934
0.00
China Seas
1935
6.30
City Park
1934
0.00
The Bride Walks Out
1936
5.30
Postal Inspector
1936
6.20
Racing Lady
1937
5.30
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
4.80
Flirtation
1934
4.40
Traveling Saleslady
1935
5.90
Hello, Sister!
1933
6.00
High Tension
1936
5.40
3 Is a Family
1944
0.00
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
6.10
Johnny Come Lately
1943
6.70
Reunion
1936
0.00
Libeled Lady
1936
7.30
Everybody's Baby
1939
0.00
Hi, Beautiful
1944
9.50
The Singing Kid
1936
4.00
Mississippi Moods
1937
0.00
Babbitt
1934
6.00
The Impatient Maiden
1932
0.00
The Little Colonel
1935
6.42
Star for a Night
1936
6.00
Good-bye Love
1933
5.50
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
6.50
Wig-Wag
1935
0.00
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
7.50
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
7.00
Operator 13
1934
5.70
Imitation of Life
1934
7.00
Another Face
1935
4.20
The First Baby
1936
0.00
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
0.00
Gentle Julia
1936
0.00
Can This Be Dixie?
1936
0.00
Lost in the Stratosphere
1934
4.70
45 Fathers
1937
1.00
The Chases of Pimple Street
1934
6.00
Okay Toots!
1935
0.00
Anniversary Trouble
1935
6.50
Nothing Sacred
1937
6.23