Actor
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 ...

Known For
Acting
2022 -- The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5 |
2014 -- And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage)
2009 -- 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage)
2004 -- Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry | Self (archive footage)
1988 -- The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self (archive footage)
1985 -- Musical Comedy Tonight III |
1985 -- George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983 -- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961 -- Hollywood: The Selznick Years | 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
1949 -- The Big Wheel | Minnie
1948 -- Family Honeymoon | Phyllis
1948 -- Mickey | Bertha
1947 -- The Flame | Celia
1946 -- Song of the South | Aunt Tempy
1946 -- Never Say Goodbye | Cozy
1946 -- Margie | Cynthia
1946 -- Janie Gets Married | April
1944 -- Hi, Beautiful | Millie
1944 -- 3 Is a Family | Maid
1944 -- Janie | April, Conway's Maid
1944 -- Since You Went Away | Fidelia
1943 -- Thank Your Lucky Stars | Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number
1943 -- Johnny Come Lately | Aida
1942 -- George Washington Slept Here | Hester
1942 -- In This Our Life | Minerva Clay
1942 -- The Male Animal | Cleota
1941 -- They Died with Their Boots On | Callie
1941 -- Affectionately Yours | Cynthia, Sue's Cook
1941 -- The Great Lie | Violet
1940 -- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self
1940 -- Maryland | Aunt Carrie
1939 -- Gone with the Wind | Mammy
1939 -- Zenobia | Dehlia
1939 -- Everybody's Baby | Hattie
1938 -- The Shining Hour | Belvedere
1938 -- The Mad Miss Manton | Hilda
1938 -- Carefree | Hattie (uncredited)
1938 -- The Shopworn Angel | Martha
1938 -- Vivacious Lady | Hattie (uncredited)
1938 -- Battle of Broadway | Agatha
1937 -- True Confession | Ella
1937 -- Quick Money | Hattie (uncredited)
1937 -- 45 Fathers | Beulah
1937 -- Nothing Sacred | Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
1937 -- Merry Go Round of 1938 | Maid
1937 -- Over the Goal | Hannah
1937 -- Sky Racket | Jenny
1937 -- Saratoga | Rosetta
1937 -- Mississippi Moods |
1937 -- The Wildcatter | Pearl (uncredited)
1937 -- The Crime Nobody Saw | Ambrosia
1937 -- Don't Tell the Wife | Mamie (uncredited)
1937 -- Racing Lady | Abby
1936 -- Reunion | Sadie
1936 -- Can This Be Dixie? | Lizzie
1936 -- Libeled Lady | Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)
1936 -- Valiant Is the Word for Carrie | Ellen Belle
1936 -- Star for a Night | Hattie
1936 -- Postal Inspector | Deborah
1936 -- High Tension | Hattie
1936 -- The Bride Walks Out | Mamie
1936 -- Show Boat | Queenie
1936 -- Arbor Day | Buckwheat's Mother
1936 -- Gentle Julia | Kitty Silvers
1936 -- The Singing Kid | Maid (uncredited)
1936 -- The First Baby | Dora
1935 -- We're Only Human | Molly
1935 -- Another Face | Nellie (uncredited)
1935 -- Music Is Magic | Hattie (Amanda in credits)
1935 -- Murder by Television | Isabella
1935 -- Alice Adams | Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
1935 -- China Seas | Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)
1935 -- Wig-Wag | Cook
1935 -- Traveling Saleslady | Martha Smith (uncredited)
1935 -- Anniversary Trouble | Maid
1935 -- The Little Colonel | Becky "Mom Beck" Porter
1935 -- Okay Toots! | Maid (uncredited)
1934 -- The Chases of Pimple Street | Hattie - Gertrude's Maid (uncredited)
1934 -- Babbitt | Rosalie (uncredited)
1934 -- Imitation of Life | Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
1934 -- Fate's Fathead | Mandy - the Maid
1934 -- Lost in the Stratosphere | Ida Johnson
1934 -- Flirtation | Abigail (uncredited)
1934 -- King Kelly of the U.S.A. | Mop Buyer
1934 -- Judge Priest | Aunt Dilsey
1934 -- Operator 13 | Annie (uncredited)
1934 -- City Park | Tessie
1934 -- Merry Wives of Reno | Bunny's Maid (uncredited)
1934 -- Mickey's Rescue | Maid
1933 -- Good-bye Love | Edna the Maid
1933 -- I'm No Angel | Manicurist (uncredited)
1933 -- Hello, Sister! | Woman in Apartment House
1932 -- Hypnotized | Powder Room Attendant
1932 -- Blonde Venus | Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
1932 -- The Boiling Point | Caroline - the Cook (uncredited)
1932 -- The Washington Masquerade | Maid (uncredited)
1932 -- Are You Listening? | Performer entering radio station
1932 -- The Impatient Maiden | Injured Patient (uncredited)
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