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Hattie McDaniel
Wichita, Kansas, USA
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, mak…
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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).
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2024
Hollywood Black
TV show Self (archive footage)
- 2023
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2022
Becoming Marilyn
Movie (archive footage)
- 2022
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2020
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
Explained
TV show Self - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage)
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2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2004
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2001
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 1985
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1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Movie Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1950
The Beulah Show
TV show Beulah
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1949
The Big Wheel
Movie Minnie
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1948
Family Honeymoon
Movie Phyllis
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1948
Mickey
Movie Bertha
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1947
The Flame
Movie Celia
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1946
Song of the South
Movie Aunt Tempy
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1946
Never Say Goodbye
Movie Cozy
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1946
Margie
Movie Cynthia
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1946
Janie Gets Married
Movie April
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1944
Hi, Beautiful
Movie Millie
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1944
3 Is a Family
Movie Maid
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1944
Janie
Movie April, Conway's Maid
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1944
Since You Went Away
Movie Fidelia
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1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Movie Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number
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1943
Johnny Come Lately
Movie Aida
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1942
George Washington Slept Here
Movie Hester
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1942
In This Our Life
Movie Minerva Clay
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1942
The Male Animal
Movie Cleota
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1941
They Died with Their Boots On
Movie Callie
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1941
Affectionately Yours
Movie Cynthia, Sue's Cook
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1941
The Great Lie
Movie Violet
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1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Movie Self
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1940
Maryland
Movie Aunt Carrie
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1939
Gone with the Wind
Movie Mammy
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1939
Zenobia
Movie Dehlia
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1939
Everybody's Baby
Movie Hattie
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1938
The Shining Hour
Movie Belvedere
