Acting
Hattie McDaniel
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).
Filmography
Hollywood Black
Series · 2024
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
Series · 2023
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
Film · 2022
Becoming Marilyn
Film · 2022
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
Film · 2020
Explained
Series · 2018
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Film · 2009
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
Film · 2004
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
Film · 2001
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Film · 1988
Musical Comedy Tonight III
Film · 1985
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Film · 1983
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Film · 1961
The Beulah Show
Series · 1950
The Big Wheel
Film · 1949
Family Honeymoon
Film · 1948
Mickey
Film · 1948
The Flame
Film · 1947
Song of the South
Film · 1946
Never Say Goodbye
Film · 1946
Margie
Film · 1946
Janie Gets Married
Film · 1946
Since You Went Away
Film · 1944
Janie
Film · 1944
3 Is a Family
Film · 1944
Hi, Beautiful
Film · 1944
Johnny Come Lately
Film · 1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Film · 1943
George Washington Slept Here
Film · 1942
In This Our Life
Film · 1942
The Male Animal
Film · 1942
The Great Lie
Film · 1941
They Died with Their Boots On
Film · 1941
Affectionately Yours
Film · 1941
Maryland
Film · 1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Film · 1940
Gone with the Wind
Film · 1939
Zenobia
Film · 1939
Everybody's Baby
Film · 1939
Carefree
Film · 1938
The Mad Miss Manton
Film · 1938
The Shopworn Angel
Film · 1938
The Shining Hour
Film · 1938
Battle of Broadway
Film · 1938
Vivacious Lady
Film · 1938
Saratoga
Film · 1937
True Confession
Film · 1937
The Crime Nobody Saw
Film · 1937
Merry Go Round of 1938
Film · 1937
Sky Racket
Film · 1937
Over the Goal
Film · 1937
The Wildcatter
Film · 1937
Don't Tell the Wife
Film · 1937
Quick Money
Film · 1937
Racing Lady
Film · 1937
Mississippi Moods
Film · 1937
45 Fathers
Film · 1937
Nothing Sacred
Film · 1937
Show Boat
Film · 1936
Arbor Day
Film · 1936
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Film · 1936
The Bride Walks Out
Film · 1936
Postal Inspector
Film · 1936
High Tension
Film · 1936
Libeled Lady
Film · 1936
Reunion
Film · 1936
The Singing Kid
Film · 1936
Star for a Night
Film · 1936
The First Baby
Film · 1936
Gentle Julia
Film · 1936
Can This Be Dixie?
Film · 1936
Murder by Television
Film · 1935
Alice Adams
Film · 1935
We're Only Human
Film · 1935
Music Is Magic
Film · 1935
China Seas
Film · 1935
Traveling Saleslady
Film · 1935
The Little Colonel
Film · 1935
Wig-Wag
Film · 1935
Another Face
Film · 1935
Okay Toots!
Film · 1935
Anniversary Trouble
Film · 1935
Judge Priest
Film · 1934
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Film · 1934
Mickey's Rescue
Film · 1934
Fate's Fathead
Film · 1934
City Park
Film · 1934
Merry Wives of Reno
Film · 1934
Flirtation
Film · 1934
Babbitt
Film · 1934
Operator 13
Film · 1934
Imitation of Life
Film · 1934
Lost in the Stratosphere
Film · 1934
The Chases of Pimple Street
Film · 1934
I'm No Angel
Film · 1933
Hello, Sister!
Film · 1933
Good-bye Love
Film · 1933
Blonde Venus
Film · 1932
The Boiling Point
Film · 1932
Are You Listening?
Film · 1932
Hypnotized
Film · 1932
The Washington Masquerade
Film · 1932
The Impatient Maiden
Film · 1932
The Golden West
Film · 1932