Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1893-06-10
- Day of Death1952-10-26 (59 years)
- Place of BirthWichita, Kansas, USA
- Also Known AsHattie McDaniels
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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 1949
The Big Wheel
As: Minnie
- 1948
Family Honeymoon
As: Phyllis
- 1948
Mickey
As: Bertha
- 1947
The Flame
As: Celia
- 1946
Song of the South
As: Aunt Tempy
- 1946
Never Say Goodbye
As: Cozy
- 1946
Margie
As: Cynthia
- 1946
Janie Gets Married
As: April
- 1944
3 Is a Family
As: Maid
- 1944
Janie
As: April, Conway's Maid
- 1944
Since You Went Away
As: Fidelia
- 1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
As: Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number
- 1943
Johnny Come Lately
As: Aida
- 1942
George Washington Slept Here
As: Hester
- 1942
In This Our Life
As: Minerva Clay
- 1942
The Male Animal
As: Cleota
- 1941
They Died with Their Boots On
As: Callie
- 1941
Affectionately Yours
As: Cynthia, Sue's Cook
- 1941
The Great Lie
As: Violet
- 1940
Maryland
As: Aunt Carrie
- 1939
Gone with the Wind
As: Mammy
- 1939
Zenobia
As: Dehlia
- 1939
Everybody's Baby
As: Hattie
- 1938
The Shining Hour
As: Belvedere
- 1938
The Mad Miss Manton
As: Hilda
- 1938
Carefree
As: Hattie (uncredited)
- 1938
The Shopworn Angel
As: Martha
- 1938
Vivacious Lady
As: Hattie (uncredited)
- 1938
Battle of Broadway
As: Agatha
- 1937
True Confession
As: Ella
- 1937
Quick Money
As: Hattie (uncredited)
- 1937
45 Fathers
As: Beulah
- 1937
Nothing Sacred
As: Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
- 1937
Merry Go Round of 1938
As: Maid
- 1937
Over the Goal
As: Hannah
- 1937
Sky Racket
As: Jenny
- 1937
Saratoga
As: Rosetta
- 1937
The Wildcatter
As: Pearl (uncredited)
- 1937
The Crime Nobody Saw
As: Ambrosia
- 1937
Don't Tell the Wife
As: Mamie (uncredited)
- 1937
Racing Lady
As: Abby
- 1936
Reunion
As: Sadie
- 1936
Can This Be Dixie?
As: Lizzie
- 1936
Libeled Lady
As: Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)
- 1936
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
As: Ellen Belle
- 1936
Star for a Night
As: Hattie
- 1936
Postal Inspector
As: Deborah
- 1936
The Bride Walks Out
As: Mamie
- 1936
High Tension
As: Hattie
- 1936
Show Boat
As: Queenie
- 1936
Arbor Day
As: Buckwheat's Mother
- 1936
The Singing Kid
As: Maid (uncredited)
- 1936
Gentle Julia
As: Kitty Silvers
- 1936
The First Baby
As: Dora
- 1935
We're Only Human
As: Molly
- 1935
Another Face
As: Nellie (uncredited)
- 1935
Music Is Magic
As: Hattie (Amanda in credits)
- 1935
Murder by Television
As: Isabella
- 1935
Alice Adams
As: Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
- 1935
China Seas
As: Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)
- 1935
Wig-Wag
As: Cook
- 1935
Traveling Saleslady
As: Martha Smith (uncredited)
- 1935
Anniversary Trouble
As: Maid
- 1935
The Little Colonel
As: Becky "Mom Beck" Porter
- 1934
The Chases of Pimple Street
As: Hattie - Gertrude's Maid (uncredited)
- 1934
Babbitt
As: Rosalie (uncredited)
- 1934
Imitation of Life
As: Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
- 1934
Fate's Fathead
As: Mandy - the Maid
- 1934
Lost in the Stratosphere
As: Ida Johnson
- 1934
Flirtation
As: Abigail (uncredited)
- 1934
Judge Priest
As: Aunt Dilsey
- 1934
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
As: Mop Buyer
- 1934
Operator 13
As: Annie (uncredited)
- 1934
City Park
As: Tessie
- 1934
Merry Wives of Reno
As: Bunny's Maid (uncredited)
- 1934
Mickey's Rescue
As: Maid
- 1933
Good-bye Love
As: Edna the Maid
- 1933
I'm No Angel
As: Manicurist (uncredited)
- 1933
Hello, Sister!
As: Woman in Apartment House
- 1932
Hypnotized
As: Powder Room Attendant
- 1932
Blonde Venus
As: Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
- 1932
The Boiling Point
As: Caroline - the Cook (uncredited)
- 1932
The Washington Masquerade
As: Maid (uncredited)
- 1932
Are You Listening?
As: Performer entering radio station
- 1932
The Impatient Maiden
As: Injured Patient (uncredited)