Hattie McDaniel
Known for
Acting
Born
June 10, 1893
Birthplace
Wichita, Kansas, USA
Died
October 26, 1952 (aged 59)
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...
Best known work
Gone with the Wind
1939
Song of the South
1946
Blonde Venus
1932
Explained
2018
Libeled Lady
1936
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
Nothing Sacred
1937
Imitation of Life
1934
Vivacious Lady
1938
Carefree
1938Filmography
2024
2023
2022
Becoming Marilynas (archive footage)
2022
2020
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Testsas Self (archive footage)
2018
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Yearas Self (archive footage)
2004
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industryas Self (archive footage)
2001
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDanielas Self (archive footage)
1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Windas Self (archive footage)
1985
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footageas Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Yearsas Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
1950
1949
The Big Wheelas Minnie
1948
Family Honeymoonas Phyllis
1948
Mickeyas Bertha
1947
The Flameas Celia
1946
Song of the Southas Aunt Tempy
1946
Never Say Goodbyeas Cozy
1946
Margieas Cynthia
1946
Janie Gets Marriedas April
1944
Hi, Beautifulas Millie
1944
3 Is a Familyas Maid
1944
Janieas April, Conway's Maid