Hattie McDaniel
Acting
Born 1893-06-10
Died 1952-10-26
Wichita, Kansas, USA
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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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Gone with the Wind
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Hollywood Black
Song of the South
They Died with Their Boots On
The Beulah Show
Libeled Lady
Good-bye Love
Okay Toots!
I'm No Angel
Vivacious Lady
China Seas
Hello, Sister!
The Great Lie
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
Blonde Venus
The Little Colonel
In This Our Life
Nothing Sacred
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
The Flame
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
Zenobia
Show Boat
Since You Went Away
Carefree
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Imitation of Life
Operator 13
Racing Lady
George Washington Slept Here
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Traveling Saleslady
Becoming Marilyn
The Mad Miss Manton
The Big Wheel
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
The Male Animal
Family Honeymoon
Alice Adams
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Affectionately Yours
Saratoga
Thank Your Lucky Stars
The Shining Hour
Wig-Wag
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Never Say Goodbye
Judge Priest
The Singing Kid
Margie
The Shopworn Angel
Maryland
The Washington Masquerade
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Battle of Broadway
Are You Listening?
True Confession
The Bride Walks Out
Hypnotized
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