Hattie McDaniel

Actor

Born: June 10, 1893
Died: October 26, 1952 (age 59)
From: 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, 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…

Filmography (99)

Becoming Marilyn (2022)
(archive footage)
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5 (2022)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
Self (archive footage)
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry (2004)
Self (archive footage)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2001)
Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988)
Self (archive footage)
Musical Comedy Tonight III (1985)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Wheel (1949)
Minnie
Family Honeymoon (1948)
Phyllis
Mickey (1948)
Bertha
The Flame (1947)
Celia
Song of the South (1946)
Aunt Tempy
Never Say Goodbye (1946)
Cozy
Margie (1946)
Cynthia
Janie Gets Married (1946)
April
Hi, Beautiful (1944)
Millie
3 Is a Family (1944)
Maid
Janie (1944)
April, Conway's Maid
Since You Went Away (1944)
Fidelia
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number
Johnny Come Lately (1943)
Aida
George Washington Slept Here (1942)
Hester
In This Our Life (1942)
Minerva Clay
The Male Animal (1942)
Cleota
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Callie
Affectionately Yours (1941)
Cynthia, Sue's Cook
The Great Lie (1941)
Violet
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
Self