About
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...
Known for
Gone with the WindMovie • 1939
Song of the SouthMovie • 1946
Vivacious LadyMovie • 1938
In This Our LifeMovie • 1942
They Died with Their Boots OnMovie • 1941
Libeled LadyMovie • 1936
I'm No AngelMovie • 1933
Since You Went AwayMovie • 1944
The Great LieMovie • 1941
Blonde VenusMovie • 1932
Nothing SacredMovie • 1937
The Shopworn AngelMovie • 1938
Show BoatMovie • 1936
The Mad Miss MantonMovie • 1938
Imitation of LifeMovie • 1934
The Little ColonelMovie • 1935
China SeasMovie • 1935
CarefreeMovie • 1938
Alice AdamsMovie • 1935
SaratogaMovie • 1937
Judge PriestMovie • 1934
Becoming MarilynMovie • 2022
The Shining HourMovie • 1938
Thank Your Lucky StarsMovie • 1943