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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).

Hollywood Black
as Self (archive footage)

Becoming Marilyn

The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5

Explained
as Self - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)

Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
as Self (archive footage)

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)

Musical Comedy Tonight III

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Beulah Show
as Beulah

The Big Wheel
as Minnie

Family Honeymoon
as Phyllis

Mickey
as Bertha

The Flame
as Celia

Song of the South
as Aunt Tempy

Never Say Goodbye
as Cozy

Margie
as Cynthia

Janie Gets Married
as April

Hi, Beautiful
as Millie

3 Is a Family
as Maid

Janie
as April, Conway's Maid

Since You Went Away
as Fidelia

Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number

Johnny Come Lately
as Aida

George Washington Slept Here
as Hester

In This Our Life
as Minerva Clay

The Male Animal
as Cleota

They Died with Their Boots On
as Callie

Affectionately Yours
as Cynthia, Sue's Cook

The Great Lie
as Violet

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self

Maryland
as Aunt Carrie

Gone with the Wind
as Mammy

Zenobia
as Dehlia

Everybody's Baby
as Hattie

The Shining Hour
as Belvedere

The Mad Miss Manton
as Hilda

Carefree
as Hattie (uncredited)

The Shopworn Angel
as Martha

Vivacious Lady
as Hattie (uncredited)

Battle of Broadway
as Agatha

True Confession
as Ella

Quick Money
as Hattie (uncredited)

45 Fathers
as Beulah

Nothing Sacred
as Mrs. Walker (uncredited)

Merry Go Round of 1938
as Maid

Over the Goal
as Hannah

Sky Racket
as Jenny

Saratoga
as Rosetta
Mississippi Moods

The Wildcatter
as Pearl (uncredited)

The Crime Nobody Saw
as Ambrosia

Don't Tell the Wife
as Mamie (uncredited)

Racing Lady
as Abby

Reunion
as Sadie

Can This Be Dixie?
as Lizzie

Libeled Lady
as Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as Ellen Belle

Star for a Night
as Hattie

Postal Inspector
as Deborah