Hattie McDaniel
1893-06-10 ( 131 years old ) in 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 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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The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5 2022-04-05
And the Oscar Goes To... 2014-02-01
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year 2009-07-02
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry 2004-01-01
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind 1988-10-01
Musical Comedy Tonight III 1985-11-22
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey 1985-03-03
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage 1983-02-25
Hollywood: The Selznick Years 1961-12-31
The Big Wheel 1949-11-04
Family Honeymoon 1948-12-06
Mickey 1948-06-23
The Flame 1947-11-24
Song of the South 1946-11-12
Never Say Goodbye 1946-11-09
Margie 1946-10-15
Janie Gets Married 1946-06-22
Hi, Beautiful 1944-12-18
3 Is a Family 1944-11-23
Janie 1944-09-02
Since You Went Away 1944-06-30
Thank Your Lucky Stars 1943-09-25
Johnny Come Lately 1943-09-03
George Washington Slept Here 1942-10-30
In This Our Life 1942-05-08
The Male Animal 1942-03-12
They Died with Their Boots On 1941-11-20
Affectionately Yours 1941-05-10
The Great Lie 1941-04-05
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards 1940-07-31
Maryland 1940-07-19
Gone with the Wind 1939-12-15
Zenobia 1939-04-21
Everybody's Baby 1939-03-24
The Shining Hour 1938-11-18
The Mad Miss Manton 1938-10-21
Carefree 1938-09-02
The Shopworn Angel 1938-07-15
Vivacious Lady 1938-05-13
Battle of Broadway 1938-04-22
True Confession 1937-12-24
Quick Money 1937-12-10
45 Fathers 1937-11-26
Nothing Sacred 1937-11-25
Merry Go Round of 1938 1937-11-14
Over the Goal 1937-10-16
Sky Racket 1937-10-01
Saratoga 1937-07-23
Mississippi Moods 1937-07-19
The Wildcatter 1937-06-06
The Crime Nobody Saw 1937-03-12
Don't Tell the Wife 1937-03-05
Racing Lady 1937-01-12
Reunion 1936-11-20
Can This Be Dixie? 1936-11-13
Libeled Lady 1936-10-09
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie 1936-10-06
Star for a Night 1936-08-28
Postal Inspector 1936-08-16
The Bride Walks Out 1936-07-10
High Tension 1936-07-10
Show Boat 1936-05-17
Arbor Day 1936-05-02
The Singing Kid 1936-04-10
Gentle Julia 1936-04-10
The First Baby 1936-04-02
We're Only Human 1935-12-27
Another Face 1935-12-20
Music Is Magic 1935-11-01
Murder by Television 1935-10-01
Alice Adams 1935-08-23
China Seas 1935-08-09
Wig-Wag 1935-04-11
Traveling Saleslady 1935-03-28
Anniversary Trouble 1935-03-13
The Little Colonel 1935-02-22
Okay Toots! 1935-02-02
The Chases of Pimple Street 1934-12-22
Babbitt 1934-12-08
Imitation of Life 1934-11-23
Fate's Fathead 1934-11-17
Lost in the Stratosphere 1934-11-14
Flirtation 1934-11-09
Judge Priest 1934-09-15
King Kelly of the U.S.A. 1934-09-15
Operator 13 1934-06-08
City Park 1934-05-01
Merry Wives of Reno 1934-04-18
Mickey's Rescue 1934-03-22
Good-bye Love 1933-11-09
I'm No Angel 1933-10-06
Hello, Sister! 1933-04-14
Hypnotized 1932-12-25
Blonde Venus 1932-09-23
The Boiling Point 1932-07-15
The Washington Masquerade 1932-07-09
Are You Listening? 1932-03-21
The Impatient Maiden 1932-03-01

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