Hattie McDaniel

Won 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins. See more awards »

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Known For

Gone with the Wind Mammy - House Servant

(1939)

The Great Lie Violet

(1941)

Show Boat Queenie

(1936)

Judge Priest Aunt Dilsey

(1934)

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Filmography

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Actress (97 credits)

1952 Beulah (TV Series)
Beulah

- Beulah and the Bank (1952) ... Beulah

- The Great Cake (1952) ... Beulah

- Beulah Goes Gardening (1952) ... Beulah

- The Waltz (1952) ... Beulah

- Donnie and the Dogs (1952) ... Beulah

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1949 The Big Wheel
Minnie (as Hattie McDaniels)

1948 Family Honeymoon
Phyllis

1948 Mickey
Bertha

1947 The Flame
Celia

1946 Song of the South
Aunt Tempy

1946 Never Say Goodbye
Cozy

1946 Margie
Cynthia

1946 Janie Gets Married
April

1944 Hi, Beautiful
Millie

1944 Three Is a Family
Maid

1944 Janie
April - Conway's Maid

1944 Since You Went Away
Fidelia

1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars
Gossip in 'Ice Cold Katie' Number

1943 Johnny Come Lately
Aida

1942 George Washington Slept Here
Hester

1942 In This Our Life
Minerva Clay

1942 The Male Animal
Cleota

1941 They Died with Their Boots On
Callie

1941 Affectionately Yours
Cynthia

1941 The Great Lie
Violet

1940 Maryland
Aunt Carrie

1939 Gone with the Wind
Mammy - House Servant

1939 Zenobia
Dehlia (as Hattie McDaniels)

1939 Everybody's Baby
Hattie

1938 The Shining Hour
Belvedere

1938 The Mad Miss Manton
Hilda (as Hattie McDaniels)

1938 Carefree
Hattie (uncredited)

1938 The Shopworn Angel
Martha

1938 Vivacious Lady
Hattie - Maid at Prom Dance (uncredited)

1938 Battle of Broadway
Agatha

1937 True Confession
Ella

1937 Quick Money
Hattie (uncredited)

1937 45 Fathers
Beulah

1937 Nothing Sacred
Mrs. Walker (uncredited)

1937 Merry-Go-Round of 1938
Maid (uncredited)

1937 Over the Goal
Hannah (as Hattie McDaniels)

1937 Sky Racket
Jenny (as Hattie McDaniels)

1937 Saratoga
Rosetta (as Hattie McDaniels)

1937 Mississippi Moods

1937 The Wildcatter
Pearl (uncredited)

1937 The Crime Nobody Saw
Ambrosia

1937 Don't Tell the Wife
Mamie - Nancy's Maid (uncredited)

1937 Racing Lady
Abby

1936 Reunion
Sadie

1936 Can This Be Dixie?
Lizzie

1936 Libeled Lady
Maid in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)

1936 Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Ellen Belle (as Hattie McDaniels)

1936 Star for a Night
Hattie

1936 Postal Inspector
Deborah (uncredited)

1936 High Tension
Hattie

1936 The Bride Walks Out
Mamie - Carolyn's Maid (as Hattie McDaniels)

1936 Show Boat
Queenie

1936 Arbor Day (Short)
Buckwheat's Mother

1936 Gentle Julia
Kitty Silvers

1936 The Singing Kid
Maid (uncredited)

1936 The First Baby
Dora

1936 Next Time We Love
Hanna (uncredited)

1935 We're Only Human
Molly, Martin's Maid (uncredited)

1935 Another Face
Nellie - Sheila's Maid (uncredited)

1935 Music Is Magic
Hattie (Amanda in credits) (as Hattie McDaniels)

1935 Murder by Television
Isabella - the Cook

1935 Harmony Lane
Liza, the Cook (uncredited)

1935 Alice Adams
Malena (as Hattie McDaniels)

1935 China Seas
Isabel McCarthy - Dolly's Maid (uncredited)

1935 The Four Star Boarder (Short)
Maid (uncredited)

1935 Wig-Wag (Short)
Cook (uncredited)

1935 Traveling Saleslady
Martha Smith (uncredited)

1935 Transient Lady
Servant (uncredited)

1935 The Little Colonel
Mom Beck

1935 Okay Toots! (Short)
Hattie - the Maid (uncredited)

1935 Anniversary Trouble (Short)
Mandy, the Maid

1934 The Chases of Pimple Street (Short)
Hattie - Gertrude's Maid (uncredited)

1934 Little Men
Asia (uncredited)

1934 Babbitt
Rosalie, the Maid (uncredited)

1934 Fate's Fathead (Short)
Mandy - the Maid (uncredited)

1934 Lost in the Stratosphere
Ida Johnson (as Hattie McDaniels)

1934 Flirtation
Minor Role (uncredited)

1934 Imitation of Life
Woman at Funeral (uncredited)

1934 Judge Priest
Aunt Dilsey (as Hattie McDaniels)

1934 King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Black Narcissus Mop Buyer (uncredited)

1934 Operator 13
Annie (uncredited)

1934 City Park
Tessie - the Ransome Maid (uncredited)

1934 Merry Wives of Reno
Bunny's Maid (uncredited)

1934 Mickey's Rescue (Short)
Maid (uncredited)

1933 Good-bye Love
Edna the Maid (uncredited)

1933 I'm No Angel
Tira's Maid-Manicurist (uncredited)

1933 Hello, Sister!
Woman in Apartment House (unconfirmed, uncredited)

1932 Hypnotized
Powder Room Attendant (uncredited)

1932 The Golden West
Mammy Lou (uncredited)

1932 Blonde Venus
Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)

1932 Crooner
Maid in Ladies' Room (uncredited)

1932 The Boiling Point
Caroline - the Cook (uncredited)

1932 The Washington Masquerade
Maid (uncredited)

1932 Are You Listening?
Aunt Fatima - Singer (uncredited)

1932 The Impatient Maiden
Injured Patient (uncredited)

1930 Deep South
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Soundtrack (10 credits)

1949 The Ed Wynn Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Hattie McDaniel, Buddy Ebsen (1949) ... (performer: "Some of These Days")

1946 Song of the South (performer: "Sooner Or Later (You're Gonna Be Comin' Around)" - uncredited)

1944 Since You Went Away (performer: "Happy Birthday to You" (1893) - uncredited)

1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars (performer: "Ice Cold Katy" (1943) - uncredited)

1941 The Great Lie (performer: "Slumber My Darling" (1862) - uncredited)

1937 Saratoga (performer: "The Horse with the Dreamy Eyes" (1937) - uncredited)

1936 Show Boat (performer: "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" (1927), "Ah Still Suits Me" (1936) - uncredited)

1935 The Little Colonel (performer: "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" - uncredited)

1934 Babbitt (performer: "Blues Ain't Nothing but a Good Man Feeling Bad" - uncredited)

1934 Judge Priest (performer: "My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night" (1853), "Aunt Dilsey's Improvisation" (1934), "Massa Jesus Wrote Me a Note" (1934), "The Little Brown Jug" (1869), "Aunt Dilsey's Song" (1934) - uncredited) / (writer: "Aunt Dilsey's Improvisation" (1934) - uncredited)

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Thanks (2 credits)

2010 1 a Minute (Documentary) (in memory of: Battled Breast Cancer)

1996 The Watermelon Woman (dedicated to the memory of)

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Self (2 credits)

1949 The Ed Wynn Show (TV Series)
Self

- Hattie McDaniel, Buddy Ebsen (1949) ... Self

1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (Documentary short)
Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Best Supporting Actress

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Archive footage (28 credits)

2020 The Ingraham Angle (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 10 June 2020 (2020) ... Self

2019 The Movies (TV Series documentary)
Self

- The Golden Age (2019) ... Self

2019 A Certain Magical Pimpdex: Extended Edition
Mammy

2018 They've Gotta Have Us (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Self

- Legends and Pioneers (2018) ... Self

2018 Explained (TV Series documentary)
Self - First Black Oscar Winner

- The Racial Wealth Gap (2018) ... Self - First Black Oscar Winner

2017 The Oscars (TV Special)
Self (uncredited)

2014 And the Oscar Goes To... (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2010 Democracy Now! (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 8 March 2010 (2010) ... Self

2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2008 Banda sonora (TV Series)
Mammy

- Episode #2.10 (2008) ... Mammy (uncredited)

2007 Roots Remembered (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2006 Corazón de... (TV Series)

- Episode dated 26 January 2006 (2006)

2004 TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (Video documentary)

2003 A Century of Black Cinema (Video documentary)
Self

2003 Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (TV Movie documentary)
Aunt Dilsey (clip from Judge Priest (1934))

2001 Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (TV Movie documentary)
Self / Mammy in "Gone With the Wind" / Queenie in 1936 "Show Boat" / ...

2000 The Young and the Dead (Documentary)
Self

1998 Classified X (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1998 Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1993 John Ford (TV Movie documentary)
Aunt Dilsey [in "Judge Priest"] (uncredited)

1993 Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America (TV Movie documentary)
Mammy / Aunt Dilsy / Hilda

1988 The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1986 The Laurel and Hardy Show (TV Series)
Delilah (1986)

1985 Musical Comedy Tonight III (TV Special)
Queenie

1984 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (Documentary)
Self (uncredited)

1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (Documentary)
Self (uncredited)

1969 Hollywood: The Selznick Years (TV Movie documentary)
Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (uncredited)

1968 Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed (TV Movie documentary)
Self / Various Roles (uncredited)

Personal Details

Other Works:

Radio: Star of the daily (Monday-Friday) 15-minute radio show "Beulah" on CBS. See more »

Publicity Listings:

3 Print Biographies | 2 Portrayals | 5 Articles | See more »

Alternate Names:

Hattie McDaniels

Height:

5' 2" (1.57 m)

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Why should I complain about making $700 a week playing a maid? If I didn't, I'd be making $7 a week being one. See more »

Trivia:

She willed her Oscar to Howard University, but the Oscar was lost during the race riots at Howard during the 1960s. It has never been found. See more »