History Main / Mammy

* Mammy Two-Shoes from the ''TomAndJerry'' shorts.

* Mammy from ''GoneWithTheWind''

** Note that Mammy Two Shoes is never shown to be servile to white people and is never seen taking orders from whites either.

* Gussy from ''MrBlandingsBuildsHisDreamHouse''

* Ruby from Patricia [=McCormick's=] ''Cut.''

TheOtherWiki has a page on the archetype [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammy_archetype here]].

* Minny Jackson from ''TheHelp''.

Physically, Mammy is generally obese, middle aged or older, and generally has zero sexual flavor about her: a white mistress was supposedly secure that having Mammy about the house was no threat to her husband's fidelity. In terms of character, Mammy is generally poorly educated, but has abundant common sense and is competent in her domestic duties. She is servile toward the whites, but may be an ApronMatron toward her own family. Her earthy common sense may, if her white masters or employers become sufficiently zany, lead her to become the OnlySaneMan of the household and develop some characteristics of a SassyBlackWoman.

* Aunt Madea in the films of TylerPerry.
* Martin Lawrence plays a Mammy-type character in ''Film/BigMommasHouse''.

* Lenora from ''{{Pokemon}}''.

Physically, Mammy is generally obese, middle aged or older, and generally has little sensual or sexual about her: a white mistress supposedly secure that having Mammy about the house was no threat to her husband's fidelity. In terms of character, Mammy is generally poorly educated, but has abundant common sense and is competent in her domestic duties. She is servile toward the whites, but may be an ApronMatron toward her own family. Her earthy common sense may, if her white masters or employers become sufficiently zany, lead her to become the OnlySaneMan of the household and develop some characteristics of a SassyBlackWoman.

* Big Lannie from the Dorothy Parker short story "Clothe The Naked".

* Mrs. Butterworth, the pancake syrup mascot. In recent years, only shown as the animated bottle (it's likely that the company decided a human mascot was too [[PoliticallyCorrect Politically Incorrect]]).

* Mrs. Butterworth, the pancake syrup mascot. In recent years, only shown as the animated bottle (it's likely that the company decided a human mascot was too PoliticallyIncorrect).

* Mrs. Butterworth, the pancake syrup mascot. In recent years, only shown as the animated bottle.

[[caption-width-right:302:Hattie [=McDaniel=] from ''GoneWithTheWind'', the TropeCodifier.]]OlderThanRadio, {{Subtrope}} of EthnicMenialLabor, Mammy was born in the the DeepSouth of AntebellumAmerica, but continued to be a presence for a century after the AmericanCivilWar. During slavery, she was largely resigned to her enslavement, perhaps even finding HappinessInSlavery. After she gained her freedom, Mammy continued to serve as a menial domestic to whites, and continued to aspire to little higher. In her freedom, she may have also moved north, although her position and character is largely unchanged whether she lives in rural Georgia or [[TheWindyCity Chicago]].

* Mrs. Butterworth, the pancake syrup mascot.

* Martin Lawrence plays a Mammy-type character in ''BigMommasHouse''.

[[caption-width-right:302:Hattie McDaniel from ''GoneWithTheWind'', the TropeCodifier.]]OlderThanRadio, {{Subtrope}} of EthnicMenialLabor, Mammy was born in the the DeepSouth of AntebellumAmerica, but continued to be a presence for a century after the AmericanCivilWar. During slavery, she was largely resigned to her enslavement, perhaps even finding HappinessInSlavery. After she gained her freedom, Mammy continued to serve as a menial domestic to whites, and continued to aspire to little higher. In her freedom, she may have also moved north, although her position and character is largely unchanged whether she lives in rural Georgia or [[TheWindyCity Chicago]].

OlderThanRadio, {{Subtrope}} of EthnicMenialLabor, Mammy was born in the the DeepSouth of AntebellumAmerica, but continued to be a presence for a century after the AmericanCivilWar. During slavery, she was largely resigned to her enslavement, perhaps even finding HappinessInSlavery. After she gained her freedom, Mammy continued to serve as a menial domestic to whites, and continued to aspire to little higher. In her freedom, she may have also moved north, although her position and character is largely unchanged whether she lives in rural Georgia or [[TheWindyCity Chicago]].

TheOtherWiki has a page on the archetype [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammy_archetype here].

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* Delilah in both film versions of ''Imitation Of Life'', but especially the 1934 original