Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 – October 26, 1952) was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian.
She was best known for Gone with the Wind and for being the first African American to win an Academy Award for acting (she won the Best Supporting Actress award for her role in Gone with the Wind). Later in life, she was the subject of some controversy for playing characters that many felt embodied hurtful stereotypes, particularly the Mammy stereotype; McDaniel was unapologetic, pointing out that her options were rather limited in that era and famously quipping that she had a choice between playing a maid for $700 a week or being a maid for $7 an hour.
She was married four times and died at the age of 59 in 1952 after battling breast cancer.
Filmography:
- Impatient Maiden as Injured Patient (uncredited)
- Are You Listening as Aunt Fatima (uncredited)
- Blonde Venus as Cora (uncredited)
- Hello Sister as Woman in Apartment House (uncredited)
- Im No Angel as Tira's Maid (uncredited)
- Goodbye Love as Edna the Maid (uncredited)
- City Park as Tessie the Ransome maid
- Judge Priest as Aunt Dilsey
- Imitation Of Life as Woman at funeral (uncredited)
- Lost In The Stratosphere as Ida Johnson
- Babbitt as Rosalie, the maid (uncredited)
- Little Men as Asia (uncredited)
- The Little Colonel as Mom Beck
- Transient Lady as Servant (uncredited)
- Traveling Saleslady as Servant (uncredited)
- China Seas as Isabel McCarthy (uncredited)
- Alice Adams as Malena Burns
- Murder By Television as Isabella the Cook
- Music Is Magic as Hattie
- Next Time We Love as Hanna (uncredited)
- The First Baby as Dora
- The Singing Kid as Maid (uncredited)
- Gentle Julia as Kitty Silvers
- Show Boat as Queenie
- High Tension as Hattie
- The Bride Walks Out as Mamie
- Postal Inspector as Deborah
- Valiant Is The Word For Carrie as Ellen Belle
- Libeled Lady Maid in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)
- Can This Be Dixie as Lizzie
- The Crime Nobody Saw as Ambrosia
- Saratoga as Rosetta
- Stella Dallas as Maid
- Sky Racket as Jenny
- Over The Goal as Hannah
- Nothing Sacred as Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
- Forty Five Fathers as Beulah
- True Confession as Ella
- Vivacious Lady as Hattie (uncredited)
- The Shopworn Angel as Martha
- Carefree as Hattie (uncredited)
- The Maid Miss Manton as Hilda
- The Shinging Hour as Belvedere
- Zenobia as Dehlia
- Gone with the Wind as Mammy, House Servant
- Maryland as Aunt Carrie
- The Great Lie as Violet
- Affectionately Yours as Cynthia
- They Died with Their Boots On as Callie
- The Male Animal as Cleota
- In This Our Life as Minerva Clay
- George Washington Slept Here as Hester, the Fuller's Maid
- Thank Your Lucky Stars as Gossip in 'Ice Cold Katie' Number
- Since You Went Away as Fidelia
- Janie as April
- Janie Gets Married as April
- Three Is Family as Maid
- Margie as Cynthia
- Never Say Goodbye as Cozie
- Song of the South as Aunt Tempy
- Mickey as Bertha
- Family Honeymoon as Phyllis
- The Big Wheel as Minnie
