Biography
Hattie McDaniel
Acting
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 Al…
Career works
103
Movies
100
Series
3
Career average
6.5/10
Birth date
06/10/1893
Place of birth
Wichita, Kansas, USA
Date of death
10/26/1952
Filmography highlights
Movies
Becoming Marilyn
2022 · 7.6
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
2022
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
2020
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · 7.5
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
2004
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · 8.2
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · 7.0
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961 · 4.4
The Big Wheel
1949 · 5.7
Family Honeymoon
1948 · 6.3
Mickey
1948 · 7.0
The Flame
1947 · 5.8
Song of the South
1946 · 6.5
Series
