Acting

Hattie McDaniel

Born June 10, 1893 · Wichita, Kansas, USA

Died October 26, 1952 · aged 59

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 …

Known For

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind · 1939

Gone with the Wind

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

Song of the South

Song of the South · 1946

Song of the South

MovieFamilyAnimation

Uncle Remus draws upon his tales of Br'er Rabbit to help little Johnny deal with his confusion over his parents' separation as well as his new life on the plantation.

They Died with Their Boots On

They Died with Their Boots On · 1941

They Died with Their Boots On

MovieWesternWar

The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.

Libeled Lady

Libeled Lady · 1936

MovieComedyRomance

When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.

Good-bye Love

Good-bye Love · 1933

A sexy golddigger lands who she thinks is a wealthy big-game hunter from a royal family. What she doesn't know is that not only is he not wealthy, nor a big-game hunter nor from a royal family, but he's only a butler. Complications ensue as he tries to keep up the pretense.

Blonde Venus

Blonde Venus · 1932

In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.

Vivacious Lady

Vivacious Lady · 1938

MovieComedyRomance

College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer.

Imitation of Life

Imitation of Life · 1934

Imitation of Life

MovieDramaRomance

A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.

Filmography

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Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind · 1939

Gone with the Wind

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

Mammy

Song of the South

Song of the South · 1946

Song of the South

MovieFamilyAnimation

Uncle Remus draws upon his tales of Br'er Rabbit to help little Johnny deal with his confusion over his parents' separation as well as his new life on the plantation.

Aunt Tempy

They Died with Their Boots On

They Died with Their Boots On · 1941

They Died with Their Boots On

MovieWesternWar

The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.

Callie

Libeled Lady

Libeled Lady · 1936

MovieComedyRomance

When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.

Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)

Good-bye Love

Good-bye Love · 1933

A sexy golddigger lands who she thinks is a wealthy big-game hunter from a royal family. What she doesn't know is that not only is he not wealthy, nor a big-game hunter nor from a royal family, but he's only a butler. Complications ensue as he tries to keep up the pretense.

Edna the Maid

Blonde Venus

Blonde Venus · 1932

In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.

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

Vivacious Lady

Vivacious Lady · 1938

MovieComedyRomance

College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer.

Hattie (uncredited)

Imitation of Life

Imitation of Life · 1934

Imitation of Life

MovieDramaRomance

A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.

Woman at Funeral (uncredited)

I'm No Angel

I'm No Angel · 1933

MovieComedyRomance

Bold performer Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent financial need, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into the lion's mouth! With this attraction, the circus makes it to New York and Tira can pursue her dearest occupation — flirting with rich men and accepting expensive presents.

Manicurist (uncredited)

Since You Went Away

Since You Went Away · 1944

Since You Went Away

MovieDramaRomance

In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind his wife and two teen daughters.

Fidelia

The Flame

The Flame · 1947

MovieDramaCrime

George McAllister, the black sheep of a wealthy family who has squandered his share of the family inheritance, lives in constant jealousy, hatred and resentment of his half-brother Barry, who has been supporting him. George gets his girlfriend, Carlotta Duval, a job as Barry's nurse, with the idea being to marry him, kill him, and inherit his money—and marrying George.

Celia

In This Our Life

In This Our Life · 1942

In This Our Life

MovieDramaRomance

An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.

Minerva Clay

China Seas

China Seas · 1935

MovieAdventureAction

Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!

Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)

The Little Colonel

The Little Colonel · 1935

The Little Colonel

MovieFamilyMusic

After Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former Confederate colonel during the Civil War, vows to never speak to her again. Several years pass and Elizabeth returns to her home town with her husband and young daughter. The little girl charms her crusty grandfather and tries to patch things up between him and her mother.

Becky "Mom Beck" Porter

Family Honeymoon

Family Honeymoon · 1948

Family Honeymoon

Grant Jordan, bachelor botany professor, marries Katie, a widow with three kids, despite the machinations of Grant's former girlfriend Minna. But on the wedding day, Aunt Jo, who was to babysit, breaks a leg; so the kids come along on the honeymoon.

Phyllis

The Great Lie

The Great Lie · 1941

After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.

Violet

Show Boat

Show Boat · 1936

MovieMusicRomance

Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.

Queenie

Nothing Sacred

Nothing Sacred · 1937

MovieComedyRomance

When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.

Mrs. Walker (uncredited)

Hello, Sister!

Hello, Sister! · 1933

MovieDramaRomance

While Peggy deeply falls in love with Jimmy, her best friend Millie becomes increasingly frustrated with men and very jealous with Peggy, so she tries everything to destroy the new love.

Woman in Apartment House

Zenobia

Zenobia · 1939

A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.

Dehlia

Carefree

Carefree · 1938

MovieMusicComedy

Dr. Tony Flagg's friend Steven has problems in the relationship with his fiancée Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Tony. After some minor misunderstandings, she falls in love with him. When he tries to use hypnosis to strengthen her feelings for Steven, things get complicated.

Hattie (uncredited)

Becoming Marilyn

Becoming Marilyn · 2022

Becoming Marilyn

MovieDocumentaryHistory

The story of how Norma Jeane Mortenson became Marilyn Monroe (1926-62), a lucid path of self-discovery, from anonymity to stardom: the painful birth of a myth.

(archive footage)

Saratoga

Saratoga · 1937

MovieComedyRomance

A horse breeder's granddaughter falls in love with a scheming bookie in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Rosetta

The Mad Miss Manton

The Mad Miss Manton · 1938

The Mad Miss Manton

MovieComedyCrime

When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she and her group of friends prove them wrong.

Hilda

1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year

1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year · 2023

1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year

SeriesDocumentary

This two-part documentary series explores 1939, the greatest year in Hollywood history, telling the behind-the-scenes stories of films like Gone With The Wind, Wuthering Heights, Stagecoach and The Wizard of Oz.