Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel

American actress (1893-1952)

Hattie McDaniel was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939), she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first African American to win an Oscar. She has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1975, and in 2006, became the first black Oscar winner honored with a U.S. postage stamp. In 2010, she was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 16 films (1932–1948) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 3 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1932 Blonde Venus Josef von Sternberg 93 B&W
1933 I'm No Angel Blackhawk 87 16mm B&W sound
1934 Judge Priest John Ford 80 B&W
1935 China seas. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 9 reels 16mm B&W sound
1935 The little colonel David Butler 81 min 16mm B&W sound
1936 Arbor day. Fred C. Newmeyer 6:10 16mm B&W sound
1936 STAR FOR A NIGHT. Fox Film Corp 76 min B&W
1936 THE BRIDE WALKS OUT. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 9 reels B&W
1936 VALIANT IS THE WORD FOR CARRIE. Paramount Pictures Inc. 11 reels. B&W
1937 Sky Racket. Victory Pictures Corporation 7 reels 16mm B&W sound
1937 TERMITES OF 1938. Columbia Pictures Corp. 2 reels B&W
1937 TRUE CONFESSION. Paramount Pictures Inc. 9 reels B&W
1938 Carefree RKO Radio Pictures Inc. (Publisher) 83 16mm B&W sound
1939 Gone with the wind MGM/UA 222 mi 16mm Color sound
1946 MARGIE Film Circulation Corp. 94 min 16mm sound
1948 Mickey. Ralph Murphy 87 min. 35mm Color sound