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Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. She is best known for her role as "Mammy” in Gone with the Wind (1939), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first African American to win an Oscar.

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Filmography

Gone with the Wind

1939
as Mammy - House Servant

Mickey's Rescue

1934
as Maid

45 Fathers

1937
as Beulah

The Young and the Dead

2000
as Hattie McDaniel

The First Baby

1936
as Dora

Anniversary Trouble

1935
as Mandy, the Maid

Can This Be Dixie?

1936
as Lizzie

Hi, Beautiful

1944
as Millie

The Crime Nobody Saw

1937
as Ambrosia

Everybody's Baby

1939
as Hattie

Music Is Magic

1935
as Hattie (Amanda in credits)

Fate's Fathead

1934
as Mandy - the Maid

Flirtation

1934
as Minor Role

The Chases of Pimple Street

1934
as Hattie - Gertrude's Maid

City Park

1934
as Tessie - the Ransome Maid

Zenobia

1939
as Dehlia

Gentle Julia

1936
as Kitty Silvers

Song of the South

1946
as Aunt Tempy

Sky Racket

1937
as Jenny