Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel was born on Jun 10, 1893 in USA. Hattie McDaniel's big-screen debut came with The Impatient Maiden directed by James Whale in 1932. Hattie McDaniel is known for Beulah directed by Richard L. Bare, Ethel Waters stars as Beulah and Louise Beavers as Beulah. The most recent award Hattie McDaniel achieved is Online Film & Television Association. The upcoming new tvshow Hattie McDaniel plays is Beulah - Season 2 which will be released on Oct 03, 1950.
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 Alice Adams (1935). In this one, directed by George Stevens and aided and abetted by star Katharine Hepburn, she makes it clear she has little use for her employers' pretentious status seeking. By Miss Manton est folle (1938) she actually tells off her socialite employer Barbara Stanwyck and her snooty friends. This path extends into the greatest role of her career, Mammy in Autant en emporte le vent (1939). Here she is, in a number of ways, superior to most of the white folk surrounding her. From that point her roles unfortunately descended, with her characters becoming more and more menial. She played on the "Amos and Andy" and Eddie Cantor radio shows in the 1930s and 1940s; the title in her own radio show "Beulah" (1947-51), and the same part on TV (Beulah (1950)). Her part in Autant en emporte le vent (1939) won her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, the first African American actress to win an Academy Award, it was presented to her by Fay Bainter at a segregated ceremony, she had to sit at the back away from the rest of the cast.
Birthday
Jun 10, 1893Place of Birth
Wichita, Kansas, USA
Known For
Awards
5 wins & 0 nominations
Movies & TV Shows
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