Hattie McDaniel
Birthday: 10 June 1895, Wichita, Kansas, USA
Height: 157 cm
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 ...Show More
Why should I complain about making $700 a week playing a maid? If I didn't, I'd be making $7 a week Show more
Why should I complain about making $700 a week playing a maid? If I didn't, I'd be making $7 a week being one. Hide
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, fellow members of the motion picture industry and honor Show more
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, fellow members of the motion picture industry and honored guests: This is one of the happiest moments of my life, and I want to thank each one of you who had a part in selecting me for one of their awards, for your kindness. It has made me feel very, very humble; and I shall always hold it as a beacon for anything that I may be able to do in the future. I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry. My heart is too full to tell you just how I feel, and may I say thank you and God bless you. [Her acceptance speech upon winning the Oscar for "Gone With the Wind"] Hide
I'd rather play a maid than be one.
I'd rather play a maid than be one.
Hattie McDaniel's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (22)
Hattie McDaniel'S roles
Malena Burns
Mammy
