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Hattie McDaniel was born June 10, 1895, in Wichita, Kansas, to former slaves. She was the youngest of 13 children. Her father, Henry McDaniel, fought in the Civil War with the 122ndUSCT and her mother, Susan Holbert, was a singer of religious music. In 1900, the family moved to Colorado, living first in Fort Collins and then in Denver, where Hattie graduated from Denver East High School. Her brother, Sam McDaniel (1886–1962), played the butler in the 1948 Three Stooges’ short film Heavenly Daze. Another acting sibling of Hattie and Sam was actress Etta McDaniel.
After working as early as the 1910s as a band vocalist, McDaniel married George Langford in 1922. Sadly, he died later that year, as did her father. 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 Stevensand aided and abetted by star Katharine Hepburn, she makes it clear she has little use for her employers' pretentious status seeking. By The Mad Miss Manton (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 Gone with the Wind (1939). Here she is, in a number of ways, superior to most of the white folk surrounding her. From that point here 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 Gone with the Wind (1939) won her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, the first black to win an Academy Award. Right before filming Gone With The Wind, McDaniel married Howard Hickman in 1938. She divorced him later that same year. In 1941, she married James Lloyd Crawford. But she divorced him in 1945. She said that he was jealous of her career and once threatened to kill her. In 1949, McDaniel got married to Larry Williams. She divorced him in 1950, stating that their marriage had been built on "arguing and fussing."
McDaniel died at age 57 from breast cancer, in the hospital on the grounds of the Motion Picture House in Woodland Hills, on October 26, 1952. She was survived by her brother, Sam McDaniel, a film actor. Thousands of mourners turned out to remember her life and accomplishments. McDaniel wrote: "I desire a white casket and a white shroud; white gardenias in my hair and in my hands, together with a white gardenia blanket and a pillow of red roses. I also wish to be buried in the Hollywood Cemetery". The Hollywood Cemetery on Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood was the resting place of movie stars such as Douglas Fairbanks, Rudolph Valentino, and others. The owner, Jules Roth, refused to allow her to be buried there, because they did not take black people. Her second choice was Rosedale Cemetery, where she lies today.
Source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0567408/bio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_McDaniel
After working as early as the 1910s as a band vocalist, McDaniel married George Langford in 1922. Sadly, he died later that year, as did her father. 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 Stevensand aided and abetted by star Katharine Hepburn, she makes it clear she has little use for her employers' pretentious status seeking. By The Mad Miss Manton (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 Gone with the Wind (1939). Here she is, in a number of ways, superior to most of the white folk surrounding her. From that point here 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 Gone with the Wind (1939) won her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, the first black to win an Academy Award. Right before filming Gone With The Wind, McDaniel married Howard Hickman in 1938. She divorced him later that same year. In 1941, she married James Lloyd Crawford. But she divorced him in 1945. She said that he was jealous of her career and once threatened to kill her. In 1949, McDaniel got married to Larry Williams. She divorced him in 1950, stating that their marriage had been built on "arguing and fussing."
McDaniel died at age 57 from breast cancer, in the hospital on the grounds of the Motion Picture House in Woodland Hills, on October 26, 1952. She was survived by her brother, Sam McDaniel, a film actor. Thousands of mourners turned out to remember her life and accomplishments. McDaniel wrote: "I desire a white casket and a white shroud; white gardenias in my hair and in my hands, together with a white gardenia blanket and a pillow of red roses. I also wish to be buried in the Hollywood Cemetery". The Hollywood Cemetery on Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood was the resting place of movie stars such as Douglas Fairbanks, Rudolph Valentino, and others. The owner, Jules Roth, refused to allow her to be buried there, because they did not take black people. Her second choice was Rosedale Cemetery, where she lies today.
Source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0567408/bio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_McDaniel
Mammy
Mammy had been there for the all of O'Hara's, mainly Scarlett (her favorite of the three daughters) from the start. "Mammy emerged from the hall, a huge old woman with the small, shrewd eyes of an elephant. She was shining black, pure African, devoted to her last drop of blood to the O'Haras, Ellen's mainstay, the despair of her three daughters, the terror of the other house servants. Mammy was black, but her code of conduct and her sense of pride were as high as or higher than those of her owners. She had been raised in the bedroom of Solange Robillard, Ellen O'Hara's mother, a dainty, cold, high-nosed French-woman, who spared neither her children nor her servants their just punishment for any infringement of decorum. She had been Ellen's mammy and had come with her from Savannah to the up-country when she married. Whom Mammy loved, she chastened. And, as her love for Scarlett and her pride in her were enormous, the chastening process was practically continuous."
Mammy was never oblivious to what was going on in the O'Hara household... she knew that Scarlett just went to Atlanta because of Ashley. But Mammy stayed at Tara throughout the whole war.
Mammy was there when Ellen said her last words, which were "Philippe! Philippe!" Mammy did know who Philippe was (one of Ellen's cousins whom Ellen was in love with, but he was killed in a bar fight), but for some reason, she did not want Scarlett to know. Scarlett never found out, either. Mammy stayed at Tara and helped with what she could when they were in poverty. Nevertheless, she still cared about 'ladylike' things such as the state of your hands, manners, proper posture, etc.
After the war ended, Mammy discovered one of Scarlett's plans. One day, Mammy was just walking around Tara, and she heard a loud noise, like something had fallen on the floor. It turned out to be Scarlett. She was dragging down Ellen's portieres. It turned out that Scarlett needed to go to Atlanta to get money for the taxes on Tara. Mammy, believing that Scarlett needed a chaperone, went with her.
Mammy realized that Scarlett had set a trap on Frank Kennedy, even though he was Suellen's beau! But Mammy understood that they needed money, so she said, "Ah is gwine ter he'p you pleasure Mist' Frank eve'y way Ah knows how."
Mammy was never oblivious to what was going on in the O'Hara household... she knew that Scarlett just went to Atlanta because of Ashley. But Mammy stayed at Tara throughout the whole war.
Mammy was there when Ellen said her last words, which were "Philippe! Philippe!" Mammy did know who Philippe was (one of Ellen's cousins whom Ellen was in love with, but he was killed in a bar fight), but for some reason, she did not want Scarlett to know. Scarlett never found out, either. Mammy stayed at Tara and helped with what she could when they were in poverty. Nevertheless, she still cared about 'ladylike' things such as the state of your hands, manners, proper posture, etc.
After the war ended, Mammy discovered one of Scarlett's plans. One day, Mammy was just walking around Tara, and she heard a loud noise, like something had fallen on the floor. It turned out to be Scarlett. She was dragging down Ellen's portieres. It turned out that Scarlett needed to go to Atlanta to get money for the taxes on Tara. Mammy, believing that Scarlett needed a chaperone, went with her.
Mammy realized that Scarlett had set a trap on Frank Kennedy, even though he was Suellen's beau! But Mammy understood that they needed money, so she said, "Ah is gwine ter he'p you pleasure Mist' Frank eve'y way Ah knows how."