Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDanielwas an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. She is best known for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the first African American to win an Academy Award. She is also known for the voice of Hyacinth Hippo in the film Fantasia...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth10 June 1895
CityWichita, KS
CountryUnited States of America
I'd rather make $700 a week playing a maid than earn $7 a day being a maid.
Why should I complain about making $7,000 a week playing a maid? If I didn't, I'd be making $7 a week being one.
The only choice permitted us is either to be servants for $7 a week or to portray them for $700 per week.
Playing the Mammy of Miss Leigh was just about the biggest thrill I've ever had
I'm letting no man handle my bank account.
That's a powerful lucky rabbit's foot. I got the part in Gone With the Wind because of it. I got my Warner contract, thanks to it.
When I was 8 years old, I knew what I was going to be—an actress.
When I was little, my mother taught me how to use a fork and knife. The trouble is that Mother forget to teach me how to stop using them!
I sincerely hope that I shall always be a credit to my race, and to the motion picture industry.
I don't belong on this earth. I always feel out of place - like a visitor.
I am loathe to get married again. I've been married enough; I just prefer to forget it.
Bob Hope, Red Skelton, and Eddie Cantor... help us keep our balance.
I always have the best of everything.
My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful