Etta McDaniel
- Birthday
- Dec 1, 1890
Bio: Actress Etta McDaniel made her stage debut along with her seven siblings as a member of H. M. Johnson's Mighty Modern Minstrels, a Denver-based musical troupe. In the late 1920s, McDaniel and her older brother Sam headed to Hollywood, where both found steady work in bit parts. In keeping with Hollywood's racial attitudes of the 1930s and 1940s, she was confined to… More Bio: Actress Etta McDaniel made her stage debut along with her seven siblings as a member of H. M. Johnson's Mighty Modern Minstrels, a Denver-based musical troupe. In the late 1920s, McDaniel and her older brother Sam headed to Hollywood, where both found steady work in bit parts. In keeping with Hollywood's racial attitudes of the 1930s and 1940s, she was confined to the stereotypical roles usually assigned black actresses of the era: housekeepers, maids, mammies and African natives. Unlike her younger sister Hattie McDaniel, who eventually attained co-star billing and an Academy Award (for Gone with the Wind), Etta McDaniel spent her entire Hollywood career in minor roles. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Etta McDaniel Videos
King Kong
The Invisible Ray
The Thin Man Goes Home
Stella Dallas
The Devil Is A Sissy
Filmography
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The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
- Ronson's Maid
- 60%
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Son of Dracula (1943)
- Sarah
- 64%
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They Came to Blow Up America (1943)
- Theresa
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They Got Me Covered (1942)
- Georgia
- 20%
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American Empire (1942)
- Willa May
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