Louise Beavers
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Louise Beavers was an American film and television actress who appeared in dozens of films and two hit television shows from the 1920s to 1960. She played a prominent role in advancing the lives of bl
Beavers in Rainbow on the River (1936)
With Claudette Colbert in Imitation of Life (1934)
Lobby card for the Million Dollar Productions film Life Goes On with "Harry M. Popkin Presents Louise Beavers" logo inset
Hattie McDaniel
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Hattie McDaniel was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first African
Louise Beavers
…some consider it racially offensive and it is often excised from television screenings of the film. Beavers was one of three actresses (including Hattie McDaniel and Ethel Waters) to portray housekeeper Beulah on the Beulah television show, the first television sitcom to star a black person. She also played a…
McDaniel in 1939
A 1939 publicity photo for Gone with the Wind including McDaniel, Olivia de Havilland, and Vivien Leigh
McDaniel in February 1940
McDaniel as Beulah in August 1951, a year before her death