Name Etta McDaniel | Role Actress | |
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Died January 13, 1946, Los Angeles, California, United States Siblings Hattie McDaniel, Sam McDaniel, Otis McDaniel, Orlena McDaniel Parents Susan Holbert, Henry McDaniel Movies The Lawless Nineties, Mokey, Smartest Girl in Town, The Devil Is a Sissy, Carolina Moon Similar People Sam McDaniel, Hattie McDaniel, Joseph Kane, Leslie Goodwins, Lew Landers | ||
TCM Race & Hollywood Etta McDaniel
Etta McDaniel (December 1, 1890 – January 13, 1946) was an American actress who appeared in over 60 films between 1933 and 1946. She was the sister of actor Sam McDaniel and actress and Academy Award winner Hattie McDaniel. Among her films was The Prisoner of Shark Island, 1936, The Great Man's Lady, 1942 and Son of Dracula, 1943.
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McDaniel was born in Wichita, Kansas. She began her entertainment career as a member of minstrel shows with several others of her family.
Etta McDaniel's film début was in the 1933 King Kong, as the native woman who saves her baby from the approaching giant gorilla. She then became a supporting actor or extra, frequently in uncredited roles, performing as maids and nannies. Died in Los Angeles, California, aged 55.
Filmography
Actress
1945
Calling All Fibbers (Short) as
Sasparilla
1945
Incendiary Blonde as
Etta - Texas' Maid (uncredited)
1944
The Thin Man Goes Home as
Ronson's Maid (uncredited)
1944
What a Man! as
BlueBell
1943
Son of Dracula as
Sarah
1943
False Faces as
Magnolia
1943
They Came to Blow Up America as
Theresa - Steelmann's Maid
1943
They Got Me Covered as
Georgia (uncredited)
1942
Johnny Doughboy as
Mammy
1942
American Empire as
Willa May
1942
Kiss and Wake Up (Short) as
Maid
1942
Mokey as
Cindy Molishus
1942
Hay Foot as
Barkley's Cook (uncredited)
1941
Know for Sure (Short) as
Supporting Role (uncredited)
1941
You're in the Army Now as
Della
1941
The Great Man's Lady as
Delilah
1941
The Pittsburgh Kid as
Magenta
1941
Thieves Fall Out as
Blossom
1941
Golden Hoofs as
Divinity (uncredited)
1940
Charter Pilot as
Ophie
1940
Give Us Wings as
Cook (uncredited)
1940
Life with Henry as
Kleopatra 'Kleo' Johnson
1940
Carolina Moon as
Mammy
1940
The House Across the Bay as
Lydia (uncredited)
1940
The Farmer's Daughter as
Anna (uncredited)
1939
Chicken Wagon Family as
Black Mammy (uncredited)
1939
Sergeant Madden as
Dove - Madden's Maid
1938
Tom Sawyer, Detective as
Tulip
1938
Three Loves Has Nancy as
Mammy (uncredited)
1938
Keep Smiling as
Violet
1938
Twenty Girls and a Band (Short) as
Etta - the Maid (uncredited)
1938
Love, Honor and Behave as
Blake's Black Maid (uncredited)
1938
Termites of 1938 (Short) as
Mandy - The Maid (uncredited)
1937
Man Bites Lovebug (Short) as
The Maid (uncredited)
1937
Living on Love as
Lizbeth (as Etta McDaniels)
1937
On Such a Night as
Samantha
1937
Stella Dallas as
Agnes (uncredited)
1937
Sweetheart of the Navy as
Lily, the Cook
1937
The Go Getter as
Wife of Mr. J. Brown #2 (uncredited)
1937
Mile a Minute Love as
Eunice
1937
Love Is News as
Woman Getting Marriage License (uncredited)
1936
Mysterious Crossing as
Cook (uncredited)
1936
Smartest Girl in Town as
Phoebe - the Maid (uncredited)
1936
The Magnificent Brute as
Lavolia
1936
The Devil Is a Sissy as
Molly (as Etta McDaniels)
1936
Bulldog Edition as
Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
1936
The Green Pastures as
Heckler at the Ark (uncredited)
1936
The Glory Trail as
Mandy Johnson
1936
Palm Springs as
Mammy (uncredited)
1936
Hearts in Bondage as
Mammy
1936
The Lonely Trail as
Mammy (as Etta Mcdaniels)
1936
The Music Goes 'Round as
Minor Role (uncredited)
1936
The Lawless Nineties as
Mandy Lou Schaefer
1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island as
Aunt Rosabelle Milford
1935
The Invisible Ray as
Diane's Safari Attendant (uncredited)
1935
Personal Maid's Secret as
Maid (uncredited)
1935
The Virginia Judge as
Tiny Millbank
1935
The Arizonian as
Sarah (uncredited)
1934
Smoking Guns as
Clementine (as Etta McDaniels)
1933
Man's Castle as
Dressing Room Maid (uncredited)
1933
King Kong as
Native (uncredited)
Miscellaneous
1934
Imitation of Life (stand-in: Louise Beavers - uncredited)
Soundtrack
1936
The Devil Is a Sissy (performer: "Say Ah!")
1936
The Lonely Trail (performer: "Old Folks at Home" ("Swanee River") (1851) - uncredited)
1935
The Arizonian ("Roll Along Covered Wagon" (1934), uncredited)
References
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