AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS

THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

Movie Title

Etta McDaniel

Also Known As: Etta McDaniels

54 Titles in Filmography CAST | STAND INS | HISTORY

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TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
SMOKING GUNS
Etta McDaniels
Clementine
1934
PERSONAL MAID'S SECRET
Etta McDaniels
1935
THE VIRGINIA JUDGE
Tiny Millbank
1935
THE MUSIC GOES 'ROUND
1936
THE MAGNIFICENT BRUTE
Etta McDaniels
Lavolia
1936
THE GLORY TRAIL
Mandy
1936
THE LONELY TRAIL
Etta McDaniels
Mammy
1936
THE LAWLESS NINETIES
Mandy Lou Schaeffer
1936
THE INVISIBLE RAY
Zulu woman
1936
MYSTERIOUS CROSSING
Cook
1936
THE DEVIL IS A SISSY
Etta McDaniels
Molly
1936
THE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND
Aunt Rosabelle
1936
HEARTS IN BONDAGE
Etta McDaniels
Mammy
1936
PALM SPRINGS
Mammy
1936
THAT CERTAIN WOMAN
Black cook
1937
LOVE IS NEWS
Etta McDaniels
Black woman at City Hall
1937
LIVING ON LOVE
Etta McDaniels
Lizbeth
1937
SWEETHEART OF THE NAVY
Cook
1937
MILE-A-MINUTE-LOVE
Etta McDaniels
Eunice
1937
ON SUCH A NIGHT
Samantha, servant
1937
STELLA DALLAS
maid
1937
KEEP SMILING
Violet
1938
TOM SAWYER, DETECTIVE
Tulip
1938
LOVE, HONOR AND BEHAVE
Black maid
1938
THREE LOVES HAS NANCY
maid
1938
SERGEANT MADDEN
Dove
1939
CHICKEN WAGON FAMILY
Black Mammy
1939
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES
1940
CAROLINA MOON
Mammy
1940
CHARTER PILOT
Ophie
1940
GIVE US WINGS
Mammy
1940
THE HOUSE ACROSS THE BAY
Lydia
1940
SPORTING BLOOD
Chloe
1940
THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER
Anna
1940
YOU'RE IN THE ARMY NOW
Della
1941
LIFE WITH HENRY
Cleo[patra] Johnson
1941
THE PITTSBURGH KID
Magenta
1941
THIEVES FALL OUT
Blossom
1941
GOLDEN HOOFS
Divinity
1941
AMERICAN EMPIRE
Willa May
1942
THE GREAT MAN'S LADY
Delilah
1942
JOHNNY DOUGHBOY
Mammy
1942
MOKEY
Cindy Molishus
1942
THEY GOT ME COVERED
Georgia
1943
FALSE FACES
Magnolia
1943
SON OF DRACULA
Sarah
1943
THEY CAME TO BLOW UP AMERICA
Theresa
1943
WHAT A MAN!
Etta McDaniels
Bluebell
1944
THE THIN MAN GOES HOME
Ronson's maid
1945
INCENDIARY BLONDE
maid
1945

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TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
IMITATION OF LIFE
Stand-in for Louise Beavers
1934

HISTORY

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CREDIT
YEAR
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