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Butterfly McQueen

Butterfly McQueen
  • Name: Butterfly McQueen
  • Birthday: 1911-01-07
  • Place of birth: Tampa, Florida, USA
  • Popularity: 0.095
Biography: Thelma "Butterfly" McQueen was an American actress. Originally a dancer, McQueen first appeared in film in 1939 as Prissy, Scarlett O'Hara's maid, in the film Gone with the Wind. She was unable to attend the movie's premiere because it was held at a whites-only theater. Often typecast as a maid, she said: "I didn't mind playing a maid the first time, because I thought that was how you got into the business. But after I did the same thing over and over, I resented it. I didn't mind being funny, but I didn't like being stupid.] She continued as an actress in film in the 1940s, and then moved to television acting in the 1950s. McQueen was appearing on the Broadway stage in the comedy What a... Read More

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Title Release date
Polly   as  Miss Priss 1989-11-12
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind   as  Self 1988-10-01
The Mosquito Coast   as  Ma Kennywick 1986-11-26
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn   as  Blind Negress 1986-02-10
Amazing Grace   as  Clarine 1974-08-30
The Phynx   as  Butterfly McQueen 1970-03-06
Killer Diller   as  Butterfly 1948-01-01
Duel in the Sun   as  Vashti 1946-12-31
Mildred Pierce   as  Lottie (uncredited) 1945-10-20
Flame of Barbary Coast   as  Beulah, Flaxen's Maid 1945-05-28
Since You Went Away   as  WAC Sergeant (uncredited) 1944-06-30
I Dood It   as  Annette 1943-09-01
Cabin in the Sky   as  Lily 1943-03-24
Affectionately Yours   as  Butterfly 1941-05-10
Gone with the Wind   as  Prissy 1939-12-15
The Women   as  Lulu (uncredited) 1939-09-01