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Butterfly McQueen
Born 1911 — Died 1995
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 …
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Filmography
Movies 16
Polly(1989)
as Miss Priss
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind(1988)
as Self
The Mosquito Coast(1986)
as Ma Kennywick
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1986)
as Blind Negress
Amazing Grace(1974)
as Clarine
The Phynx(1970)
as Butterfly McQueen
Killer Diller(1948)
as Butterfly
Duel in the Sun(1946)
as Vashti
Mildred Pierce(1945)
as Lottie (uncredited)
Flame of Barbary Coast(1945)
as Beulah, Flaxen's Maid
Since You Went Away(1944)
as WAC Sergeant (uncredited)
I Dood It(1943)
as Annette
Cabin in the Sky(1943)
as Lily
Affectionately Yours(1941)
as Butterfly
Gone with the Wind(1939)In catalog
as Prissy
The Women(1939)
as Lulu (uncredited)
Cast Away activity
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