Butterfly McQueen

Personal Info

Birthday

January 7, 1911

Day of Death

1995-12-22

(84 years old)

Place of Birth

Tampa, Florida, USA

Butterfly McQueen

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.

Known For

Studio One

Gone with the Wind

Lux Video Theatre

Duel in the Sun

Mildred Pierce

The Mosquito Coast

The Women

Flame of Barbary Coast

Filmography

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