Actress. The sister of Oscar-winning actress Hattie McDaniel, she played uncredited bits, usually as maids and mammies, in 58 films. Perhaps her most memorable moment is in "King Kong" (1933), as the native woman with the coconut bra who snatches her baby away from the rampaging ape. Her other credits include "The Green Pastures" (1936), "The Devil Is a Sissy" (1936), "Stella Dallas" (1937), "Sergeant Madden" (1939), "Son of Dracula" (1943), and "The Thin Man Goes Home" (1945). McDaniel was born in Wichita, Kansas. She made her performing debut with her seven siblings as a member of H. M. Johnson's Mighty Modern Minstrels, a Denver-based vaudeville troupe. In 1933 she settled in Hollywood.
Actress. The sister of Oscar-winning actress Hattie McDaniel, she played uncredited bits, usually as maids and mammies, in 58 films. Perhaps her most memorable moment is in "King Kong" (1933), as the native woman with the coconut bra who snatches her baby away from the rampaging ape. Her other credits include "The Green Pastures" (1936), "The Devil Is a Sissy" (1936), "Stella Dallas" (1937), "Sergeant Madden" (1939), "Son of Dracula" (1943), and "The Thin Man Goes Home" (1945). McDaniel was born in Wichita, Kansas. She made her performing debut with her seven siblings as a member of H. M. Johnson's Mighty Modern Minstrels, a Denver-based vaudeville troupe. In 1933 she settled in Hollywood.
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