Etta McDaniel
Acting
Biography
Etta McDaniel was born on December 1, 1890 in Wichita, Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for Son of Dracula (1943), The Great Man's Lady (1942) and Johnny Doughboy (1942). She died on January 13, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Sister of players Hattie McDaniel and Sam McDaniel.
Born: December 1, 1890
Place of Birth: Wichita, Kansas, USA
Known For
Sweetheart of the Navy
Singer Joan Whitney, called the "Sweetheart of the Navy" by sailors, is struggling to re-open the Snug Harbor Cafe. After her partner, Richard, skips town with the money owed to their creditors, the club opens unceremoniously. Two of Joan's sailor friends, Andy and Pete, offer to help her raise money for the club by staging a fight with Bumper Martin, boxing champion of the fleet. At Andy's request, straight-laced yeoman Eddie Harris replaces him in the upcoming fight. Andy and Pete then intimidate or coerce the sailors into betting on the fight, promising to give Joan the profits. Navy Commander Lodge, who is grooming Eddie for the Naval Academy at Annapolis, is against the fight, however, and Joan decides to "vamp" Eddie to make him fight.
The Thin Man Goes Home
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
Golden Hoofs
A teenage horse trainer fears she'll lose her beloved horses when the stables where she works is sold.
False Faces
A district attorney sets out to vindicate his son who's been accused of murdering a nightclub singer.
The Devil Is a Sissy
A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.
Stella Dallas
A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.
The Prisoner of Shark Island
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865, during a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington; Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.
Man's Castle
Bill takes Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he finds showgirl LaRue who will support him, Trina becomes pregnant.
The Magnificent Brute
A love triangle forms the basis of this drama. It all begins in a steel mill when a steel worker ignores the besotted gazes of his landlady at the boarding house and falls in love with a gold-digger. His best friend also finds himself smitten by the seductive young woman. But when the one of the workers fritters away a collection that had been taken up for the wife of a deceased co-worker on a foolish bet, he and the vamp take off until the good-hearted landlady intervenes and convinces them to stay and take their lumps.
Termites of 1938
The stooges are pest exterminators, mistakenly hired by a rich lady looking for an escort to a fancy society party. The stooges wreck the fancy mansion where the party is taking place and befuddle the guest of honor, an English Lord.
Filmography
as Etta - Texas' Maid (uncredited)
as Ronson's Maid (uncredited)
as Bluebell
as Sarah
as Magnolia
as Theresa
as Mammy
as Willa May
as Cindy Molishus
as Della
as Delilah
as Magenta
as Blossom
as Divinity
as Kelopatra Johnson
as supporting role
as Ophie
as Mammy
as Anna (uncredited)
as Lydia
as Black Mammy
as Dove
as Tulip
as Mammy (uncredited)
as Violet
as Mandy - The Maid (uncredited)
as The Maid
as Lizbeth
as Samantha
as Agnes (uncredited)
as Lily, the Cook
as Wife of Mr. J. Brown #2 (uncredited)
as Eunice
as Woman Getting Marriage License (uncredited)
as Phoebe
as Lavolia
as Mandy Johnson
as Molly
as Heckler at the Ark (uncredited)
as Mammy
as Mammy
as Aunt Rosabelle
as Mandy Lou Schaefer
as Maid
as Sarah
as Clementine
as Maid in Dressing Room (uncredited)