Butterfly McQueen
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...
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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Cast Credits
Polly
as Miss Priss
The Mosquito Coast
as Ma Kennywick
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Blind Negress
Amazing Grace
as Clarine
The Phynx
as Butterfly McQueen
Killer Diller
as Butterfly
Duel in the Sun
as Vashti
Mildred Pierce
as Lottie (uncredited)
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Beulah, Flaxen's Maid
Since You Went Away
as WAC Sergeant (uncredited)
I Dood It
as Annette
Cabin in the Sky
as Lily
Affectionately Yours
as Butterfly
Gone with the Wind
as Prissy
The Women
as Lulu (uncredited)