Louise Beavers
Known for Acting · 153 credits
- Born
- 1902-03-08
- Died
- 1962-10-26
- Place of birth
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- Louise Beaver
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louise Beavers (March 8, 1902 – October 26, 1962) was an American film and television actress. Beavers appeared in dozens of films and two hit television shows from the 1920s until 1960, most often cast in the role of a maid, servant, or slave. She was a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority, one of the four African-American sororities.
Beavers was a breakthrough actress for black women and became known as a symbol of a "mammy" on the screen. A mammy archetype "is the portrayal within a narrative framework or other imagery of a black domestic servant, generally good-natured, often overweight, and loud".
Louise Beavers started her career in the 1920s. At the time, black people in films were limited to acting in only very few roles, usually as slaves or domestic help. She played the "mammy" in many of the movies she acted in. She started to gain more attention in the acting world after she played the role of Julia in Coquette, which starred Mary Pickford. In this film she played the black maid and mother figure to a young white woman.
She once received a review which stated: "Personally, Miss Beavers is just splendid, just as fine as she appears on screen, but she also has a charm all her own, which needs no screen role for recognition. She has a very pleasing personality, one that draws people to her instantly and makes them feel that they are meeting a friend instead of a Hollywood Star."
Known For
TV Shows (5)
Movies (148)
Party Husband
1931
as Laura's Maid
Teenage Rebel
1956
as Willamay
Reform School
1939
as Mother Barton
Holiday Inn
1942
as Mamie
Good Sam
1948
as Chloe
Central Airport
1933
as Hotel Maid (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Maum Maria
Tammy and the Bachelor
1957
as Osia
Pick-up
1933
as Magnolia (uncredited)
Second Choice
1930
as Maid (uncredited)
Belle Starr
1941
as Mammy Lou
Wild Girl
1932
as Mammy Lou (uncredited)
Her Bodyguard
1933
as Margot's Maid
Thunderbolt
1929
as Black Cat Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
as Niagara
Doctor X
1932
as Louise (Uncredited)
Manslaughter
1930
as Rose
The Last Gangster
1937
as Gloria
I Dream of Jeanie
1952
as Mammy
My Blue Heaven
1950
as Selma
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941
as Stella
Bullets or Ballots
1936
as Nellie LaFleur
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
as Mamie
You Can't Run Away from It
1956
as Maid
Only Yesterday
1933
as Abby (Uncredited)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
as Gussie
42nd Street
1933
as Pansy (uncredited)
All the Fine Young Cannibals
1960
as Rose
The Big Street
1942
as Ruby (uncredited)
Girls About Town
1931
as Hattie
Cheaters
1934
as Lily
Primrose Path
1940
as Woman Talking to Police (uncredited)
Follow the Boys
1944
as Louise Beavers (uncredited)
In the Money
1933
as Lily
Six Cylinder Love
1931
The Midnight Patrol
1933
as Maid (scenes deleted)
A Modern Hero
1934
as Azais's Maid
Made for Each Other
1939
as Lily (uncredited)
Midnight Mary
1933
as Mary's Maid Anna (uncredited)
Good-bye, My Lady
1956
as Bonnie Drew
Sign of the Wolf
1941
as Beulah
The Story of Temple Drake
1933
as Minnie
What Price Hollywood?
1932
as Mary's Maid Bonita
A Southern Yankee
1948
as Laundry Woman
Ladies of the Big House
1931
as Ivory
No Time for Comedy
1940
as Clementine
Imitation of Life
1934
as Delilah Johnson
The Dark Horse
1932
as Kay's Maid Levinnia
Delightfully Dangerous
1945
as Hannah
Hell's Highway
1932
as Rascal's Sweetheart at Visitor's Center (uncredited)
General Spanky
1936
as Cornelia
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
as Artamesa
It's Tough to Be Famous
1932
as Ada, Janet's Maid
She Done Him Wrong
1933
as Pearl
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
as Derwent's Client - Black Mother of 12 Wanting a Divorce (uncredited)
Seven Sweethearts
1942
as Petunia, the Maid
South of Dixie
1944
as Magnolia Brown / Chloe
Knights Before Christmas
1930
Young America
1932
as Maid (Uncredited)
Divorce In The Family
1932
as Rosetta
What Price Innocence?
1933
as Hannah
For the Love of Mary
1948
as Bertha
Hold Your Man
1933
as Elite Club Attendant (uncredited)
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950
as Jackie's Mother
The Hostess with the Mostes'
1957
as Mattie Mae
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
as Beautician (uncredited)
Our Blushing Brides
1930
as Amelia - The Mannequins' Maid (uncredited)
The Headleys at Home
1938
as Hyacinth
Outside the Law
1930
as Judy the Maid
I Want a Divorce
1940
as Celestine
The Merry Frinks
1934
as Camille
The Vanishing Virginian
1942
as Aunt Emmeline
Gambling Lady
1934
as Suzy - Peter's Cook (uncredited)
Brother Rat
1938
as Jenny
Her Splendid Folly
1933
as Anastasia
West of the Pecos
1934
as Mauree
Coquette
1929
as Julia
Millie
1931
as Maid (uncredited)
Dr. Monica
1934
as Sarah - Mary's Maid (uncredited)
Top Man
1943
as Cleo
I've Got Your Number
1934
as Crystal
Women Without Names
1940
as Ivory
Wings Over Honolulu
1937
as Mammy
She Couldn't Say No
1930
as Cora
The Big Cage
1933
as Mandy
Colorado Sundown
1952
as Mattie, Jackie's Maid
The Goddess
1958
as The Cook
Tell It to the Judge
1949
as Cleo, Marsha's Maid (uncredited)
Bombshell
1933
as Loretta
The Facts of Life
1960
as Gussie
Street of Women
1932
as Mattie, Natalie's maid
Bright Lights
1930
as Angela
Lover Come Back
1946
as Martha / Martha, Kay's Maid
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938
as Cassey
There's Something About a Soldier
1943
as Birdie
Back Pay
1930
as Nellie - Hester's Maid
Girl Missing
1933
as Julie, Daisy's Maid (Uncredited)
Kisses for Breakfast
1941
as Clotilda
The Woman Condemned
1934
as Sally
Unashamed
1932
as Amanda
Palooka
1934
as Crystal
A Shriek in the Night
1933
as Maid
All by Myself
1943
as Willie
Glad Rag Doll
1929
as Hannah
Barbary Coast Gent
1944
as Bedelia
Registered Nurse
1934
as Flo - Sadie's Maid
I Believed in You
1934
as Prisoner
Night World
1932
as Maid (uncredited)
Glamour
1934
as Millie
Parole Fixer
1940
as Aunt Lindy
Paid
1930
as Convict (uncredited)
Wives Never Know
1936
as Florabelle
Scandal Street
1938
as Clairce
Banjo
1947
as Lindy
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932
as Washroom Attendant (uncredited)
Young Widow
1946
as Rosie
Young America
1942
as Pansy
True to the Navy
1930
as Maid (uncredited)
Bedside
1934
as Pansy
Annapolis Farewell
1935
as Miranda
About Louise Beavers
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Louise Beavers (March 8, 1902 – October 26, 1962) was an American film and television actress. Beavers appeared in dozens of films and two hit television shows from the 1920s until 1960, most often cast in the role of a maid, servant, or slave. She was a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority, one of the four African-American sororities. Beavers was a breakthrough actress for black women and became known as a symbol of a "mammy" on the screen. A mammy archetype "is the portray… With 153 credits spanning from 1929 to 1970, Louise Beavers has appeared in 148 films and 5 TV shows.
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- Party Husband (1931) — as Laura's Maid
- Teenage Rebel (1956) — as Willamay
- Reform School (1939) — as Mother Barton
- Holiday Inn (1942) — as Mamie
- Good Sam (1948) — as Chloe
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