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)
The Big Street
1942
as Ruby (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Maum Maria
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
as Gussie
Belle Starr
1941
as Mammy Lou
42nd Street
1933
as Pansy (uncredited)
Holiday Inn
1942
as Mamie
Central Airport
1933
as Hotel Maid (uncredited)
Midnight Mary
1933
as Mary's Maid Anna (uncredited)
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
as Mamie
Bullets or Ballots
1936
as Nellie LaFleur
Primrose Path
1940
as Woman Talking to Police (uncredited)
Imitation of Life
1934
as Delilah Johnson
The Story of Temple Drake
1933
as Minnie
Hunting Trouble
1933
as Lucy
Back Pay
1930
as Nellie - Hester's Maid
Made for Each Other
1939
as Lily (uncredited)
Ladies of the Big House
1931
as Ivory
Doctor X
1932
as Louise (Uncredited)
Millie
1931
as Maid (uncredited)
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
as Niagara
Kisses for Breakfast
1941
as Clotilda
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941
as Stella
Young America
1932
as Maid (Uncredited)
Only Yesterday
1933
as Abby (Uncredited)
The Goddess
1958
as The Cook
Good Sam
1948
as Chloe
All the Fine Young Cannibals
1960
as Rose
Glamour
1934
as Millie
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932
as Washroom Attendant (uncredited)
There's Something About a Soldier
1943
as Birdie
Thunderbolt
1929
as Black Cat Cafe Patron (uncredited)
She Done Him Wrong
1933
as Pearl
Tammy and the Bachelor
1957
as Osia
Wild Girl
1932
as Mammy Lou (uncredited)
The Dark Horse
1932
as Kay's Maid Levinnia
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938
as Cassey
Bedside
1934
as Pansy
Reform School
1939
as Mother Barton
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950
as Jackie's Mother
Girl Missing
1933
as Julie, Daisy's Maid (Uncredited)
The Facts of Life
1960
as Gussie
Brother Rat
1938
as Jenny
For the Love of Mary
1948
as Bertha
Bombshell
1933
as Loretta
Follow the Boys
1944
as Louise Beavers (uncredited)
You Can't Run Away from It
1956
as Maid
Top Man
1943
as Cleo
Lover Come Back
1946
as Martha / Martha, Kay's Maid
Young Widow
1946
as Rosie
My Blue Heaven
1950
as Selma
Scandal Street
1938
as Clairce
Teenage Rebel
1956
as Willamay
What Price Hollywood?
1932
as Mary's Maid Bonita
Party Husband
1931
as Laura's Maid
Coquette
1929
as Julia
Palooka
1934
as Crystal
Night World
1932
as Maid (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy
1940
as Clementine
Parole Fixer
1940
as Aunt Lindy
The Midnight Patrol
1933
as Maid (scenes deleted)
Manslaughter
1930
as Rose
Rainbow on the River
1936
as Toinette
Our Blushing Brides
1930
as Amelia - The Mannequins' Maid (uncredited)
Banjo
1947
as Lindy
Gambling Lady
1934
as Suzy - Peter's Cook (uncredited)
A Shriek in the Night
1933
as Maid
Hold Your Man
1933
as Elite Club Attendant (uncredited)
Hell's Highway
1932
as Rascal's Sweetheart at Visitor's Center (uncredited)
The Big Cage
1933
as Mandy
Wives Never Know
1936
as Florabelle
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
as Artamesa
The Last Gangster
1937
as Gloria
Annapolis Farewell
1935
as Miranda
I Want a Divorce
1940
as Celestine
West of the Pecos
1934
as Mauree
Dr. Monica
1934
as Sarah - Mary's Maid (uncredited)
Virginia
1941
as Ophelia
Unashamed
1932
as Amanda
Paid
1930
as Convict (uncredited)
In the Money
1933
as Lily
Good-bye, My Lady
1956
as Bonnie Drew
Pick-up
1933
as Magnolia (uncredited)
Outside the Law
1930
as Judy the Maid
Tell It to the Judge
1949
as Cleo, Marsha's Maid (uncredited)
Women Without Names
1940
as Ivory
Young America
1942
as Pansy
Colorado Sundown
1952
as Mattie, Jackie's Maid
The Phantom Broadcast
1933
as Minnie
A Southern Yankee
1948
as Laundry Woman
Barbary Coast Gent
1944
as Bedelia
Wide Open
1930
as Easter
Delightfully Dangerous
1945
as Hannah
Seven Sweethearts
1942
as Petunia, the Maid
The Vanishing Virginian
1942
as Aunt Emmeline
A Modern Hero
1934
as Azais's Maid
The Woman Condemned
1934
as Sally
Wings Over Honolulu
1937
as Mammy
Dixie Jamboree
1944
as Opal / Sam the Deckhand
Reckless Living
1931
as Maid
Wall Street
1929
as Magnolia
Bright Lights
1930
as Angela
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
as Derwent's Client - Black Mother of 12 Wanting a Divorce (uncredited)
Her Bodyguard
1933
as Margot's Maid
Glad Rag Doll
1929
as Hannah
The Lady's from Kentucky
1939
as Aunt Tina
Honey
1930
as Black Revivalist
The Merry Frinks
1934
as Camille
Girls About Town
1931
as Hattie
Good Morning, Judge
1943
as Cleo
Notorious But Nice
1933
as Ophelia
I Believed in You
1934
as Prisoner
Beggar's Holiday
1934
as Heliotrope
Street of Women
1932
as Mattie, Natalie's maid
Second Choice
1930
as Maid (uncredited)
It's Tough to Be Famous
1932
as Ada, Janet's Maid
General Spanky
1936
as Cornelia
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
1934
as Maid
She Couldn't Say No
1930
as Cora
The Expert
1932
as Lulu
Don't Bet on Women
1931
as Maid (uncredited)
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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- The Big Street (1942) — as Ruby (uncredited)
- Reap the Wild Wind (1942) — as Maum Maria
- Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) — as Gussie
- Belle Starr (1941) — as Mammy Lou
- 42nd Street (1933) — as Pansy (uncredited)
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