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 the business. But after I did the same thing over a...
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Gone with the Wind
As Prissy
Mildred Pierce
As Lottie (uncredited)
The Mosquito Coast
As Ma Kennywick
Killer Diller
As Butterfly
The Women
As Lulu (uncredited)
Duel in the Sun
As Vashti
Flame of Barbary Coast
As Beulah, Flaxen's Maid
The Phynx
As Butterfly McQueen
Amazing Grace
As Clarine
Polly
As Miss Priss
Cabin in the Sky
As Lily
I Dood It
As Annette
Affectionately Yours
As Butterfly
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
As Blind Negress
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
As Self
Since You Went Away
As WAC Sergeant (uncredited)
Studio One
As Pearl
Lux Video Theatre
As Mary