Personal Info
Butterfly McQueen
Acting
Biography
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 and over, I resented it. I didn't mind being funny, but I didn't like being stupid.] She continued as an actress in film in the 1940s, and then moved t…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Polly
as Miss Priss
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self
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
