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