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Butterfly McQueen

American actress (1911–1995)

Butterfly McQueen (born Thelma McQueen; January 8, 1911 – December 22, 1995) was an American actress. Originally a dancer, McQueen first appeared in films as Prissy in Gone with the Wind (1939). She also appeared in the films Cabin in the Sky (1943), Mildred Pierce (1944), and Duel in the Sun (1946).

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."^[2] She continued as an actress in film in the 1940s, and then moved to television acting in the 1950s. She won a 1980 Daytime Emmy Award for her performance in the ABC Afterschool Special episode "Seven Wishes of a Rich Kid".

Early life and education

Born January 8, 1911, in Tampa, Florida,^[3]^[4] Thelma McQueen was the daughter of Wallace McQueen, a stevedore/dockworker, and Mary McQueen, who worked as a mai

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Butterfly McQueen’s Groundbreaking Performances in the Village and Beyond

Butterfly McQueen — it’s an unusual name, but in many ways perfect for the woman to whom it is attached, as it evokes both flight and royalty. Born in Florida, McQueen was a dancer and actor who was made famous by her role as Prissy in Gone With The Wind — followed by many similar roles, about which 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.” An Emmy winner, an outspoken atheist who never married, and a serious performer, McQueen played essential and groundbreaking roles in the Greenwich Village and Lower East Side theater scenes, including the Harlem Suitcase Theater, run by the International Worker’s Order located at 80 Fifth Avenue; Villager Barbara Kahn’s first play, “Gravediggers,” at LaMama ETC Theater, and a one-woman show in 1978 at Reno Sweeney, at 126 Wes

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Butterfly McQueen

Butterfly McQueen is best remembered for her role as an enslaved woman named Prissy in the 1939 movie Gone With the Wind. For most of her film career, McQueen was typecast as a servant, but when those roles became scant in Hollywood during the 1950s, she pursued jobs in musical theater, television, and radio. She won the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Award in 1975 and an Emmy Award for her role in the children’s television special The Seven Wishes of Joanna Peabody (1979).

Butterfly McQueen was born Thelma McQueen on January 8, 1911, in Tampa, Florida. When McQueen was five years old, her father abandoned the family, and her mother, a housekeeper, sent her to attend public school and live in Augusta, Georgia, with her aunt. Her mother eventually settled in New York City, and McQueen spent most of her teenage years in Harlem, Long Island, and the Bronx.

McQueen joined the Youth Theatre Group in Harlem in 1934 and studied acting, dance, and music. The following year she landed her first professional stage role, performing as part of the Butterfly B