Louise Beavers

Known For: Acting
Born: March 8, 1902
Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Died: October 26, 1962

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 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 ac…

Filmography

Make Room for Granddaddy

Make Room for Granddaddy

1970

The Facts of Life

1960 · Gussie

All the Fine Young Cannibals

1960 · Rose

The Swamp Fox

1959

Bourbon Street Beat

1959 · Mrs. Teale

The Goddess

1958 · The Cook

Tammy and the Bachelor

1957 · Osia

The Hostess with the Mostes'

1957 · Mattie Mae

Teenage Rebel

1956 · Willamay

You Can't Run Away from It

1956 · Maid

Good-bye, My Lady

1956 · Bonnie Drew

The Danny Thomas Show

1953 · Louise

Never Wave at a WAC

1953 · Artamesa

I Dream of Jeanie

1952 · Mammy

Colorado Sundown

1952 · Mattie, Jackie's Maid

The Beulah Show

The Beulah Show

1950 · Beulah

My Blue Heaven

1950 · Selma

The Jackie Robinson Story

1950 · Jackie's Mother

Tell It to the Judge

1949 · Cleo, Marsha's Maid (uncredited)

For the Love of Mary

1948 · Bertha

Good Sam

1948 · Chloe

A Southern Yankee

1948 · Laundry Woman

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

1948 · Gussie

Banjo

1947 · Lindy

Lover Come Back

1946 · Martha, Martha, Kay's Maid

Young Widow

1946 · Rosie

Delightfully Dangerous

1945 · Hannah

Barbary Coast Gent

1944 · Bedelia

Dixie Jamboree

1944 · Opal, Sam the Deckhand

South of Dixie

1944 · Magnolia Brown / Chloe

Follow the Boys

1944 · Louise Beavers (uncredited)

There's Something About a Soldier

1943 · Birdie

Top Man

1943 · Cleo

Du Barry Was a Lady

1943 · Niagara

All by Myself

1943 · Willie

Good Morning, Judge

1943 · Cleo

Seven Sweethearts

1942 · Petunia, the Maid

The Big Street

1942 · Ruby (uncredited)

Holiday Inn

1942 · Mamie

Reap the Wild Wind

1942 · Maum Maria

Young America

1942 · Pansy

The Vanishing Virginian

1942 · Aunt Emmeline

Shadow of the Thin Man

1941 · Stella

Belle Starr

1941 · Mammy Lou

Kisses for Breakfast

1941 · Clotilda

Sign of the Wolf

1941 · Beulah

Virginia

1941 · Ophelia

I Want a Divorce

1940 · Celestine

No Time for Comedy

1940 · Clementine

Primrose Path

1940 · Woman Talking to Police (uncredited)

Women Without Names

1940 · Ivory

Parole Fixer

1940 · Aunt Lindy

The Lady's from Kentucky

1939 · Aunt Tina

Reform School

1939 · Mother Barton

Made for Each Other

1939 · Lily (uncredited)

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

1938 · Cassey

The Headleys at Home

1938 · Hyacinth

Brother Rat

1938 · Jenny

Life Goes On

1938 · Sally Weston

Scandal Street

1938 · Clairce

The Last Gangster

1937 · Gloria

Love in a Bungalow

Love in a Bungalow

1937 · Millie

Wings Over Honolulu

1937 · Mammy

Make Way for Tomorrow

1937 · Mamie

Rainbow on the River

1936 · Toinette

General Spanky

1936 · Cornelia

Wives Never Know

1936 · Florabelle

Bullets or Ballots

1936 · Nellie LaFleur

Annapolis Farewell

1935 · Miranda

West of the Pecos

1934 · Mauree

Imitation of Life

1934 · Delilah Johnson

Beggar's Holiday

1934 · Heliotrope

I Give My Love

1934 · Maid

Dr. Monica

1934 · Sarah - Mary's Maid (uncredited)

The Merry Frinks

1934 · Camille

Cheaters

1934 · Lily

A Modern Hero

1934 · Azais's Maid

Merry Wives of Reno

1934 · Derwent's Client - Black Mother of 12 Wanting a Divorce (uncredited)

Glamour

1934 · Millie

I Believed in You

1934 · Prisoner

Strictly Fresh Yeggs

Strictly Fresh Yeggs

1934 · Maid

Registered Nurse

1934 · Flo - Sadie's Maid

The Woman Condemned

1934 · Sally

Gambling Lady

1934 · Suzy - Peter's Cook (uncredited)

I've Got Your Number

1934 · Crystal

Bedside

1934 · Pansy

Palooka

1934 · Crystal

In the Money

1933 · Lily

Only Yesterday

1933 · Abby (Uncredited)

Bombshell

1933 · Loretta

Her Splendid Folly

1933 · Anastasia

Notorious But Nice

1933 · Ophelia

The Midnight Patrol

1933 · Maid (scenes deleted)

A Shriek in the Night

1933 · Maid

Her Bodyguard

1933 · Margot's Maid

Midnight Mary

1933 · Mary's Maid Anna (uncredited)

Hold Your Man

1933 · Elite Club Attendant (uncredited)

What Price Innocence?

1933 · Hannah

The Story of Temple Drake

1933 · Minnie

The Big Cage

1933 · Mandy

Central Airport

1933 · Hotel Maid (uncredited)

Pick-up

1933 · Magnolia (uncredited)

The Phantom Broadcast

1933 · Minnie

42nd Street

1933 · Pansy (uncredited)

Girl Missing

1933 · Julie, Daisy's Maid (Uncredited)

She Done Him Wrong

1933 · Pearl

Hunting Trouble

Hunting Trouble

1933 · Lucy

Too Busy to Work

1932 · Mammy

Wild Girl

1932 · Mammy Lou (uncredited)

Hell's Highway

1932 · Rascal's Sweetheart at Visitor's Center (uncredited)

Divorce In The Family

1932 · Rosetta

Doctor X

1932 · Louise (Uncredited)

Unashamed

1932 · Amanda

What Price Hollywood?

1932 · Mary's Maid Bonita

The Dark Horse

1932 · Kay's Maid Levinnia

Street of Women

1932 · Mattie, Natalie's maid

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

1932 · Washroom Attendant (uncredited)

Night World

1932 · Maid (uncredited)

Young America

1932 · Maid (Uncredited)

You're Telling Me

You're Telling Me

1932 · The Maid (uncredited)

It's Tough to Be Famous

1932 · Ada, Janet's Maid

The Expert

1932 · Lulu

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

1932 · Beautician (uncredited)

Ladies of the Big House

1931 · Ivory

Good Sport

1931 · September

Girls About Town

1931 · Hattie

Reckless Living

Reckless Living

1931 · Maid

Sundown Trail

1931 · Auntie Jenny

Party Husband

1931 · Laura's Maid

Six Cylinder Love

1931

Don't Bet on Women

1931 · Maid (uncredited)

Millie

1931 · Maid (uncredited)

Paid

1930 · Convict (uncredited)

Knights Before Christmas

Knights Before Christmas

1930

Bright Lights

1930 · Angela

Outside the Law

1930 · Judy the Maid

Manslaughter

1930 · Rose

Our Blushing Brides

1930 · Amelia - The Mannequins' Maid (uncredited)

Recaptured Love

1930 · Maid

Back Pay

1930 · Nellie - Hester's Maid

Safety in Numbers

1930 · Messalina

True to the Navy

1930 · Maid (uncredited)

Honey

1930 · Black Revivalist

She Couldn't Say No

1930 · Cora

Wide Open

1930 · Easter

Second Choice

1930 · Maid (uncredited)

Wall Street

1929 · Magnolia

Nix on Dames

1929 · Magnolia

Barnum Was Right

1929 · Maid

Thunderbolt

1929 · Black Cat Cafe Patron (uncredited)

Glad Rag Doll

1929 · Hannah

Coquette

1929 · Julia

Election Day

1929 · Farina's mother

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