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Butterfly McQueen: Biography

  • Birth Name: Thelma McQueen
  • Birth Place: Tampa, FL
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 01/08/1911, Capricorn
  • Date of Death: 12/22/1995
  • Profession: Actor
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Butterfly McQueen Fast Facts:
  • Made acting debut in the 1937 Broadway play Brown Sugar.
  • Was nicknamed Butterfly after dancing a butterfly ballet in the stage production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.   
  • Had many concerns with her first movie role (which she initially hated): Prissy in the classic 1939 film Gone With the Wind. In the film's infamous birthing scene, refused to let costar slap her, so the actors faked the smack.
  • Was introduced to TV viewers in the1950 ABC sitcom Beulah. 
  • Inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1975.
  • Won a 1979 Daytime Emmy for her work as Aunt Thelma on the ABC Afterschool Special The Seven Wishes of a Rich Kid.
  • Although it took her almost three decades and she attended five different colleges, she finally earned a bachelor's degree at the age of 64. 
  • College:
  • City University of New York, City College, New York, NY (BA in Political Science, 1975)
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