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Etta McDaniel

{{Short description|American actress}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Etta McDaniel

| image = Etta McDaniel in Hearts in Bondage.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = McDaniel in Hearts in Bondage (1936)

| birthname =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1890|12|01}}

| birth_place = Wichita, Kansas, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1946|01|13|1890|12|01}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| resting_place = Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, U.S

| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 1914–1945

| spouse = {{marriage|John Alfred Goff|1908}}

| children = 1

| relatives = Hattie McDaniel (sister)
Sam McDaniel (brother)

}}

Etta McDaniel (December 1, 1890{{spaced ndash}}January 13, 1946) was an American actress who appeared in over 60 films between 1933 and 1946.

Early life

McDaniel was born in Wichita, Kansas. She was the sister of actor Sam McDaniel and Academy Award winning actress Hattie McDaniel.The family moved to Denver when she was in the first grade.{{cite news |title=Etta McDaniel Hails From Kansas; In 'Doughboy' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-call-etta-mcdaniel/173878174/ |access-date=June 5, 2025 |work=The Call |date=October 23, 1942 |location=Missouri, Kansas City |page=39|via = Newspapers.com }}

Career

In 1914, Etta Goff{{Cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/California/Etta-Goff_2jggzs|title=Etta Goff in the 1940 Census|website=Ancestry.com|accessdate=2020-05-17}} and her sister Hattie McDaniel launched an all-female minstrel show, called the McDaniel Sisters Company.{{Cite web|url=https://www.coloradovirtuallibrary.org/digital-colorado/colorado-histories/20th-century/hattie-mcdaniel-actress/|title=Hattie McDaniel: Actress|date=July 13, 2015|website=Colorado Virtual Library|accessdate=May 17, 2020}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RSGhEUq5bp0C&q=Etta+Goff+1914&pg=PA585|title=Icons of Black America: Breaking Barriers and Crossing Boundaries [3 volumes]|first=Matthew |last=Whitaker|date=2011-03-09|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9780313376436|accessdate=2020-05-17|via=Google Books}} Joined by their brother, they formed a trio that toured the Pantages vaudeville circuit for years.

McDaniel's feature film debut was in the 1933 King Kong, portraying a native dancer.{{cite book |last1=Nissen |first1=Axel |title=Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties |date=2007 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-2746-8 |page=102 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IbpwDl1nt0MC&dq=%22Etta+McDaniel%22&pg=PA102 |access-date=June 5, 2025 |language=en}} She then became a supporting actress or extra, frequently in uncredited roles, performing as maids and nannies, including Lawless Nineties, 1936, a Western starring John Wayne.

Personal life and death

McDaniel married John Alfred Goff on December 2, 1908, in Denver, Colorado. Her son was Edgar Henry Goff. McDaniel died in Los Angeles, California, aged 55.

Partial filmography

References

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External links

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  • {{Internet Archive author |sname=Etta McDaniel |sopt=t}}
  • {{IMDb name|0567400|Etta McDaniel}}
  • {{Find a Grave|11845300}}

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Category:1890 births

Category:1946 deaths

Category:Actresses from Wichita, Kansas

Category:American film actresses

Category:20th-century American actresses

Category:RKO Pictures contract players

Category:20th-century African-American actresses

Category:Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Los Angeles)

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