Louise Beavers

Actor Mar 8 (died age 60) Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 1929–1960 (31 year career)

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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 "mamm…

Known For

Film

Make Way for Tomorrow

Mamie

Film

Holiday Inn

Mamie

Film

42nd Street

Pansy (uncredited)

Film

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Gussie

Film

Shadow of the Thin Man

Stella

Film

Imitation of Life

Delilah Johnson

Film

She Done Him Wrong

Pearl

Film

Doctor X

Louise (Uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (152)

Movies (148)

All the Fine Young Cannibals

as Rose

The Facts of Life

as Gussie

The Goddess

as The Cook

Tammy and the Bachelor

1957

as Osia

7.0

The Hostess with the Mostes'

1957

as Mattie Mae

You Can't Run Away from It

as Maid

Good-bye, My Lady

as Bonnie Drew

Teenage Rebel

as Willamay

Never Wave at a WAC

as Artamesa

Colorado Sundown

as Mattie, Jackie's Maid

3.3

I Dream of Jeanie

1952

as Mammy

3.6

The Jackie Robinson Story

as Jackie's Mother

My Blue Heaven

as Selma

Tell It to the Judge

as Cleo, Marsha's Maid (uncredited)

6.3

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

as Gussie

Good Sam

as Chloe

For the Love of Mary

as Bertha

A Southern Yankee

as Laundry Woman

Banjo

as Lindy

Young Widow

as Rosie

Lover Come Back

as Martha

Delightfully Dangerous

1945

as Hannah

4.7

South of Dixie

1944

as Magnolia Brown / Chloe

Dixie Jamboree

1944

as Opal

4.5

Follow the Boys

1944

as Louise Beavers (uncredited)

Barbary Coast Gent

as Bedelia

Good Morning, Judge

as Cleo

All by Myself

1943

as Willie

Top Man

1943

as Cleo

Du Barry Was a Lady

1943

as Niagara

6.2

There's Something About a Soldier

as Birdie

Holiday Inn

as Mamie

Reap the Wild Wind

as Maum Maria

The Big Street

as Ruby, Gloria's Maid (Uncredited)

Seven Sweethearts

as Petunia, the Maid

Young America

as Pansy

The Vanishing Virginian

as Aunt Emmeline

Belle Starr

as Mammy Lou

Shadow of the Thin Man

as Stella

Kisses for Breakfast

as Clotilda

Sign of the Wolf

as Beulah

Virginia

as Ophelia

No Time for Comedy

1940

as Clementine

5.0

I Want a Divorce

1940

as Celestine

Primrose Path

1940

as Woman Talking to Police (uncredited)

Women Without Names

as Ivory

Parole Fixer

as Aunt Lindy

Made for Each Other

as Lily (uncredited)

Reform School

as Mother Barton

The Lady's from Kentucky

1939

as Aunt Tina

The Headleys at Home

1938

as Hyacinth

Brother Rat

1938

as Jenny

5.0

Scandal Street

1938

as Clairce

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

1938

as Cassey

4.8

Life Goes On

1938

as Sally Weston

Make Way for Tomorrow

as Mamie

The Last Gangster

as Gloria

Love in a Bungalow

as Millie

Wings Over Honolulu

1937

as Mammy

5.5

Wives Never Know

1936

as Florabelle

General Spanky

as Cornelia

Bullets or Ballots

as Nellie LaFleur

Rainbow on the River

as Toinette

Annapolis Farewell

as Miranda

I've Got Your Number

as Crystal

Palooka

as Crystal

Cheaters

as Lily

Bedside

1934

as Pansy

5.4

Gambling Lady

1934

as Suzy - Peter's Cook (uncredited)

6.2

Strictly Fresh Yeggs

1934

as Maid

Dr. Monica

1934

as Sarah - Mary's Maid (uncredited)

I Give My Love

as Maid

The Woman Condemned

as Sally

Glamour

as Millie

Imitation of Life

as Delilah Johnson

The Merry Frinks

as Camille

I Believed in You

as Prisoner

Merry Wives of Reno

1934

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

A Modern Hero

as Azais's Maid

Registered Nurse

as Flo - Sadie's Maid

4.1

West of the Pecos

1934

as Mauree

Beggar's Holiday

1934

as Heliotrope

Hold Your Man

1933

as Elite Club Attendant (uncredited)

6.1

Her Bodyguard

1933

as Margot's Maid

5.5

The Phantom Broadcast

1933

as Minnie

4.3

What Price Innocence?

as Hannah

Only Yesterday

as Abby (Uncredited)

42nd Street

as Pansy (uncredited)

Bombshell

as Loretta

Girl Missing

as Julie, Daisy's Maid (Uncredited)

She Done Him Wrong

as Pearl

Central Airport

as Hotel Maid (uncredited)

6.1

Midnight Mary

1933

as Mary's Maid Anna (uncredited)

6.8

The Midnight Patrol

1933

as Maid (scenes deleted)

The Big Cage

as Mandy

Pick-up

as Magnolia (uncredited)

In the Money

as Lily

Her Splendid Folly

as Anastasia

The Story of Temple Drake

1933

as Minnie

6.4

A Shriek in the Night

1933

as Maid

5.1

Hunting Trouble

1933

as Lucy

Notorious But Nice

as Ophelia

Night World

as Maid (uncredited)

Doctor X

as Louise (Uncredited)

6.0

Wild Girl

1932

as Mammy Lou (uncredited)

6.0

Unashamed

1932

as Amanda

6.3

What Price Hollywood?

1932

as Mary's Maid Bonita

6.7

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

1932

as Washroom Attendant (uncredited)

5.9

The Dark Horse

1932

as Kay's Maid Levinnia

The Expert

as Lulu

Hell's Highway

as Rascal's Sweetheart at Visitor's Center (uncredited)

5.9

You're Telling Me

1932

as The Maid (uncredited)

4.0

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

1932

as Beautician (uncredited)

5.2

It's Tough to Be Famous

as Ada, Janet's Maid

Young America

as Maid (Uncredited)

Street of Women

as Mattie, Natalie's maid

4.4

Too Busy to Work

1932

as Mammy

4.0

Divorce In The Family

as Rosetta

Good Sport

as September

Party Husband

as Laura's Maid

Girls About Town

as Hattie

Six Cylinder Love

Ladies of the Big House

as Ivory

Millie

as Maid (uncredited)

Don't Bet on Women

as Maid (uncredited)

Sundown Trail

as Auntie Jenny

Reckless Living

as Maid

True to the Navy

as Maid (uncredited)

Knights Before Christmas

1930

Paid

1930

as Convict (uncredited)

Manslaughter

as Rose

Wide Open

as Easter

Back Pay

as Nellie - Hester's Maid

4.0

Second Choice

1930

as Maid (uncredited)

Our Blushing Brides

1930

as Amelia - The Mannequins' Maid (uncredited)

Honey

as Black Revivalist

Safety in Numbers

as Messalina

Outside the Law

as Judy the Maid

She Couldn't Say No

as Cora

Bright Lights

as Angela

Recaptured Love

as Maid

Coquette

as Julia

Thunderbolt

as Black Cat Cafe Patron (uncredited)

5.6

Glad Rag Doll

1929

as Hannah

Election Day

as Farina's mother

Barnum Was Right

as Maid

Wall Street

as Magnolia

Nix on Dames

as Magnolia

Television (4)

Bourbon Street Beat

as Mrs. Teale

The Swamp Fox

The Danny Thomas Show

as Louise

The Beulah Show

as Beulah