Photo: Trailer screenshot / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
What moves me about Butterfly McQueen is how much she did with how little she was offered. A dancer from Tampa who broke into film as Prissy in Gone with the Wind, she carried an instantly recognizable voice into an industry that rarely wrote real parts for Black women of her era. Yet she kept working across stage, screen and television, eventually winning a Daytime Emmy, and returned to college later in life. I read that not as a footnote but as quiet defiance. She refused to be defined by the narrow roles history tried to assign her, and I respect that enormously.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Butterfly McQueen
- Name (Japanese)
- バタフライ・マクイーン
- Reading
- ばたふらい・まくいーん
- Born
- January 7, 1911 – December 22, 1995
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Boar
- Origin
- Tampa, Florida, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / dancer / stage actor / television actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- City College of New York
Awards & achievements
- Daytime Emmy Award
- 1975 Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly%20McQueen
Frequently asked questions
When was Butterfly McQueen born?
January 7, 1911 – December 22, 1995.
Where is Butterfly McQueen from?
Butterfly McQueen is from Tampa, Florida, United States.
What does Butterfly McQueen do?
Butterfly McQueen works as actor, dancer, stage actor, television actor, film actor.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.