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Louise Beavers 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.
Born
Saturday, 08 March 1902
Died
Friday, 26 October 1962
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| She's Gotta Have It | Delilah Johnson | 2017 |
| I Am Not Your Negro | Delilah Johnson (clip from Imitation of Life (1934)) | 2016 |
| The Facts of Life | Gussie | 1960 |
| All the Fine Young Cannibals | Rose | 1960 |
| Bourbon Street Beat | Mrs. Teale | 1959 |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Della | 1959 |
| Frontier Doctor | Delilah Jones / Clover, Nora's Housekeeper | 1958 |
| The Goddess | The Cook | 1958 |
| Tammy and the Bachelor | Osia | 1957 |
| Teenage Rebel | Willamay | 1956 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| She's Gotta Have It | Delilah Johnson | 2017 |
| I Am Not Your Negro | Delilah Johnson (clip from Imitation of Life (1934)) | 2016 |
| The Facts of Life | Gussie | 1960 |
| All the Fine Young Cannibals | Rose | 1960 |
| Bourbon Street Beat | Mrs. Teale | 1959 |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Della | 1959 |
| Frontier Doctor | Delilah Jones / Clover, Nora's Housekeeper | 1958 |
| The Goddess | The Cook | 1958 |
| Tammy and the Bachelor | Osia | 1957 |
| Teenage Rebel | Willamay | 1956 |
| You Can't Run Away from It | Maid | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Mattie Mae | 1956 |
| Good-bye, My Lady | Bonnie Drew | 1956 |
| Star Stage | Effie | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Delia | 1954 |
| Stories of the Century | Aunt Nellie | 1954 |
| The Danny Thomas Show | Louise | 1953 |
| Never Wave at a WAC | Artamesa | 1953 |
| I Dream of Jeanie | Mammy | 1952 |
| Colorado Sundown | Mattie, Jackie's Maid / Mattie - Jackie's Maid | 1952 |
| The Amos 'n Andy Show | Mrs. Anderson | 1951 |
| Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Hot Point Spokesman | 1951 |
| You Bet Your Life | Self - Actress | 1950 |
| Beulah | Beulah | 1950 |
| My Blue Heaven | Selma | 1950 |
| The Jackie Robinson Story | Jackie's Mother | 1950 |
| Girls' School | Hattie | 1950 |
| Tell It to the Judge | Cleo, Marsha's Maid | 1949 |
| Good Sam | Chloe | 1948 |
| For the Love of Mary | Bertha | 1948 |
| A Southern Yankee | Laundry Woman | 1948 |
| Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House | Gussie | 1948 |
| Banjo | Lindy | 1947 |
| Lover Come Back | Martha, Kay's Maid / Martha | 1946 |
| Young Widow | Rosie / Rosie, the Cook | 1946 |
| Delightfully Dangerous | Hannah | 1945 |
| Barbary Coast Gent | Bedelia | 1944 |
| Dixie Jamboree | Opal / Sam the Deckhand | 1944 |
| South of Dixie | Magnolia Brown / Chloe | 1944 |
| Follow the Boys | Louise Beavers | 1944 |
| Jack London | Mammy Jenny | 1943 |
| There's Something About a Soldier | Birdie | 1943 |
| Top Man | Cleo - the Warrens' Maid / Cleo | 1943 |
| All by Myself | Willie | 1943 |
| Du Barry Was a Lady | Niagara | 1943 |
| Good Morning, Judge | Cleo | 1943 |
| Tennessee Johnson | Addie | 1942 |
| Seven Sweethearts | Petunia, the Maid / Petunia - the Maid | 1942 |
| The Big Street | Ruby - Gloria's Maid / Ruby, Gloria's Maid (Uncredited) | 1942 |
| Holiday Inn | Mamie | 1942 |
| Reap the Wild Wind | Maum Maria | 1942 |
| Young America | Pansy | 1942 |
| The Vanishing Virginian | Aunt Emmeline | 1942 |
| Shadow of the Thin Man | Stella | 1941 |
| Belle Starr | Mammy Lou | 1941 |
| Kisses for Breakfast | Clotilda | 1941 |
| Sign of the Wolf | Beulah | 1941 |
| Virginia | Ophelia | 1941 |
| I Want a Divorce | Celestine | 1940 |
| No Time for Comedy | Clementine | 1940 |
| Primrose Path | Woman Talking to Police | 1940 |
| The Primrose Path | Woman Talking to Police | 1940 |
| Women Without Names | Ivory | 1940 |
| Parole Fixer | Aunt Lindy | 1940 |
| Reform School | Mother Barton | 1939 |
| The Lady's from Kentucky | Aunt Tina | 1939 |
| Made for Each Other | Lily / Lily - Cook #3 | 1939 |
| Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus | Cassey | 1938 |
| The Headleys at Home | Hyacinth | 1938 |
| Brother Rat | Jenny | 1938 |
| Life Goes On | Sally Weston | 1938 |
| Scandal Street | Clairce | 1938 |
| The Last Gangster | Gloria | 1937 |
| Love in a Bungalow | Millie | 1937 |
| Wings Over Honolulu | Mammy | 1937 |
| Make Way for Tomorrow | Mamie | 1937 |
| Rainbow on the River | Toinette | 1936 |
| General Spanky | Cornelia | 1936 |
| Wives Never Know | Florabelle | 1936 |
| Bullets or Ballots | Nellie LaFleur | 1936 |
| Annapolis Farewell | Miranda | 1935 |
| Million Dollar Baby | Black Mother | 1934 |
| West of the Pecos | Mauree | 1934 |
| Imitation of Life | Delilah Johnson | 1934 |
| Beggar's Holiday | Heliotrope | 1934 |
| I Give My Love | Maid | 1934 |
| Dr. Monica | Sarah - Mary's Maid | 1934 |
| The Merry Frinks | Camille, Hattie's Maid / Camille | 1934 |
| Cheaters | Lily | 1934 |
| A Modern Hero | Azais' Maid / Azais's Maid | 1934 |
| Merry Wives of Reno | Derwent's Client - Black Mother of 12 Wanting a Divorce | 1934 |
| I Believed in You | Prisoner | 1934 |
| Glamour | Millie | 1934 |
| Registered Nurse | Flo - Sadie's Maid | 1934 |
| The Woman Condemned | Sally - Jane's Maid / Sally | 1934 |
| Gambling Lady | Suzy - Peter's Cook | 1934 |
| I've Got Your Number | Crystal | 1934 |
| Bedside | Pansy | 1934 |
| Palooka | Crystal | 1934 |
| Jimmy and Sally | Maid | 1933 |
| In the Money | Lily | 1933 |
| Only Yesterday | Abby - the Emersons' Maid / Abby (Uncredited) | 1933 |
| Bombshell | Loretta | 1933 |
| Her Splendid Folly | Anastasia | 1933 |
| Notorious But Nice | Ophelia | 1933 |
| The Midnight Patrol | Maid (scenes deleted) | 1933 |
| Shriek in the Night, A | Maid | 1933 |
| Her Bodyguard | Margot's Maid | 1933 |
| A Shriek in the Night | Maid | 1933 |
| Midnight Mary | Anna - Mary's Maid | 1933 |
| Hold Your Man | Elite Club Attendant | 1933 |
| What Price Innocence? | Hannah | 1933 |
| The Story of Temple Drake | Minnie | 1933 |
| The Big Cage | Mandy | 1933 |
| Central Airport | Hotel Maid | 1933 |
| Pick-up | Magnolia | 1933 |
| The Phantom Broadcast | Penny / Minnie | 1933 |
| 42nd Street | Pansy - Dorothy's Maid | 1933 |
| Girl Missing | Julie - Daisy's Maid / Julie, Daisy's Maid (Uncredited) | 1933 |
| She Done Him Wrong | Pearl | 1933 |
| Too Busy to Work | Mammy | 1932 |
| Wild Girl | Mammy Lou | 1932 |
| Hell's Highway | Rascal's Sweetheart at Visitor's Center | 1932 |
| Divorce in the Family | Rosetta | 1932 |
| Doctor X | Louise the Cathouse maid / Louise (Uncredited) | 1932 |
| Unashamed | Amanda Jones / Amanda | 1932 |
| What Price Hollywood? | The Maid / Mary's Maid Bonita | 1932 |
| The Dark Horse | Levinnia, Kay's Maid / Kay's Maid Levinnia | 1932 |
| Street of Women | Mattie, Natalie's maid | 1932 |
| The Strange Love of Molly Louvain | Washroom Attendant | 1932 |
| Night World | Maid | 1932 |
| Young America | Maid / Maid (Uncredited) | 1932 |
| It's Tough to Be Famous | Ada, Janet's Maid | 1932 |
| The Expert | Lulu | 1932 |
| The Greeks Had a Word for Them | Beautician | 1932 |
| Ladies of the Big House | Ivory | 1931 |
| Good Sport | September | 1931 |
| Girls About Town | Hattie | 1931 |
| Sundown Trail | Auntie Jenny | 1931 |
| Annabelle's Affairs | Ruby | 1931 |
| Party Husband | Laura's Maid | 1931 |
| 6 Cylinder Love | Bit Role | 1931 |
| Don't Bet on Women | Maid | 1931 |
| Millie | Maid | 1931 |
| Paid | Black Convict | 1930 |
| Bright Lights | Angela / Angela - the Maid | 1930 |
| Outside the Law | Judy the Maid | 1930 |
| Manslaughter | Rose / Rose (prison inmate) | 1930 |
| Our Blushing Brides | 1930 | |
| Recaptured Love | Maid | 1930 |
| Back Pay | Nellie - Hester's Maid | 1930 |
| Safety in Numbers | Messalina | 1930 |
| True to the Navy | Maid | 1930 |
| Honey | Black Revivalist | 1930 |
| She Couldn't Say No | Cora | 1930 |
| Wide Open | Easter | 1930 |
| Second Choice | Maid | 1930 |
| Nix on Dames | Magnolia | 1929 |
| Wall Street | Magnolia | 1929 |
| Barnum Was Right | Maid | 1929 |
| Gold Diggers of Broadway | Sadie the Maid | 1929 |
| Thunderbolt | Black Cat Cafe Patron | 1929 |
| Glad Rag Doll | Hannah | 1929 |
| Coquette | Julia | 1929 |
| Election Day | 1929 | |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Slave at Wedding | 1928 |
