Biography
Butterfly McQueen was an American actress. Born Thelma McQueen in Tampa, Florida, in 1911, she died in Augusta, Georgia, in 1995. She began her career as a dancer and made her Broadway debut in the late 1930s before entering film.
McQueen first appeared on screen as Prissy in Gone with the Wind (1939). She played supporting roles in films including Cabin in the Sky (1943), an uncredited part as Lottie in Mildred Pierce (1945) and Vashti in Duel in the Sun (1946). She later worked in television and received a Daytime Emmy Award in 1980 for an episode of the ABC Afterschool Special series.
