Butterfly McQueen

Biography

Thelma "Butterfly" McQueen was a dancer-turned-actress who first appeared on screen as Prissy in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind. She continued to work in film and television throughout the 1940s and 1950s, often typecast in stereotypical roles. In her later years, she devoted herself to political study and won a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance in an ABC Afterschool Special episode.