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Butterfly McQueen

“I didn't mind playing a maid the first time, because I thought that was how you got into the business. But after I did the same thing over and over I resented it. I didn't mind being funny but I didn't like being stupid.”
- Butterfly McQueen,
- in Doug McClelland, Star Speak (1987)

Butterfly McQueen, U.S. actor, dancer

(1911 - 1995)

Full name: Thelma McQueen.