Thelma "Butterfly" McQueen was an American actress. Originally a dancer, McQueen first appeared in film in 1939 as Prissy, Scarlett O'Hara's maid, in the film Gone with the Wind. She was unable to ...

A half-century after her role as Scarlett’s panicked maid Prissy in Gone With the Wind, Butterfly McQueen is basking in a public renaissance of sorts, finding herself a nostalgic treasure for ...

“I didn’t mind playing a maid the first time, because I thought that was how you got into the business,” the actor Butterfly McQueen once explained. “But after I did the same thing over ...

“Butterfly” McQueen, 84, who played Scarlett O’Hara’s young, scatterbrained slave, Prissy, in “Gone with the Wind,” died Friday in Augusta, Ga., after suffering critical burns when her ...

Since December 2019 it has included prominent displays of the 1939 film’s two main African American actresses: Hattie McDaniel and Butterfly McQueen. “I viewed it as an improvement ...

Butterflies is a two-hander — James Cichocki plays a fan who is remembering the time when he met Butterfly McQueen. Verneice Turner plays the title role – letting us know about Butterfly ...

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Butterfly made a name for herself as Prissy, the maid who is given a serious talking to by Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind when they need to deliver a baby. (Prissy's famous line ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - In the distinctive, high-pitched voice that made her famous, actress Thelma "Butterfly" McQueen's words live on through a cassette tape as she recalls vivid memories of her ...

Butterfly McQueen, 84, who portrayed Scarlett O’Hara’s young, scatterbrained slave Prissy in the classic motion picture, “Gone With The Wind”; her acting career spanned Broadway ...