Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Louise Beavers (March 8, 1902 – October 26, 1962) 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. Beavers was a breakthrough actress for black women and became known as a symbol of a "mamm...
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Complete Filmography
The Facts of Life
1960
as Gussie
Middle-class suburbanites Larry and Kitty grow bored with their lives and respective marriages. Although each always found the other's manner grating,...
All the Fine Young Cannibals
1960
as Rose
An ambitious farm girl rushes into marriage with a rich man, almost destroying four lives in the process.
The Goddess
1958
as The Cook
A woman adored by the people around her ultimately struggles to be happy with herself.
Tammy and the Bachelor
1957
as Osia
An unsophisticated young woman from the Mississippi swamps falls in love with an unconventional southern gentleman.
Teenage Rebel
1956
as Willamay
Nancy Fallon gets her teenage daughter back from her ex-husband when she remarries and must win her love.
You Can't Run Away from It
1956
as Maid
A reporter stumbles on a runaway heiress whose story could salvage his career.
Good-bye, My Lady
1956
as Bonnie Drew
An old man and a young boy who live in the southeastern Mississippi swamps are brought together by the love of a dog.
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
as Artamesa
A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. She soon encounters many d...
I Dream of Jeanie
1952
as Mammy
The life and career of famed American composer Stephen Foster.
Colorado Sundown
1952
as Mattie, Jackie's Maid
The Hurley's own a lumber mill and want to harvest all the timber in the valley. They kill the Forester and substitute their brother Dusty in his plac...
My Blue Heaven
1950
as Selma
Radio star Kitty Moran, long married to partner Jack, finds she's pregnant, but miscarries. For a change, the couple turn their act into a series on e...
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950
as Jackie's Mother
Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major l...
Tell It to the Judge
1949
as Cleo, Marsha's Maid (uncredited)
Marsha Meredith, an attorney-at-law, is nominated for a federal judgeship, but her nomination is opposed by a 'Good-Government' group that thinks her ...
For the Love of Mary
1948
as Bertha
Young girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics.
Good Sam
1948
as Chloe
Sam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help them out so much that he often finds himself broke and un...
A Southern Yankee
1948
as Laundry Woman
Red Skelton plays Aubrey Filmore, a feather-brained but lovable bellboy who dreams of becoming an agent for the Union's secret service during the Civi...
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
as Gussie
An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with proble...
Banjo
1947
as Lindy
Family drama about a young farm girl, suddenly orphaned, who must give up her beloved dog when she's sent to live with her aunt in Boston.
Lover Come Back
1946
as Martha
A wife decides to take revenge when she learns her husband has been unfaithful.
Lover Come Back
1946
as Martha, Kay's Maid
A wife decides to take revenge when she learns her husband has been unfaithful.
Young Widow
1946
as Rosie
A young bride tries to rebuild her life after she learns her husband has been killed in the war.
Delightfully Dangerous
1945
as Hannah
Young Sherry Williams dreams of having a singing career, and she idolizes her older sister Josephine, who has gone to New York to perform on the stage...
Barbary Coast Gent
1944
as Bedelia
Honest Plush Brannon is a con-man thrown out of the Barbary Coast in San Francisco in the 1880s and headed for the gold rush region of Nevada. He disc...
Dixie Jamboree
1944
as Opal
A medicine man on the last show boat on the Mississippi is mistaken by two gangsters as a bootleger, and has to envade them.
Dixie Jamboree
1944
as Sam the Deckhand
A medicine man on the last show boat on the Mississippi is mistaken by two gangsters as a bootleger, and has to envade them.
South of Dixie
1944
as Magnolia Brown / Chloe
To save their music publishing firm from bankruptcy, Bill "Brains' Watson creates a colorful life-story about his partner, Danny Lee, representing him...
There's Something About a Soldier
1943
as Birdie
Five officer candidates fight to prove their mettle during training.
Top Man
1943
as Cleo
In this WW II musical, a young man suddenly finds himself in charge of his family when his father is called to war. To help the flagging spirits of lo...
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
as Niagara
Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with a poor dancer but wants to marry for money. When Loui...
All by Myself
1943
as Willie
Career woman Jean. almost a partner in Mark's advertising firm, has been falling in love with Mark, who of course is unaware of it. But unknown to Jea...
Good Morning, Judge
1943
as Cleo
A songwriter is sued for libel, and when he gets to court he discovers that his girlfriend is the plaintiff's attorney.
Seven Sweethearts
1942
as Petunia, the Maid
Little Delft, Michigan follows the customs of old-world Holland and is known for its Tulip Festival. The owner of the hotel insists that his seven dau...
The Big Street
1942
as Ruby, Gloria's Maid (Uncredited)
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him.
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Maum Maria
The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Lo...
Young America
1942
as Pansy
Young America is a 1942 American drama film directed by Louis King and written by Samuel G. Engel. The film stars Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Lynne Ro...
The Vanishing Virginian
1942
as Aunt Emmeline
The perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and does his best to adjust to change.
Holiday Inn
1942
as Mamie
Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gi...
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941
as Stella
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
Belle Starr
1941
as Mammy Lou
After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr Belle Shirley vows to take revenge. Breakin...
Kisses for Breakfast
1941
as Clotilda
A newlywed develops amnesia and can't remember his wife.
Sign of the Wolf
1941
as Beulah
Two German shepherds and their mistress (Grace Bradley) crash-land in Canada by a fox breeder's (Michael Whalen) farm.
Virginia
1941
as Ophelia
Post-Civil War romantic drama about defeated Southerners, starring Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray.
I Want a Divorce
1940
as Celestine
Comedy about newlyweds wondering if their marriage was a mistake.
No Time for Comedy
1940
as Clementine
An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.
Primrose Path
1940
as Woman Talking to Police (uncredited)
Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother. ...
Women Without Names
1940
as Ivory
Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of murder. Railroaded into prison through the efforts...
Parole Fixer
1940
as Aunt Lindy
This expose of the U.S. parole system, as seen through the eyes of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, takes dead aim on lawyers who manipulate the justice ...
The Lady's from Kentucky
1939
as Aunt Tina
Good-natured gambler Marty Black falls into ownership of a booking joint but soon falls on hard times. His one out is a marker for half-ownership in a...
Reform School
1939
as Mother Barton
A female warden takes over at a state reform school and attempts to bring about needed changes. Restored in 2020 by the Academy Film Archive with add...
Made for Each Other
1939
as Lily (uncredited)
A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938
as Cassey
Trouble-prone Billy Peck and his gang descend on a traveling circus that has just hit town, and before long their antics are causing the circus owner ...
The Headleys at Home
1938
as Hyacinth
In this domestic comedy, a social climbing wife inadvertently creates trouble when she insists that her husband invite a renowned financier, who is ne...
Brother Rat
1938
as Jenny
Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father.
Life Goes On
1938
as Sally Weston
The husband of Sally Weston dies, and she decides to move to New York City where she feels her two young sons, Bob and Henry, can get a better educati...
Scandal Street
1938
as Clairce
Joe McKnight temporarily leaves his fiancée, Nora Langdon, for an expedition in a South American jungle. Nora gets a position as librarian in the smal...
The Last Gangster
1937
as Gloria
A crime boss goes searching for his ex-wife and son after a ten-year prison stint. His old gang has other plans though, and use the child to try and m...
Love in a Bungalow
1937
as Millie
A radio contest brings together a woman renting a bungalow, and her squatter. Version of Hi, Beautiful! (1944), both from the story "Be It Ever So Hum...
Wings Over Honolulu
1937
as Mammy
A Navy pilot gets involved in a romantic triangle while stationed in Hawaii.
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
as Mamie
At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed. "Temporarily," Ma moves in with son George's family, Pa with d...
Rainbow on the River
1936
as Toinette
A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't know in New York.
General Spanky
1936
as Cornelia
Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There he befriends young runaway slave Buckwheat. After wron...
Wives Never Know
1936
as Florabelle
The blissful marriage of Homer and Marcia Bigelow is disrupted when Marcia hosts a party for one J. Hugh Ramsay, author of the bestselling book, "Marr...
Bullets or Ballots
1936
as Nellie LaFleur
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger th...
Annapolis Farewell
1935
as Miranda
Commodore Fitzhugh, an old retired naval officer, lives at the Annapolis Naval Academy and, unhappy with the "modern" navy, likes to talk about his da...
West of the Pecos
1934
as Mauree
Richard Dix stars as Pecos Smith, a strong, silent Westerner suspected of cattle rustling.
Imitation of Life
1934
as Delilah Johnson
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face fami...
Beggar's Holiday
1934
as Heliotrope
A young woman falls in love with the man of her dreams, not knowing that he's an embezzler who's about to flee the country.
I Give My Love
1934
as Maid
After accidentally killing her no-good husband, Judy makes her true love promise not to tell her small son about his imprisoned mother. She is release...
Dr. Monica
1934
as Sarah - Mary's Maid (uncredited)
A prominent New York doctor, unable to have a child, discovers her philandering husband has impregnated her best friend.
The Merry Frinks
1934
as Camille
An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.
Cheaters
1934
as Lily
A criminal gang is after a rich man's money. A female member of the gang gets the bright idea of getting him to marry her, then getting a healthy sett...
A Modern Hero
1934
as Azais's Maid
A 1920s circus performer uses every means at his disposal to achieve fame and fortune at the expense of others.
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
as Derwent's Client - Black Mother of 12 Wanting a Divorce (uncredited)
Three couples raise a ruckus when they travel to Nevada for quickie divorces.
Glamour
1934
as Millie
I Believed in You
1934
as Prisoner
An aspiring writer and her boyfriend, a professional agitator head off to the Big Apple in search of good fortune. Unfortunately, the agitator soon fi...
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
1934
as Maid
After spending the night out drinking, a man tries to find his way home, but can't quite get there.
Registered Nurse
1934
as Flo - Sadie's Maid
In this sudsy hospital melodrama, a married nurse finds herself falling in love with one of two surgeons when her husband goes mad and needs an operat...
The Woman Condemned
1934
as Sally
When a radio star is found murdered in her home, everyone assumes that the mysterious young woman discovered with her is the culprit — everyone, that ...
Gambling Lady
1934
as Suzy - Peter's Cook (uncredited)
A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow cheating, Mike "walks ou...
I've Got Your Number
1934
as Crystal
Two telephone repairmen have many adventures and romance a pair of blondes.
Bedside
1934
as Pansy
Bob Brown uses his bedside manner to charm his patients while his partner makes the actual diagnoses.
Palooka
1934
as Crystal
Joe Palooka is a naive young man whose father Pete was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme to leave him and to take young Jo...
In the Money
1933
as Lily
When the chemical company owned by eccentric Professor Higginbottom files for bankruptcy, the formerly-affluent family loses its income. Levelheaded o...
Only Yesterday
1933
as Abby (Uncredited)
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young business man is about to commit suicide. With the note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in h...
Bombshell
1933
as Loretta
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
Her Splendid Folly
1933
as Anastasia
Solomon Ginsberg is the President of International Pictures Corporation and hires Joan McAllister, an unemployed stenographer, to double for his star,...
Notorious But Nice
1933
as Ophelia
A lover selflessly steps aside to let her guy go so he can hook up with a rich dame. Sadly, the goodie good girl ends up marrying some scum bag gamble...
The Midnight Patrol
1933
as Maid (scenes deleted)
Novice policemen Stan and Ollie bungle a burglary investigation.
A Shriek in the Night
1933
as Maid
Rival newspaper reporters Pat Morgan and Ted Rand find themselves unraveling the mystery behind the death of a millionaire philanthropist who fell fro...
Her Bodyguard
1933
as Margot's Maid
The "sugar daddy" of a Broadway star hires a bodyguard to protect her from thieves out to steal the jewels he's given her and also from the attentions...
Midnight Mary
1933
as Mary's Maid Anna (uncredited)
While on trial for her life, a young woman recalls her tough upbringing and her involvement with the men who brought her to this current state of affa...
Hold Your Man
1933
as Elite Club Attendant (uncredited)
Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie take...
What Price Innocence?
1933
as Hannah
A young woman has to pay the price for fooling around with men.
The Story of Temple Drake
1933
as Minnie
The coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge is stranded at a bootleggers’ hide-out, subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual violenc...
The Big Cage
1933
as Mandy
A circus on the verge of bankruptcy decides to save itself by staging a animal act with lions and tigers for the first time.
Central Airport
1933
as Hotel Maid (uncredited)
Aviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the love of parachutist Jill Collins.
Pick-up
1933
as Magnolia (uncredited)
The scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both caught and imprisoned. When she gets out of prison, sh...
The Phantom Broadcast
1933
as Minnie
A handsome radio singer has it all--fame, money, adoring fans--but what no one knows is that his accompanist, a hunchbacked piano player, is actually ...
42nd Street
1933
as Pansy (uncredited)
A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.
Girl Missing
1933
as Julie, Daisy's Maid (Uncredited)
Kay and June, two showgirls, are hurt when they seek financial help from Daisy. On Daisy's wedding night when she is rendered missing, Kay and June de...
She Done Him Wrong
1933
as Pearl
New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. One of them is a vicious criminal who’s escaped and is on the ...
Hunting Trouble
1933
as Lucy
A wife tries to hide a surprise birthday present from her husband but the butler causes trouble.
Too Busy to Work
1932
as Mammy
A hobo searches the countryside for the daughter he lost when his wife left him...
Wild Girl
1932
as Mammy Lou (uncredited)
Salomy Jane, a California mountain girl, is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small town of Redwood City. She is affected when two crimina...
Hell's Highway
1932
as Rascal's Sweetheart at Visitor's Center (uncredited)
A prison-camp convict learns that his younger brother will soon be joining him behind bars.
Divorce In The Family
1932
as Rosetta
A child struggles to come to terms with his parents' divorce. Director Charles Reisner's 1932 drama stars Jackie Cooper, Lewis Stone, Conrad Nagel, Lo...
Doctor X
1932
as Louise (Uncredited)
A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.
Unashamed
1932
as Amanda
A debutante's (Helen Twelvetrees) brother (Robert Young) stands trial for killing her no-good lover.
What Price Hollywood?
1932
as Mary's Maid Bonita
Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaura...
The Dark Horse
1932
as Kay's Maid Levinnia
The Progressive Party convention is deadlocked for governor, so both sides nominate the dark horse Zachary Hicks. Kay Russell suggests they hire Hal B...
Street of Women
1932
as Mattie, Natalie's maid
An architect has an affair with a woman who inspires him. Her brother is in love with the architect's daughter. The complicated entanglement leads to ...
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932
as Washroom Attendant (uncredited)
A fast-talking reporter befriends a young woman and her male companion who are wanted for a policeman's shooting.
Night World
1932
as Maid (uncredited)
"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's st...
Young America
1932
as Maid (Uncredited)
Mrs. Doray sits with a Juvenile Court Judge to learn more about problem children and what to do about them. One of the cases involves 13 year old Arth...
You're Telling Me
1932
as The Maid (uncredited)
In this The Boy Friends series short, college students Mickey and Alabam stay at a city friend's place for what they tell him will be one night - thou...
It's Tough to Be Famous
1932
as Ada, Janet's Maid
Scotty, an unwilling Navy war hero is cast into the limelight. He wants to get married and be an engineer, but is forced to fulfil the expectations of...
The Expert
1932
as Lulu
An elderly gentleman arrives for an extended stay with his grown son in Chicago.
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
as Beautician (uncredited)
A trio of money-hungry women rent a luxurious penthouse, spending their dough on drink and debonair clothing, backbiting and catfighting as they steal...
Ladies of the Big House
1931
as Ivory
A woman tries to save her husband from the electric chair after both are sent to prison for a murder they didn't commit.
Good Sport
1931
as September
Marilyn Parker decides not to accompany her husband Rex on his business trip to Europe when she receives a surprise visit from her mother.
Girls About Town
1931
as Hattie
A dynamic duo in silk and ermine entertain hick businessmen looking for a good time while in Manhattan.
Reckless Living
1931
as Maid
In order to be able to buy a gas station, a young couple run a speakeasy. Complications arise when the husband loses their money to bookies.
Sundown Trail
1931
as Auntie Jenny
Dorothy, and her big city lawyer boyfriend, return to the Lazy 'B' ranch to read her late father's will. For Dorothy to inherit everything, she must s...
Party Husband
1931
as Laura's Maid
Party Husband finds ex-Ziegfield Girl Dorothy playing the better half of a thoroughly “modern marriage” whose openness threatens to bring about its pr...
Six Cylinder Love
1931
Troubles begin for the Sterlings when they buy an expensive car and friends start pressing them for rides.
Don't Bet on Women
1931
as Maid (uncredited)
At a big party, Roger Fallon, now a woman-hater, right to the core - this all due to a failed marriage and disastrous love affairs - talks to Herbert ...
Millie
1931
as Maid (uncredited)
After a tumultuous first marriage, Millie Blake learns to love her newfound independence and drags her feet on the possibility of remarriage. The year...
Paid
1930
as Convict (uncredited)
Mary Turner gets a three year prison sentence for a crime she didn't commit. Once released, she plots to get back at the man responsible for her convi...
Knights Before Christmas
1930
Karl Dane and his pal come home for a disastrous Christmas.
Bright Lights
1930
as Angela
A successful Broadway star ready to retire from her wild career announces her engagement. But her tumultuous past isn't done with her yet.
Outside the Law
1930
as Judy the Maid
Fingers is planning a half-million-dollar bank robbery in gang boss Cobra Collins' territory. Fingers' moll Connie tries to bluff Cobra into thinking ...
Manslaughter
1930
as Rose
A spoiled young rich girl is sent to prison for accidentally running down a pedestrian. There she learns about a life and people she had never even im...
Our Blushing Brides
1930
as Amelia - The Mannequins' Maid (uncredited)
Jerry, Connie, and Franky are small-town girls seeking wealthy husbands in New York City. But, while Connie and Franky are reckless with their affecti...
Recaptured Love
1930
as Maid
In this drama, a 50-year-old married man (played by John Halliday) goes with his wife (Belle Bennett) and son (Junior Durkin) to a nightclub in a fanc...
Back Pay
1930
as Nellie - Hester's Maid
Bored with small town life, a woman leaves for the big city and winds up becoming the mistress of a ruthless businessman.
Safety in Numbers
1930
as Messalina
Before handing over a large inheritance, a guardian hires three chorus girls to educate his charge about the "underside" of big-city life.
True to the Navy
1930
as Maid (uncredited)
Ruby is a counter girl at the San Diego Soda Shop with a habit of being a girlfriend to Sailors stopping by. Things get a little zany when she sets he...
Honey
1930
as Black Revivalist
A once-wealthy sister and brother rent out their Southern mansion and stay on as cook and butler.
She Couldn't Say No
1930
as Cora
A night club singer falls for a gangster.
Wide Open
1930
as Easter
An eccentric, fluttery bachelor is dismayed to discover an undressed woman in his apartment.
Second Choice
1930
as Maid (uncredited)
Vallery Grove is in love with Don Warren but her mother opposes the match because he is poor and has no social standing. Don decides to terminate his ...
Wall Street
1929
as Magnolia
A very topical early talkie from low-budget company Columbia Pictures, Wall Street starred Ralph Ince, brother of producer Thomas H. Ince, as Roller M...
Barnum Was Right
1929
as Maid
Freddie owns a failing old hotel. To attract new business he spreads the rumor that there's pirate treasure hidden somewhere in the building.
Thunderbolt
1929
as Black Cat Cafe Patron (uncredited)
A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and wh...
Glad Rag Doll
1929
as Hannah
She sought to conquer...but found Cupid her master! This is one of many lost films of the 1920s, no prints or Vitaphone discs survive, but the song w...
Coquette
1929
as Julia
A Southern belle's flirtation with a working man leads to tragedy.
Election Day
1929
as Farina's mother
This film revolves around Election Day, a day on which Jay R. and Joe are fighting to get votes. They warn the kids that they'll be socked in the jaw ...