I met her in the late 80,s in Harlem 145st late at night and ask can I take her to her house I said yes and she got on my bus she was so lady like and that voice and she wore these white gloves. I drove her to the place she was staying telling about story's from her movie days and acting parts in the gone with the wind she offered to pay I said no it was my pleasure and help her off as a gentleman helping a southern bell off the horse carriage .
@Michael Antonio Re There is something about the charm of the women in that era. We need to bring that back. I miss all of the old time women in my family and community. We have lost that dignity to a great degree. 😔
True. She wasn't worried about the money. Thas why she said she could get work anywhere. Her whole thing was if she was gonna do movies she wanted something with a little substance. She valued dignity over money.
Ms. Butterfly Mc. Queen was a volunteer at my elementary school here in New York City P.S. 153 in the 80's cleaning the school yard and cafeteria after every period. She was sweet and always tipped us kids that helped her and I was one of them.
Yes... But who on earth could ever hate Butterfly McQueen? I guess someone did for her to say that, but shame on them is all I can say. Long Live Butterfly McQueen in the hearts of many.
Butterfly McQueen is such a beautiful name! She really deserved better in life and in Hollywood then. From being cast in a very controversial caricature of a role in "Gone With the Wind," to being physically assaulted by a Grey Hounds bus guard (though she thankfully did win the lawsuit over that), she indeed was such a goddess who was way more than what Hollywood typecast her as. :(
I met Butterfly in 1982, we had been pen pals for about 10 years. She was very sweet, quiet and graciously signed my copy of GWTW. May she rest in peace.
@@ercm2393 It's true! Butterfly was a very vocal atheist (one of the many reasons I love her.) Here are some thoughts of hers on the matter: "I'm an atheist and Christianity appears to me to be the most absurd imposture of all the religions, and I'm puzzled that so many people can't see through a religion that encourages irresponsibility and bigotry." "As my ancestors are free from slavery, I am free from the slavery of religion."
Met Lady Butterfly in Harlem at an outdoor concert. I was 12 years old and overheated and fainted in the crowd. When medics brought me backstage Ms. Butterfly was there to assist me.She was so concerned about my welfare. I felt so honored and privileged to be in her presence. I instantly felt better. RIP MY QUEEN BUTTERFLY.
6 years after this was filmed she died, when a kerosene heater she attempted to light malfunctioned and burst into flames, catching her clothes on fire burning her from head to toe. She managed to put out the fire then crawled outside and was taken to hospital where she died from third degree burns. She was 84.
God, What a horrible thing to happen to her. I don't want these old films removed over racism issues. Plenty of people loved her and so many others like her and removing her films means she can not be admired and loved on into the future as she deserves to be.
I happen to see Cabin in the Sky again on TCM and I wondered about Ms. McQueen and her personal story. African Americans have come through so much and still go through so much unnecessary racism. So many of our stories like Ms. McQueen's go unrecognized for so long. I am glad I stumbled upon this little clip. I love her dignity and wonderful personality. And still we rise.
I was sitting in the balcony of the Fox that night when she sang that little song (to the tune of Tara's Theme). Glad someone recorded the moment. I thought it was a bit of spontaneity that had been lost. The crowd went wild after her little song, as they did each time a character came on the screen for the first time. Butterfly came to my little town one year before this appearance to serve as the grand marshal in our little Christmas parade. I was asked to drive her back to her motel some 2.5 hours away. I will never forget that experience or her artistic temperament.
Fredrick! You need to tell us much more about this story. Not many people with a history like this with Butterfly can recollect their adventures. I want more from you!
God, you were so lucky to have driven with her for almost three hours, I could not have stop asking questions about GWTW, she should've been revered instead of treated so cruelly. HW is so dispicable, that was one of the greatest acting roles in cinema history.
Of course she had to start some where. Wonderful vosice even as a child watching her: I knew that she didn't like her part and I didn't either, and it is a shame that people: play those roles to day Ms Queen, Thank you for your time and consideration for us who wants to have good roles in theater and TV, and your having self-esteem , is motervation for me. Love you in all that I seen you in.
I had the opportunity to meet Ms. Butterly in Hollywood back in the early 1980s. She was very gracious and chatted with me for some time on Vine St. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me and so I have no pics of the occasion. Sadly, she passed away in a terrible house fire some years later.
It's too bad she had to go thru her career feeling hated. She's endearing I think to most people. That voice never changed and I think it's so cute. She seems like a sweet lady.
Ms. McQueen was such a precious woman. I ran into her on campus at The City College of New York, in the 70’s. I asked her, “Ms. McQueen, what are you doing here? she answered, “same as you getting an education.” I answered, “wonderful.” I was later so embarrassed, because I thought she had come to campus to give a lecture, or attend a conference. I hope she didn’t think I was being disrespectful, because that was not my intention.
I remember riding the 100 or the 101 with her to 145th St.& Amsterdam Ave a couple times when I lived on 145th St bet Amsterdam and Convert Ave. We would just talk about the neighborhood and whatever was going on Ms. McQueen was a wonderful person. I am thankful that I had the privilege, pleasure and opportunity to share a bus ride with her and talk to her.
She seems like a very kind, gentle, and wise soul. I love her voice. It really upsets me to know how people of color were treated and in some cases are still being treated. No one chooses their skin color. Why is it that one skin color is considered by some to be “better” than another? That is not true. We are all different yet at the same time, we are all alike. RIP Miss Butterfly McQueen.
Years ago in the 70's, I'm 62 yrs old now, I was taking a Grey Hound bus from New York City to Spartanburg South Carolina. This Bubbly Black Lady boarded the bus, I can't remember which city, and she said hello to the Bus driver in a high pitch voice, and sat down behind him. They were Chatting abit. I said to myself, That sounds like Butterfly McQueen. I was sitting about 8 rows behind her. I got my nerve up to go speak to her. I walked up to her and said, "Hello. Are you Butterfly McQueen?" She politely said, 'Yes I am". I said, "Oh it's so nice to meet you". I was shy back then. Still am. And I'm a Flight Attendant now for the past 35yrs. Still Shy. Go figure. Lol. I said, Where are you going". She said, "To Charlotte for the Gone With The Wind Festival." I said, 'Oh that's so nice. It was very nice meeting you". She said, "It was very nice meeting you too". I was like so nervous, I didn't know what else to say. But it was a very Memorable Experience for me!! Oh yeah!! She was carrying a See Thru, Square Acrylic or Glass pocket book with a Roll of Toilet Tissue in it. That was Interesting!! On 1 of my flights, this Lady boarded the flight and she looked Homeless. She was Shabbly Dressed, but she was Carrying this Expensive Alligator or Crocodile Pocket Book. We the Crew was in the back talking about her. Nothing bad, just about how she's dressed and that Pocket Book. I was looking at her, and I said, Oh my God, I think that's Iman. (The Model married to David Bowie). They said, No that's Not. I went up to her asked her, "Are you Iman?" She said, "Yes I am". "Can I have your Autograph?". And she Signed her name on a Napkin for me. She was very very Polite throughout the Flight. The girls went up to speak to her. I gave her a Bottle of Champagne to take with her. I'm Sorry!! I can Go On and On about my adventures!! Goodbye.
Had the pleasure of meeting Ms. McQueen, William Bakewell and Rand Brooks in 1985 at a GWTW festival held outside Philadelphia as a fundraiser to save a historic movie theater. She graciously signed my 1940 movie edition of the novel. When I asked her how she remained so youthful looking, she mischievously responded "Vaseliiiine." A treasured memory. I can only imagine the inner conflict and torment many black actors experienced at this time. All I can say is that in the end, I believe their participation in the GWTW accomplished much in helping America face its past, present and still its future. The love story is what hooked me as a sixteen year old reading the book in 1973. But as I matured and delved deeper into the historical context of the book and its translation to film, my awareness and understanding of what had just transpired during my childhood in the 60's became a good deal clearer. Thank you so much for posting this interview with a woman whose life had great consequence.
Her Voice never changed! Its so unique.. She could have voiced plenty of animation characters(Disney and non disney) from the 60s-90's! What a very dignified lady.
I have tears in my eyes, fake Hollywood never value black actors and actress as Queen's. But the long run she will always be a Queen in our hearts. Thank you sweet soul.
I will also add that it is a complete and utter shame how people were treated in the past! I'm glad I was not older in those days! That is more than sad! I'm a republican 49 year old woman from Texas and I am ashamed of some of our ancestors! Proud of all the millions of white people that fought in and out of wars to make people equal!
niece dspain people were shameful in the past (and still are in the present) and while millions of white people HAVE fought in and out of wars to make people equal they are most definitely NOT the only ones. Millions, if not billions, of black, brown, red and yellow people have fought just as hard if not harder in and out of wars mainly against the unenlightened white folks who enslaved or oppressed them.
@@niecedspain3568 Are you serious??? Do you really think white people were the only ones who fought for equality? Racism lives on! Black people fought in wars and fought for equality in a variety of ways. Why are you only proud of the white people who fought in wars? What does being a Republican have to do with anything? There are good people in all states who fought for equality.
True story I fell in love with her and couldn’t stand when Scarlett was hitting her character, today I am dating a beautiful black girl who also happens to have a “baby voice”
Read the book. That will really stun you. On the other hand, look at the crap violent movies and video games now. Gone with the Wind is tame in comparison, written when peoples grandparents fought in the Civil War, on both sides, and lived to tell about it.
@@sabrinan4792 ~ Scarlett always deserved a good horsewhipping for her bad behavior and I've never known anyone who watched Gone With The Wind that didn't think so. It was Scarlett who showed herself to be a first class brat for her ugly behavior. I don't approve of these old movies being removed. Removing them removes the Butterfly McQueens and Hattie McDaniels of the world from being known and admired and loved by others in the future.
I met Ms McQeen when she was living in Harlem NY. I was doing some repair work in her apartment and as soon as she spoke to me I realized who she was. She was friendly toward me , such a nice lady. Will always remember that day.
OMG! She was such a lovely little sweetheart. I’m so blessed that we both existed within the same lifetime. Finally .... a happy ending for another one of my AA sisters ❤️🙏🏿🌈
Butterfly & Hattie are 2 legends. They were the top of their game & should have been recognized long ago for the tribute to T.V. that they both contributed. Real Ladies...
I adored her character in Gone With The Wind.......She was so absolutely endearing and stole the show in every scene she was in. No one could have played that part as well as she did. That voice of hers is precious. Hollywood was ignorant of her many talents. What a true beauty of a human being. She is very much missed. 🌹🕊🌺👌🏻
86am , yet McDaniels was getting rich playing the part of Mammie !! Like she said “i’d rather make $700.00 a week playing a maid than $7.00 a week being one”!!
I❤️her in Gone with the wind. At least she lived a "HAPPY" life & chose a path that made her happy. God made sure🙏he looked after her every step of the way. I liked that song she sang.
Had the pleasure of speaking with Miss McQueen some years ago in Harlem. She was running a studio for fledgling actors. She was most gracious as she told me in that lovely, high pitched voice of hers, that she was quite happy. She also graciously invited me to come by some time to see them perform.
Passive aggressive barbs, the cancer of prejudice and cultural/ generational narcissism kept the beauty of Thelma's performance from us all. Let's support a new world where Ms. McQueen's work is expressive and expansive in many roles.
I like how she makes up so many reasons why she didnt grow in fame but the truth is her voice was what made it hard to cast her unless you were making cartoons........
Wow. Wow. What a sweet spirit, that Butterfly McQueen. Properly named she was. It’s terrible how she died in a fire in Atlanta Ga (how ironic). You know it’s amazing how a person can live a life and make such an impression in a role that keeps their name alive in history. Butterfly. Butterfly McQueen.
I had no idea that Butterfly McQueen was so interesting. She not only has common sense -- which, nowadays, isn't as common as it should be -- she is an intellectual, a philosopher, and most importantly, she's mindful of the importance of historical knowledge.
@@Michelle-pn9xt “Where is the graveyard of dead gods? What lingering mourner waters their mounds? There was a time when Jupiter was the king of the gods, and any man who doubted his puissance was ipso facto a barbarian and an ignoramus. But where in all the world is there a man who worships Jupiter today? And who of Huitzilopochtli? In one year - and it is no more than five hundred years ago - 50,000 youths and maidens were slain in sacrifice to him. Today, if he is remembered at all, it is only by some vagrant savage in the depths of the Mexican forest. Huitzilopochtli, like many other gods, had no human father; his mother was a virtuous widow; he was born of an apparently innocent flirtation that she carried out with the sun. When he frowned, his father, the sun, stood still. When he roared with rage, earthquakes engulfed whole cities. When he thirsted he was watered with 10,000 gallons of human blood. But today Huitzilopochtli is as magnificently forgotten as Allen G. Thurman. Once the peer of Allah, Buddha and Wotan, he is now the peer of Richmond P. Hobson, Alton B. Parker, Adelina Patti, General Weyler and Tom Sharkey. Speaking of Huitzilopochtli recalls his brother Tezcatlipoca. Tezcatlipoca was almost as powerful; he consumed 25,000 virgins a year. Lead me to his tomb: I would weep, and hang a couronne des perles. But who knows where it is? Or where the grave of Quetzalcoatl is? Or Xiuhtecuhtli? Or Centeotl, that sweet one? Or Tlazolteotl, the goddess of love? Of Mictlan? Or Xipe? Or all the host of Tzitzimitl? Where are their bones? Where is the willow on which they hung their harps? In what forlorn and unheard-of Hell do they await their resurrection morn? Who enjoys their residuary estates? Or that of Dis, whom Caesar found to be the chief god of the Celts? Of that of Tarves, the bull? Or that of Moccos, the pig? Or that of Epona, the mare? Or that of Mullo, the celestial jackass? There was a time when the Irish revered all these gods, but today even the drunkest Irishman laughs at them. But they have company in oblivion: the Hell of dead gods is as crowded as the Presbyterian Hell for babies. Damona is there, and Esus, and Drunemeton, and Silvana, and Dervones, and Adsullata, and Deva, and Bellisima, and Uxellimus, and Borvo, and Grannos, and Mogons. All mighty gods in their day, worshipped by millions, full of demands and impositions, able to bind and loose - all gods of the first class. Men labored for generations to build vast temples to them - temples with stones as large as hay-wagons. The business of interpreting their whims occupied thousands of priests, Bishops, archbishops. To doubt them was to die, usually at the stake. Armies took to the field to defend them against infidels; villages were burned, women and children butchered, cattle were driven off. Yet in the end they all withered and died, and today there is none so poor to do them reverence. What has become of Sutekh, once the high god of the whole Nile Valley? What has become of: Resheph Anath Ashtoreth El Nergal Nebo Ninib Melek Ahijah Isis Ptah Anubis Baal Astarte Hadad Addu Shalem Dagon Sharaab Yau Amon-Re Osiris Sebek Molech? All there were gods of the highest eminence. Many of them are mentioned with fear and trembling in the Old Testament. They ranked five or six thousand years ago, with Yahweh Himself; the worst of them stood far higher than Thor. Yet they have all gone down the chute, and with them the following: Bilé Ler Arianrhod Morrigu Govannon Gunfled Sokk-mimi Nemetona Dagda Robigus Pluto Ops Meditrina Vesta You may think I spoof. That I invent the names. I do not. Ask the rector to lend you any good treatise on comparative religion: You will find them all listed. They were gods of the highest standing and dignity-gods of civilized peoples-worshiped and believed in by millions. All were omnipotent, omniscient and immortal. And all are dead.” ― H.L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy Think on this Michelle, before making another vacuous claim.
@@deeliciousgrapes Atheism is a movement that seeks to achieve its end goal of becoming moot- no religion seeks or desires its own dissolution this way.
She was one of my mom's favorite actresses. No one has forgotten her she was an important and unforgettable actress in GWW. I think she should have made more than $200.00 a week.
That's the best advice someone could give to another... That sometimes you just gotta get used to the fact some folks won't like you. A lot of young people today especially could learn from that one line.
@Showbiz1192 Tragically, she died in December 1995 from burns suffered from a fire that was started when she tried to light a kerosene heater at her home. She was 84.
even old, she was still quite youthful.
Blake Gildaphish it was her voice that gave her sense of eternal youth
Her face was flawless and her voice was youthful.
@@Dobviews How lucky you were and what an awful end for her. I was happy watching this clip, but now I'm sad. RIP Butterfly.
Wow. I didn’t think that was her natural voice. I don’t mean to be rude.
She should've done Voice-over work. Her voice is so unique.
Miss Mo Berry um....didn't do it that much in 1930s
michel'le
Opportunities for Blacks were hard to come by during that time.
Iden!
Host Mo Berry I agree
I met her in the late 80,s in Harlem 145st late at night and ask can I take her to her house I said yes and she got on my bus she was so lady like and that voice and she wore these white gloves. I drove her to the place she was staying telling about story's from her movie days and acting parts in the gone with the wind she offered to pay I said no it was my pleasure and help her off as a gentleman helping a southern bell off the horse carriage .
Donald Hawkes great memory!
@Michael Antonio Re There is something about the charm of the women in that era. We need to bring that back. I miss all of the old time women in my family and community. We have lost that dignity to a great degree. 😔
Some people SHOULD take her"I did'nt have to be in EVERYTHING ,I wanted to be in QUALITY THINGS" to heart.
True. She wasn't worried about the money. Thas why she said she could get work anywhere. Her whole thing was if she was gonna do movies she wanted something with a little substance. She valued dignity over money.
@@MountTheodore72 true-although she lost exposure 🙁
Ms. Butterfly Mc. Queen was a volunteer at my elementary school here in New York City P.S. 153 in the 80's cleaning the school yard and cafeteria after every period. She was sweet and always tipped us kids that helped her and I was one of them.
How fortunate you are to have this bit of history with her and the wonderful memory you will always carry.
Wow! She was an incredible woman. Did you know who she was at that time?
Oh, that is so special. I wish it was me.
Wow!!
My grandmother loved Ethel Waters. So do I.
her voice is so cute she could've been a Disney princess
"If one is a worker one can always find something to do."
2:01 "You have to get used to being hated, some people just don't like you". So sad yet so true.
Yes... But who on earth could ever hate Butterfly McQueen? I guess someone did for her to say that, but shame on them is all I can say. Long Live Butterfly McQueen in the hearts of many.
Those that are servants are Jesus Christ will be hated by all men for Christ sake.
She took a stand to defend her dignity at all costs. Her soul was rich because of this. She's so cute. Love you Ms. McQueen.
personalme22 yet
@@bettygrantcolquhoun3250 she was so beautiful in GWTW
She should have listened to the Queen... Hattie McDaniel.
She died such a horrific death. I don't want to imagine someone with such a gentle voice suffering. RIP Butterfly.
What happened?
Diane Overcash
She died in a fire
@@src3360 wow
@@darlingdoloresday omg, absolutely horrible. R.I.P 💔
@@dianeovercash6739 her kerosene heater exploded scorching her with 3rd degree burns on 110% percent of her body
Killing her instantly 🔥💥
Her singing makes her sound like one of the Wizard of Oz Munchkins. She was so cute. Rest on Butterfly.
Butterfly McQueen is such a beautiful name! She really deserved better in life and in Hollywood then. From being cast in a very controversial caricature of a role in "Gone With the Wind," to being physically assaulted by a Grey Hounds bus guard (though she thankfully did win the lawsuit over that), she indeed was such a goddess who was way more than what Hollywood typecast her as. :(
I met Butterfly in 1982, we had been pen pals for about 10 years. She was very sweet, quiet and graciously signed my copy of GWTW. May she rest in peace.
I'm jealous, I love this actress...I think she and Hattie stole every scene they were in that movie
She didn’t believe in Jesus…there is no resting for her.🤷🏿♂️
@@ercm2393 How do you know that?
@@ercm2393 WHO?
@@ercm2393 It's true! Butterfly was a very vocal atheist (one of the many reasons I love her.) Here are some thoughts of hers on the matter:
"I'm an atheist and Christianity appears to me to be the most absurd imposture of all the religions, and I'm puzzled that so many people can't see through a religion that encourages irresponsibility and bigotry."
"As my ancestors are free from slavery, I am free from the slavery of religion."
Met Lady Butterfly in Harlem at an outdoor concert. I was 12 years old and overheated and fainted in the crowd. When medics brought me backstage Ms. Butterfly was there to assist me.She was so concerned about my welfare. I felt so honored and privileged to be in her presence. I instantly felt better. RIP MY QUEEN BUTTERFLY.
she and hattie macdaniels are two of the best people who ever lived. she's such a giant among us all.
Yes, I loved them both and want their films to stay in circulation so others can continue to love and admire them in the future.
Looking at this in 2021! I think Butterfly McQueen was more approachable than Hattie McDaniel. She was talented and funny!
Her voice is meant for a Disney classic movie! She would do a great voice over for the fairy godmother
6 years after this was filmed she died, when a kerosene heater she attempted to light malfunctioned and burst into flames, catching her clothes on fire burning her from head to toe. She managed to put out the fire then crawled outside and was taken to hospital where she died from third degree burns. She was 84.
How horrible. I thought she was a little doll. She was great in gone,with the wind. She added allot to the picture,.
That is so sad to read. May Butterfly McQueen RIP. 🙏🏼
Ooooh...dang! What a horrible way to die. Butterfly McQueen you will live on forever in our hearts. RIP Ms.McQueen.
Oh my God. So sad.
God, What a horrible thing to happen to her. I don't want these old films removed over racism issues. Plenty of people loved her and so many others like her and removing her films means she can not be admired and loved on into the future as she deserves to be.
She is the cutest thing and always has been
Teri Coleman I agree. She was adorable looking with an adorable voice.
Such a doll. RIP.
I happen to see Cabin in the Sky again on TCM and I wondered about Ms. McQueen and her personal story. African Americans have come through so much and still go through so much unnecessary racism. So many of our stories like Ms. McQueen's go unrecognized for so long. I am glad I stumbled upon this little clip. I love her dignity and wonderful personality. And still we rise.
Her spirit unbreakable
I was sitting in the balcony of the Fox that night when she sang that little song (to the tune of Tara's Theme). Glad someone recorded the moment. I thought it was a bit of spontaneity that had been lost. The crowd went wild after her little song, as they did each time a character came on the screen for the first time. Butterfly came to my little town one year before this appearance to serve as the grand marshal in our little Christmas parade. I was asked to drive her back to her motel some 2.5 hours away. I will never forget that experience or her artistic temperament.
How fantastic Fred! What did you both talk about; during the ride? I'm sure that she was pleasant and a joy!
Fredrick! You need to tell us much more about this story. Not many people with a history like this with Butterfly can recollect their adventures. I want more from you!
God, you were so lucky to have driven with her for almost three hours, I could not have stop asking questions about GWTW, she should've been revered instead of treated so cruelly. HW is so dispicable, that was one of the greatest acting roles in cinema history.
@@Lgbiagio right a short story and publish it.
She used to live on our street when I was a kid. I would always see her watering her lawn when I rode my skateboard past her house.
Interesting. Did you ever speak to her? Where was this? What street?
Butterfly is a QUEEN!! God bless her soul!!!!
Well said👍
Of course she had to start some where.
Wonderful vosice even as a child watching her: I knew that she didn't like her part and I didn't either, and it is a shame that people: play those roles to day
Ms Queen, Thank you for your time and consideration for us who wants to have good roles in theater and TV, and your having self-esteem , is motervation for me.
Love you in all that I seen you in.
She's so gracious here.
She’s such a lovely person and her voice is just a treasure
We don't see many "magic" stars anymore. Butterfly McQueen was always magic.
what a gem of a woman and actress.
I had the opportunity to meet Ms. Butterly in Hollywood back in the early 1980s. She was very gracious and chatted with me for some time on Vine St. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me and so I have no pics of the occasion. Sadly, she passed away in a terrible house fire some years later.
+richer enouff I'm curious what did you two talk about?
It's too bad she had to go thru her career feeling hated. She's endearing I think to most people. That voice never changed and I think it's so cute. She seems like a sweet lady.
Ms. McQueen was such a precious woman. I ran into her on campus at The City College of New York, in the 70’s. I asked her, “Ms. McQueen, what are you doing here? she answered, “same as you getting an education.” I answered, “wonderful.” I was later so embarrassed, because I thought she had come to campus to give a lecture, or attend a conference. I hope she didn’t think I was being disrespectful, because that was not my intention.
I LOVE THIS WOMAN!!! WHY DIDN'T STUPID HOLLYWOOD VALUE THIS SWEET LADY??? :(
António Pamplona Forjaz pssh nope
Cause she was black.
**whispering** Black people
Because HollyWEIRD was and is racist...you know the answer.
Your freaking sexy
She comes across as such a sweet, authentic, down to earth lady. Unlike much of the cheap, self absorbed trash that litters Hollywood today.
What a great lady! Ms. McQueen has style and class. Also, she must have never smoked, because her voice maintained its youthful quality.
Ms. McQueen was from my hometown Tampa Florida. RIP.
I was blessed to have actually met her in real life. She came to my school in elementary. I just loved her. She was such a sweet woman
I remember riding the 100 or the 101 with her to 145th St.& Amsterdam Ave a couple times when I lived on 145th St bet Amsterdam and Convert Ave. We would just talk about the neighborhood and whatever was going on Ms. McQueen was a wonderful person. I am thankful that I had the privilege, pleasure and opportunity to share a bus ride with her and talk to her.
She seems like a very kind, gentle, and wise soul. I love her voice. It really upsets me to know how people of color were treated and in some cases are still being treated. No one chooses their skin color. Why is it that one skin color is considered by some to be “better” than another? That is not true. We are all different yet at the same time, we are all alike. RIP Miss Butterfly McQueen.
tell that to the Republicans back then and now
"I didn't want to be in any and everything. I wanted to be in quality things." What an absolute LEGEND!!
Indeed she was.
8/19/2020
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Years ago in the 70's, I'm 62 yrs old now, I was taking a Grey Hound bus from New York City to Spartanburg South Carolina. This Bubbly Black Lady boarded the bus, I can't remember which city, and she said hello to the Bus driver in a high pitch voice, and sat down behind him. They were Chatting abit. I said to myself, That sounds like Butterfly McQueen. I was sitting about 8 rows behind her. I got my nerve up to go speak to her. I walked up to her and said, "Hello. Are you Butterfly McQueen?" She politely said, 'Yes I am". I said, "Oh it's so nice to meet you". I was shy back then. Still am. And I'm a Flight Attendant now for the past 35yrs. Still Shy. Go figure. Lol. I said, Where are you going". She said, "To Charlotte for the Gone With The Wind Festival." I said, 'Oh that's so nice. It was very nice meeting you". She said, "It was very nice meeting you too". I was like so nervous, I didn't know what else to say. But it was a very Memorable Experience for me!! Oh yeah!! She was carrying a See Thru, Square Acrylic or Glass pocket book with a Roll of Toilet Tissue in it. That was Interesting!! On 1 of my flights, this Lady boarded the flight and she looked Homeless. She was Shabbly Dressed, but she was Carrying this Expensive Alligator or Crocodile Pocket Book. We the Crew was in the back talking about her. Nothing bad, just about how she's dressed and that Pocket Book. I was looking at her, and I said, Oh my God, I think that's Iman. (The Model married to David Bowie). They said, No that's Not. I went up to her asked her, "Are you Iman?" She said, "Yes I am". "Can I have your Autograph?". And she Signed her name on a Napkin for me. She was very very Polite throughout the Flight. The girls went up to speak to her. I gave her a Bottle of Champagne to take with her. I'm Sorry!! I can Go On and On about my adventures!! Goodbye.
Had the pleasure of meeting Ms. McQueen, William Bakewell and Rand Brooks in 1985 at a GWTW festival held outside Philadelphia as a fundraiser to save a historic movie theater. She graciously signed my 1940 movie edition of the novel. When I asked her how she remained so youthful looking, she mischievously responded "Vaseliiiine." A treasured memory. I can only imagine the inner conflict and torment many black actors experienced at this time. All I can say is that in the end, I believe their participation in the GWTW accomplished much in helping America face its past, present and still its future. The love story is what hooked me as a sixteen year old reading the book in 1973. But as I matured and delved deeper into the historical context of the book and its translation to film, my awareness and understanding of what had just transpired during my childhood in the 60's became a good deal clearer. Thank you so much for posting this interview with a woman whose life had great consequence.
Her Voice never changed! Its so unique.. She could have voiced plenty of animation characters(Disney and non disney) from the 60s-90's!
What a very dignified lady.
I have tears in my eyes, fake Hollywood never value black actors and actress as Queen's. But the long run she will always be a Queen in our hearts. Thank you sweet soul.
I love and miss her. I remember her coming to my school and I just cried when I seen her. Rest In Peace Mrs. Butterfly McQueen
How could you not love this lady.....
She is the cutest woman ever!!! I love her voice and Gone With the Wind would not be the same without her! She was a gem!
I will also add that it is a complete and utter shame how people were treated in the past! I'm glad I was not older in those days! That is more than sad! I'm a republican 49 year old woman from Texas and I am ashamed of some of our ancestors! Proud of all the millions of white people that fought in and out of wars to make people equal!
niece dspain people were shameful in the past (and still are in the present) and while millions of white people HAVE fought in and out of wars to make people equal they are most definitely NOT the only ones. Millions, if not billions, of black, brown, red and yellow people have fought just as hard if not harder in and out of wars mainly against the unenlightened white folks who enslaved or oppressed them.
Her voice is still the same as in GWTW
@@niecedspain3568 Are you serious??? Do you really think white people were the only ones who fought for equality? Racism lives on! Black people fought in wars and fought for equality in a variety of ways. Why are you only proud of the white people who fought in wars? What does being a Republican have to do with anything? There are good people in all states who fought for equality.
What a beautiful soul, Ms.Butterfly your a QUEEN!
True story I fell in love with her and couldn’t stand when Scarlett was hitting her character, today I am dating a beautiful black girl who also happens to have a “baby voice”
Read the book. That will really stun you. On the other hand, look at the crap violent movies and video games now. Gone with the Wind is tame in comparison, written when peoples grandparents fought in the Civil War, on both sides, and lived to tell about it.
@@sabrinan4792 ~ Scarlett always deserved a good horsewhipping for her bad behavior and I've never known anyone who watched Gone With The Wind that didn't think so. It was Scarlett who showed herself to be a first class brat for her ugly behavior. I don't approve of these old movies being removed. Removing them removes the Butterfly McQueens and Hattie McDaniels of the world from being known and admired and loved by others in the future.
"You have to get use to being hated because some people just don't like you" even today that is just as relevant as a black man.
I met Ms McQeen when she was living in Harlem NY. I was doing some repair work in her apartment and as soon as she spoke to me I realized who she was. She was friendly toward me , such a nice lady. Will always remember that day.
3:24- 4:10
Okay, Hollywood didn't realize an absolute GEM when she was right in front of them. She was great!
She was such a wonderful human being. Many millionaires should make the way she did, she was kind and very generous.
OMG! She was such a lovely little sweetheart.
I’m so blessed that we both existed within the same lifetime.
Finally .... a happy ending for another one of my AA sisters ❤️🙏🏿🌈
No, she is not the only one who is alive from the movie. Olivia de Havilland, who played Melanie, is still living.
And 4 years later at 102 years she is still alive- amazing woman!
hi 2020 :))))
She just turned 103 in 2020.
Olivia de Haviland probably the only individual still alive from that era in Hollywood since Kirk Douglas passed on earlier this year.
@@marciadiehl5733 She turned 104 on July 1st!🙂
A strangely cute, pretty and youthfulness about her even in old age.
Class will always show. She was pure class
She was simply adorable and gracious. A lady. A talented lady. I love her and miss her. Rest in peace Ms. McQueen.
Gold Icon and a beautiful humble WOMAN
NOT FORGOTTEN
R.I.P MS MCQUEEN
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bless her soul
She would have slapped you for that. She was a profound athiest and left her money to a anti religion foundation.
Butterfly & Hattie are 2 legends. They were the top of their game & should have been recognized long ago for the tribute to T.V. that they both contributed. Real Ladies...
Honestly, what a beautiful woman Butterfly was. I wish we had seen much more of her in Gone with the Wind!!
much love for this wonderful lovely classy lady!
I adored her character in Gone With The Wind.......She was so absolutely endearing and stole the show in every scene she was in. No one could have played that part as well as she did. That voice of hers is precious. Hollywood was ignorant of her many talents. What a true beauty of a human being. She is very much missed. 🌹🕊🌺👌🏻
She didn't allow others to define her. That's why she refused to take demeaning roles after Gone With The Wind.
86am , yet McDaniels was getting rich playing the part of Mammie !! Like she said “i’d rather make $700.00 a week playing a maid than $7.00 a week being one”!!
"If one is a worker they can always find something to do." 👏🥰 Absolutely!
May you rest in peace Ms. butterfly McQueen! you were an Icon in the film industry.
with regards from Sweden
I wish I could have met her. she seems so lovely, and wonderful to be around. she had a beautiful personality and I respect her so much.
LOVE her beautiful soprano singing voice! 🎶❤🎤
I❤️her in Gone with the wind. At least she lived a "HAPPY" life & chose a path that made her happy. God made sure🙏he looked after her every step of the way. I liked that song she sang.
What a beautiful woman.
Gone With the Wind will always be a classic.
Had the pleasure of speaking with Miss McQueen some years ago in Harlem. She was running a studio for fledgling actors. She was most gracious as she told me in that lovely, high pitched voice of hers, that she was quite happy. She also graciously invited me to come by some time to see them perform.
Her voice hasn't aged it still sounds young. UK
What a beautiful lady. I love that she stood up for her values; it's just a shame she needed to.
What amazes me is that how many actors can say they were in 2 oscar winning movies.
My Grandpa's cousin. Miss her.
Passive aggressive barbs, the cancer of prejudice and cultural/ generational narcissism kept the beauty of Thelma's performance from us all. Let's support a new world where Ms. McQueen's work is expressive and expansive in many roles.
here here!!
I like how she makes up so many reasons why she didnt grow in fame but the truth is her voice was what made it hard to cast her unless you were making cartoons........
She seems very sensible and genuine. What a classy lady.
💖💖💖So Sweet and Powerful may her soul be at Peace and her Legacy be Revealed and Revered...I salute you Butterfly💖💖💖
I am so glad to find a video of her speaking because I have been told I sound like her. What a blessing to find this video.
I love her voice it's adorable!!! We love and miss you Butterfly!!!
RIP Ms. McQueen dear lady.
Wow. Wow. What a sweet spirit, that Butterfly McQueen. Properly named she was. It’s terrible how she died in a fire in Atlanta Ga (how ironic). You know it’s amazing how a person can live a life and make such an impression in a role that keeps their name alive in history. Butterfly. Butterfly McQueen.
Thank the Lord for Butterfly Mc Oueen! She should have gotten a support actress award too!
Good Lord, her voice never aged! 🤯🤯🤯
Butteryfly McQueen if she and other like her had not been on the silver screen, we the movie goers lost out on the magic they portrayed.
I had no idea that Butterfly McQueen was so interesting. She not only has common sense -- which, nowadays, isn't as common as it should be -- she is an intellectual, a philosopher, and most importantly, she's mindful of the importance of historical knowledge.
I'm impressed to learn that she was atheist. That's wonderful!
She didn't have a bad attitude. She had self-respect.
That is not wonderful. There is a very real jesus and a real heaven. Pray and find out.
Michelle jackson proof ?ohk stfu
86am she's burning in hell right now
@@Michelle-pn9xt “Where is the graveyard of dead gods? What lingering mourner waters their mounds? There was a time when Jupiter was the king of the gods, and any man who doubted his puissance was ipso facto a barbarian and an ignoramus. But where in all the world is there a man who worships Jupiter today? And who of Huitzilopochtli? In one year - and it is no more than five hundred years ago - 50,000 youths and maidens were slain in sacrifice to him. Today, if he is remembered at all, it is only by some vagrant savage in the depths of the Mexican forest. Huitzilopochtli, like many other gods, had no human father; his mother was a virtuous widow; he was born of an apparently innocent flirtation that she carried out with the sun.
When he frowned, his father, the sun, stood still. When he roared with rage, earthquakes engulfed whole cities. When he thirsted he was watered with 10,000 gallons of human blood. But today Huitzilopochtli is as magnificently forgotten as Allen G. Thurman. Once the peer of Allah, Buddha and Wotan, he is now the peer of Richmond P. Hobson, Alton B. Parker, Adelina Patti, General Weyler and Tom Sharkey.
Speaking of Huitzilopochtli recalls his brother Tezcatlipoca. Tezcatlipoca was almost as powerful; he consumed 25,000 virgins a year.
Lead me to his tomb: I would weep, and hang a couronne des perles. But who knows where it is? Or where the grave of Quetzalcoatl is? Or Xiuhtecuhtli? Or Centeotl, that sweet one? Or Tlazolteotl, the goddess of love? Of Mictlan? Or Xipe? Or all the host of Tzitzimitl? Where are their bones? Where is the willow on which they hung their harps? In what forlorn and unheard-of Hell do they await their resurrection morn? Who enjoys their residuary estates? Or that of Dis, whom Caesar found to be the chief god of the Celts? Of that of Tarves, the bull? Or that of Moccos, the pig? Or that of Epona, the mare? Or that of Mullo, the celestial jackass? There was a time when the Irish revered all these gods, but today even the drunkest Irishman laughs at them.
But they have company in oblivion: the Hell of dead gods is as crowded
as the Presbyterian Hell for babies. Damona is there, and Esus, and
Drunemeton, and Silvana, and Dervones, and Adsullata, and Deva, and
Bellisima, and Uxellimus, and Borvo, and Grannos, and Mogons. All mighty gods in their day, worshipped by millions, full of demands and impositions, able to bind and loose - all gods of the first class. Men labored for generations to build vast temples to them - temples with stones as large as hay-wagons.
The business of interpreting their whims occupied thousands of priests,
Bishops, archbishops. To doubt them was to die, usually at the stake.
Armies took to the field to defend them against infidels; villages were burned, women and children butchered, cattle were driven off. Yet in the end they all withered and died, and today there is none so poor to do them reverence.
What has become of Sutekh, once the high god of the whole Nile Valley? What has become of:
Resheph
Anath
Ashtoreth
El
Nergal
Nebo
Ninib
Melek
Ahijah
Isis
Ptah
Anubis
Baal
Astarte
Hadad
Addu
Shalem
Dagon
Sharaab
Yau
Amon-Re
Osiris
Sebek
Molech?
All there were gods of the highest eminence. Many of them are mentioned with fear and trembling in the Old Testament. They ranked five or six thousand years ago, with Yahweh Himself; the worst of them stood far higher than Thor. Yet they have all gone down the chute, and with them the following:
Bilé
Ler
Arianrhod
Morrigu
Govannon
Gunfled
Sokk-mimi
Nemetona
Dagda
Robigus
Pluto
Ops
Meditrina
Vesta
You may think I spoof. That I invent the names. I do not. Ask the rector to lend you any good treatise on comparative religion: You will find them all listed. They were gods of the highest standing and dignity-gods of civilized peoples-worshiped and believed in by millions. All were omnipotent, omniscient and immortal.
And all are dead.”
― H.L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy
Think on this Michelle, before making another vacuous claim.
@@deeliciousgrapes Atheism is a movement that seeks to achieve its end goal of becoming moot- no religion seeks or desires its own dissolution this way.
Thank you so much for sharing this vid with us all. What an amazingly beautiful woman. RIP Butterfly.
a classy and honest person, full of dignity and grace...and a lifelong atheist as well. Three cheers for a wonderful lady.
Towards the end of her life she had a one woman show and I bet it was wonderful !
She was one of my mom's favorite actresses. No one has forgotten her she was an important and unforgettable actress in GWW. I think she should have made more than $200.00 a week.
Ande Ycal , in 1939 !!!!! Hattie McDaniel’s (mammie) made $700.00 a week but she had a part that showed her more unlike Butterfly !!
That's the best advice someone could give to another... That sometimes you just gotta get used to the fact some folks won't like you. A lot of young people today especially could learn from that one line.
I met a lady who sounded JUST like her!!! I was TOTALLY blown away!!!
One of the Most underrated Actress. She and Hattie McDaniel Made the movie. Without them it would have be boring!!
I second that.
Loved you'd Butterfly McQueen when I was a young girl and love you Butterfly McQueen today.
She was always ELEGANCE and was one of the last few standing.
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"You have to get used to being hated; some people just don't like you"
So much truth to that!
What a lovely woman and actress a true treasure!
she used to work in my school p.s. 153 i miss her she was a sweet heart.
@Showbiz1192 Tragically, she died in December 1995 from burns suffered from a fire that was started when she tried to light a kerosene heater at her home. She was 84.
I recall meeting her briefly at a street corner in Manhattan. She was lovely and gracious. She wore a brightly colored loose fitting Caribbean dress.