Essence.com tips hat to 1930s H'W'D madame, Theresa Harris*. Watch her school Ginger Rogers in this clip from Professional Sweetheart (1933).
Anybody remember Paul Mooney on Chappelle's Show, Mooney on Movies? He said he loved Mammy in 'Gone with the Wind', played by Hattie McDaniels. McDaniels couldn't go to the premiere but she could scrub floors in the movie. Then he said,
"Everybody comes back to get their money. I believe she came back as Oprah." Where has Ms. Harris reappeared...
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