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mammy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mammy stereotype, a stock portrayal of a black woman who cared for or served people in a white family Mammy
Mammy
U.S. historical stereotype
A mammy is a U.S. historical stereotype depicting women of African descent, usually enslaved, who did domestic work, including nursing children. The fictionalized
Mammy_stereotype
Dilemma", follows the storyline of the first aired episode of the series, "The Mammy". However, there are some noticeable character and dialogue differences
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List_of_Mrs._Brown's_Boys_episodes
Character in the Tom and Jerry series
"Mammy Two Shoes" is the name incorrectly attributed to a fictional character in MGM's Tom and Jerry cartoons. She is a middle-aged African-American woman
Mammy_Two_Shoes
African water spirit
Mami Wata (also called Mammy Water and Bantu: Mami Muntu, Mamba Muntu) or similar is a mermaid, water spirit, and/or goddess in the folklore of parts
Mami_Wata
Restaurant in Mississippi, United States
Mammy's Cupboard (founded 1940) is a roadside restaurant built in the shape of a mammy archetype, located on US Highway 61 south of Natchez, Mississippi
Mammy's_Cupboard
Stereotype of Irish womanhood
The Irish mammy is a cultural stereotype used in Ireland to describe Irish mothers of a traditionally matriarchal style, who exhibit traits of over-protection
Irish_mammy
Proposed memorial in Washington D.C.
Although never given an official name, a "Mammy memorial" was a proposed memorial to be located in the District of Columbia, United States, that would
Mammy_memorial
1918 popular song
"My Mammy" is an American popular song with music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis. Though associated with Al Jolson, who
My_Mammy
1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell
Mitchell Mammy: is Scarlett's nurse. Scarlett's grandmother enslaved her; she raises Ellen O'Hara and later her daughters and grandchildren. Mammy is "head
Gone_with_the_Wind_(novel)
Former brand of breakfast foods
after, and has been a famous example of, the "Mammy" archetype in the Southern United States. Due to the "Mammy" stereotype's historical ties to the Jim Crow
Aunt_Jemima
Military and NYSC camp markets in Nigeria
Mammy markets are a feature within Nigerian military barracks and National Youth Service Corps camps. They play a role as a social and economic centre
Mammy_market
1968 British TV series or programme
Me Mammy is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1968 to 1971. Starring Milo O'Shea, it was written by Hugh Leonard. Me Mammy first aired as a pilot
Me_Mammy
American entertainer (1886–1950)
"Jolson had the confidence to rhyme 'Mammy' with 'Uncle Sammy'", adding "Mammy songs, along with the vocation 'Mammy singer', were inventions of the Jewish
Al_Jolson
American entrepreneur, financier, real estate magnate and abolitionist (1815–1904)
derogatory slur "Mammy Pleasant" by local whites. The press also called her "Mammy" Pleasant but she did not approve: "I don't like to be called mammy by everybody
Mary_Ellen_Pleasant
1970 song by Hubert Giraud
Charisma reached #1 in South Africa. The song's title is sometimes spelled "Mammy Blue" in the English-speaking world.[citation needed] The song was originally
Mamy_Blue
Irish radio and television personality, actor, writer
Irish radio and television personality, whose TV show 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy won the International Emmy Award for Best Non-Scripted Entertainment award
Baz_Ashmawy
African-Americans as hypersexual, contributing to their sexualization. The Mammy archetype depicts a motherly black woman who is dedicated to her role working
Stereotypes of African Americans
Stereotypes_of_African_Americans
1934–1977 American comic strip by Al Capp
otherwise — while the men generally do nothing whatsoever. Mammy Yokum: Born Pansy Hunks, Mammy, Abner's mother, is the scrawny, highly principled society
Li'l_Abner
Northern-Irish comedian and author
Serena Terry is a comedian and author of two books: Mammy Banter - The Secret Life of an Uncool Mum and The Sh!te before Christmas. Terry was introduced
Serena_Terry
1930 film
Mammy is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy-drama film with Technicolor sequences, released by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film starred Al Jolson
Mammy_(1930_film)
1943 American film
house, In the kitchen, Mammy is cooking some dinner, before Jerry comes in and snaps Mammy's sock, before shaking a terrified Mammy on a stool. Jerry then
The_Lonesome_Mouse
Revolutionary-war era American enslaved woman
Mammy Kate (also known as Kate; dates unknown) was an enslaved African-descended woman held by Stephen Heard (1740–1815), a Revolutionary War–era political
Mammy_Kate
American cartoon series and franchise
shorts often show other characters speaking. For example, the character Mammy Two Shoes has lines in nearly every cartoon in which she appears. Tom, named
Tom_and_Jerry
British actor (born 1953)
A Little Like Drowning Alfredo Hampstead Theatre 1985 Happy End Sammy 'Mammy' Wurlitzer Royal Shakespeare Company National West Tour The Taming of the
Alfred_Molina
Fictional character from Mrs. Brown's Boys
appears in the episode "iMammy (Batteries Not Included)" in Series 2 and appeared in two episodes of Series 2 ("SuperMammy" and "Mammy's Going") he is keen
List of Mrs. Brown's Boys characters
List_of_Mrs._Brown's_Boys_characters
American actress
Mammy Lou (born c. 1804 - died after 1918) claimed to have reached an age that would make her one of the earliest-born people to appear in a motion picture
Mammy_Lou
Jar used specifically to store edible treats such as cookies or biscuits
Cookie jars are utilitarian or decorative ceramic or glass jars often found in American and Canadian kitchens. In the United Kingdom, they are known as
Cookie_jar
1984 studio album by Frank Zappa
and homosexuals. The disease is tested on prisoners who are turned into "Mammy Nuns" led by the story's narrator, Thing-Fish. The story within a story
Thing-Fish
Television series and sitcom by Brendan O'Carroll
by Brendan O'Carroll from the mid-1990s onwards. The books, entitled The Mammy, The Chisellers, The Granny, and The Young Wan, were first published in
Mrs._Brown's_Boys
American princess Black Buck Cocolo Colored House Negro Jim Crow Macaca Mammy Mulatto Negro Nigger (Nigga) Pickaninny Rastus Queen / Queenie Sambo Schvartze
List_of_ethnic_slurs
1950 animated short film directed by Joseph Barbera
Mammy Two Shoes' face on-screen, though only briefly. A re-edited version was produced in the 1960s, replacing Mammy with a white teenage girl. Mammy
Saturday_Evening_Puss
American actress (1893–1952)
was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939), she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting
Hattie_McDaniel
1932 song written and composed by Irving Berlin
was developed from an earlier Berlin song "To My Mammy" which was sung by Al Jolson in his film Mammy (1930). In the earlier song, the lyrics include the
How_Deep_Is_the_Ocean?
Band
Guili Gouzy Gouzy" (1975) "Generation" (1975) "Stop It" (1976) "Daddy, Mammy, Juddy, Jimmy, Jully and All the Family" (1976) "Goody Lady" (1977) Released
Anarchic_System
1951 film
Mammy is a 1951 French drama film directed by Jean Stelli and starring Gaby Morlay, Pierre Larquey and Françoise Arnoul. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice
Mammy_(1951_film)
American television host and artist
March 23, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2012. Mammy, Joe. "The Joe-Mammy.com interview with Kari Byron". Joe-Mammy.com. Archived from the original on March
Kari_Byron
1941 Tom and Jerry cartoon
and wakes up Tom's owner, Mammy Two Shoes, who goes downstairs. Tom quickly shoves Jerry into the refrigerator and hides. Mammy rushes in and opens the
The_Midnight_Snack
Irish actor (1929–2012)
known for his roles as Rashers Tierney in Strumpet City, Cousin Enda in Me Mammy, the builder Mr. O'Reilly in Fawlty Towers, Albert Riddle in Robin's Nest
David_Kelly_(actor)
American TV miniseries
when she learns that Mammy, her mainstay since birth, is dying. When she arrives, she sends a telegram to notify Rhett about Mammy under the name of Will
Scarlett_(miniseries)
2001 novel by Alice Randall
the diary of Cynara, a mixed-race enslaved woman who is the daughter of Mammy (Pallas) and Planter, the white master of the plantation, making her the
The_Wind_Done_Gone
Euro-African slave trader
Elizabeth Frazer Skelton also called "Mammy Skelton" (1800–1855) was a Euro-African slave trader. She was the daughter of the slave trader John Frazer
Elizabeth_Frazer_Skelton
Irish actor and comedian (born 1955)
Mrs. Brown's Boys and shortly afterwards he wrote four books titled The Mammy, The Granny, The Chisellers and The Scrapper. In 1999, a film named Agnes
Brendan_O'Carroll
Christian evangelist preacher from Sierra Leonean
Sister Dora Dumbuya commonly known as Mammy Dumbuya is a Sierra Leonean Christian evangelist preacher and the owner and senior pastor of Jesus is Lord
Dora_Dumbuya
Stereotype about Black American women
the angry black woman stereotype is less studied by researchers than the Mammy and Jezebel archetypes. Carolyn West categorizes the Angry Black Woman (ABW)
Angry_black_woman
River in Australia
Mammy Johnsons River, a mostly perennial river of the Mid-Coast Council system, is located in the Mid North Coast and Upper Hunter regions of New South
Mammy_Johnsons_River
1984 horror novel by Jacqueline La Tourrette
hosted by Mammy, which involves occult rituals and religious dancing, Teresa becomes increasingly suspicious of Mammy. It is revealed that Mammy took Teresa
The_House_On_Octavia_Street
Special effects company in San Francisco
on 27 April 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2008. Mammy, Joe. "The Joe-Mammy.com interview with Kari Byron". Joe-Mammy.com. Archived from the original on 26 March
M5_Industries
English folk song
in Dance to thy daddy, sing to thy mammy, Thou shalt have haddock baked in a pan Dance to thy daddy, to thy mammy sing; Dance to your Daddy, my little
When_the_Boat_Comes_In_(song)
1999 American film
directed, produced by, and starring Anjelica Huston, based on the book The Mammy by Brendan O'Carroll. In 1967 in Dublin, the unexpected death of Agnes Browne's
Agnes_Browne
Racist stereotype of African American people
September 28, 2025. By conflating two gendered stereotypes of Black people—mammy and coon—the restaurant foregrounds the perceived interchangeability of
Fried_chicken_stereotype
song written by Irving Berlin and introduced by Al Jolson in the 1930 film Mammy. The Commonweal magazine opined upon the film's release: "[Mr. Jolson] can
Let_Me_Sing_and_I'm_Happy
Worry Every Irish Mammy". Lovin Dublin. Retrieved 16 April 2025. Poleon, Jade (17 March 2024). "10 TRAITS of a typical Irish Mammy". Ireland Before You
List_of_stock_characters
Temporary childcare
Black women. During the post-Civil War era and the Jim Crow period, the mammy stereotype surfaced as one of the most pervasive and enduring images of
Babysitting
American actress (1924–2021)
actress, best known for her comic portrayals of Witchiepoo and Li'l Abner's Mammy Yokum. Hayes was born in Du Quoin, Illinois, on August 5, 1924, to Charles
Billie_Hayes
1970s American band
stepped in to fill the void. The new group made the Billboard Hot 100 with "Mammy Blue" (No. 50, 1973) and "If It Feels Good, Do It" which was a cover of
Stories_(band)
History museum in Big Rapids, Michigan
portion of the museum's holdings is anti-black memorabilia, for example, mammy candles, Nellie fishing lures, picaninny ashtrays, sambo masks, and lawn
Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia
Jim_Crow_Museum_of_Racist_Memorabilia
1959 musical comedy film based on comic strip "Li'l Abner"
Dogpatch, U. S. A., a hillbilly town where Abner Yokum lives with his parents. Mammy Yokum insists on giving Abner his daily dose of "Yokumberry tonic", although
Li'l_Abner_(1959_film)
Irish actress (born 1964)
October 2023. "Jennifer Gibney". TVGuide.com. "Jennifer Gibney; What would Mammy say?". BBC. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014. Brocklehurst
Jennifer_Gibney
1996 film by Cheryl Dunye
Richards, a Black actress from the 1930s known for playing the stereotypical "mammy" roles to which Black actresses were relegated during the period. The Watermelon
The_Watermelon_Woman
American actress (1869–1950)
films in the 1920s and 1930s. She was most well known for her role as the mammy in the 1929 musical film Hallelujah by King Vidor. Born Fannie Belle Johnson
Fanny_Belle_DeKnight
American rapper and actress (born 1970)
size, black women were in society. Over the twentieth century, the term 'mammy' coincided with black women because many were left to take care of white
Queen_Latifah
1943 film
her lap. The little black girl asks her "mammy" to tell her the story of "So White an' de Sebben Dwarfs". "Mammy" begins: Well, once there was a mean ol'
Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs
Coal_Black_and_de_Sebben_Dwarfs
Irish actor (1926–2013)
popular in the United Kingdom, as a result of starring in the BBC sitcom Me Mammy alongside Yootha Joyce. In 1967–68 he appeared in the drama Staircase, co-starring
Milo_O'Shea
1948 Tom and Jerry cartoon
tracking mud on the kitchen floor right after Mammy Two Shoes has finished cleaning. As punishment, Mammy makes Tom clean the floor and orders him to keep
Mouse_Cleaning
Fictional character from Popeye
characters (claiming that each one had struck him), including "Mammy Jokeum" (a parody of "Mammy Yokum" from Li'l Abner), "Melvin of the Apes" (a parody of
Swee'Pea
Doll-like character
racist caricature of black people, alongside pickaninnies, minstrels, and mammy figures. The doll is characterised by jet black skin, eyes rimmed in white
Golliwog
Leader of the Mende people in Sierra Leone
Madam Yoko or Mammy Yoko (ca. 1849–1906) was a leader of the Mende people in Sierra Leone. Combining advantageous lineage, shrewd marriage choices and
Madam_Yoko
Ethnic archetype
Jezebel, Mammy, and the Sapphire originate from society's early impressions of enslaved Black women. Kimberly Wallace Sanders wrote a note titled Mammy: A Century
Strong_black_woman
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up mamma mia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mamma mia (pronounced [ˈmamma ˈmiːa]; an Italian interjection, literally "mommy mine"), Mammamia
Mamma_Mia
Racial slur in the Yiddish language
American princess Black Buck Cocolo Colored House Negro Jim Crow Macaca Mammy Mulatto Negro Nigger (Nigga) Pickaninny Rastus Queen / Queenie Sambo Schvartze
Schvartze
1931 Mickey Mouse cartoon
times in the cartoon – crying "Mammy!", telling Mickey to "Kiss me!" and pointing out "The moose!" Except for one more "mammy" at the end of Mickey Steps
The_Moose_Hunt
Theatrical makeup caricaturing Black people
often portrayed as unappealingly and grotesquely mannish, in the matronly mammy mold, or as highly sexually provocative. The 1830s American stage, where
Blackface
Home video box set from Warner Archive
(including two newly released featurettes: Lady of the House: The Story of Mammy Two-Shoes and Animal Hijinks: The Friends and Foes of Tom and Jerry) and
Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology
Tom_and_Jerry:_The_Golden_Era_Anthology
Racist stereotype of African American people
Black matriarchy Criminal black man Fried chicken stereotype Magical Negro Mammy stereotype Video vixen Watermelon stereotype Welfare queen Caricatures Angelfood
Watermelon_stereotype
Native American actress (c. 1869 – 1923)
"Minnie Ha-Ha", she held at least 14 roles, beginning in 1913 with Old Mammy’s Secret Code and ending with the 1923 release of The Girl of the Golden
Minnie_Devereaux
Pejorative term describing someone uncivilized
American princess Black Buck Cocolo Colored House Negro Jim Crow Macaca Mammy Mulatto Negro Nigger (Nigga) Pickaninny Rastus Queen / Queenie Sambo Schvartze
Savage_(pejorative_term)
controversial due to being based on the Mammy archetype, and was retired from the series in 1953. Gene Deitch opted not to use Mammy's character in his shorts, as
List of Tom and Jerry characters
List_of_Tom_and_Jerry_characters
Toy doll featuring two different characters
at the hips. Later dolls were sometimes a white girl child with a black mammy figure. Precise facts about their origins are rare, but as late as the 1950s
Topsy-Turvy_doll
Scottish exonym for an English person
American princess Black Buck Cocolo Colored House Negro Jim Crow Macaca Mammy Mulatto Negro Nigger (Nigga) Pickaninny Rastus Queen / Queenie Sambo Schvartze
Sassenach
Negationist myth of the American Civil War
stereotypical monuments about the "loyal" "mammies" and "faithful slaves". In 1923, the UDC planned on erecting a "Mammy memorial" in Washington, D.C. to memorialize
Lost_Cause_of_the_Confederacy
the earlier film Jolson was inordinately attached to his mother and sang "Mammy"; here the fixation was on his young son, and "Sonny Boy" became an enormous
List of highest-grossing films
List_of_highest-grossing_films
American domestic servant (1799–1903)
S. Presidents, John Adams and James Monroe. Eva Bates was also known as Mammy Bates. According to news reports published at the time of her death, she
Eva_Bates
American actress (1900–1962)
Visitor Center (uncredited) Wild Girl (1932) as Mammy Lou (uncredited) Too Busy to Work (1932) as Mammy She Done Him Wrong (1933) as Pearl Her Splendid
Louise_Beavers
American actress
Courtright, appeared together in Griffith's Intolerance (1916). Lee portrayed Mammy in The Birth of a Nation (1915). Another notable performance of the actress
Jennie_Lee_(American_actress)
1095. "Highland Mary" 1096. "Braes of Strathblane" 1097. No record 1098. "Mammy's Pet" 1099. "Maggie's Smile" 1100. No record 1101. "Glowerowerem", "Bonny
List of folk songs by Roud number
List_of_folk_songs_by_Roud_number
Traditional American lullaby
practically the same." Scarborough says such lullabies were sung by enslaved mammies to the white children in their care; "the black mother often spent her
All_the_Pretty_Little_Horses
1991 novel by Alexandra Ripley
sets out for Tara. There she learns that Mammy, her mainstay since birth, is dying. She notifies Rhett about Mammy, using her brother-in-law Will Benteen's
Scarlett_(Ripley_novel)
Wife of General Thomas Gage
Goddard Hannah Griffitts Betsy Hager Nancy Hart Ann Wood Henry Anne Hupp Mammy Kate Lucy Flucker Knox Sybil Ludington Jane Mecom Mary Lindley Murray Nonhelema
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Topics referred to by the same term
Morning", written by Irving Berlin and performed by Al Jolson in the 1930 film Mammy "In the Morning", by Junior Boys from the 2006 album So This Is Goodbye
In_the_Morning
American actress (1900–1987)
in the Sky Mrs. Kelso Corregidor Hyacinth Melody Parade Ruby I Dood It Mammy, in the Show Uncredited Never a Dull Moment Daisy Uncredited 1944 Hat Check
Ruby_Dandridge
Irish actress
Yvonne Doyle 16 episodes 2015 Mrs. Brown's Boys Bubbles McCarthy Episode: "Mammy's Christmas Punch" 2016 Doctors Lucretia Moon Episode: "Being Witched" 2017
Ciara_O'Callaghan
Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
person of color to win an Oscar in any category, for her performance as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939). Tatum O'Neal remains the youngest person to
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress
Element of Japanese language
off yo' hat w'en you is wahm," she commanded. […] "No, you ain'," said Mammy grimly. […] "Dis Miss Scarlett, ain' it? Dis hyah Peter, Miss Pitty's coachman
Japanese conjugation (mizenkei base)
Japanese_conjugation_(mizenkei_base)
Irish television series
Claire Máiréad Tyers as Helen Stefanie Preissner as Maggie Carrie Crowley as Mammy Walsh Jay Duffy as Luke Costello Samuel Anderson as Aidan Aidan Quinn as
The_Walsh_Sisters
2006 EP by Animal Collective
March 2005, just prior to the sessions. The cover originally depicted a "mammy" illustration that was removed for the EP's 2020 digital reissue. Reviewing
People_(Animal_Collective_EP)
Rag doll character by Johnny Gruelle
such as the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees and Beloved Belindy, a black mammy doll, were featured as dolls and characters in books. The exact details
Raggedy_Ann
davidsarnoff.org. Retrieved 2022-04-06. "Columbia matrix 80019. Weep no more (my mammy) / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp
1922_in_country_music
American actor and filmmaker (born 1969)
Weekly, noted similarities between Perry's Madea character and traditional "mammy" archetypes, suggesting that such representations might be viewed differently
Tyler_Perry
Character from Popeye
help Poopeye defeat other comic strip characters such as "Mammy Jokeum" (a parody of "Mammy Yokum" from Li'l Abner), "Melvin of the Apes" (a parody of
Olive_Oyl
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Seventh Manu
Boy/Male
Muslim
Rich, Wealthy
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Ascetic
Boy/Male
Polish
Soldier.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Happiness
Girl/Female
Bengali, Indian
The Future of Family
Boy/Male
Indian
Storm god.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Attentive
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
To Look Thoroughly
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Praising Allah
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pl.
of Mammy
n.
A child's name for mamma, mother.