Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Domin rawar da ta taka a matsayin bawan gidan da ke yawan tsawata wa 'yar maigidan ta, Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh), da kuma ba'a ga Rhett Butler (Clark Gable), McDaniel ya lashe kyautar
1939 Academy Award for Best Mataimakin Mataimakin Mata, dan wasan kwaikwayo na farko da aka zaba kuma ya lashe Oscar. "Ina son Mammy", in ji McDaniel lokacin da yake magana da fararen fata game da halin. "Ina tsammanin na fahimce ta domin kakata ta yi aiki a gonar da ba ta bambanta da Tara ba". Matsayinta a cikin "Gone with the Wind" ya damu da wasu fararen fata a Kudu; akwai gunaguni cewa a cikin fim ɗin ta kasance "sananne" tare da fararen masu mallakarta. Aƙalla marubuci ɗaya ya nuna cewa halayen McDaniel ba su da bambanci sosai da halayen Mammy a cikin littafin Margaret Mitchell, kuma cewa a cikin fim da littafin, Scarlett da ke ƙarami sosai tana magana da Mammy ta hanyoyin da za a yi la'akari da rashin dacewa ga matashi na Kudu na wannan zamanin don yin magana da wani farin mutum da ya tsufa, kuma cewa ba littafin ba fim ɗin ba ya nuna wanzuwar 'ya'yan Mammy (matattu ko rayayyu), danginta (matattu ko rayayyu), ainihin suna, ko sha'awarta na samun wani abu banda rayuwa a Tara, yana aiki a gonar bayi. Bugu da ƙari, yayin da Mammy ta tsawata wa ƙaramar Scarlett, ba ta taɓa ƙetare Mrs. O'Hara ba, tsohuwar farar mace a cikin gida. Wasu masu sukar sun ji cewa McDaniel ba kawai ya yarda da matsayin ba amma har ma a cikin maganganunta ga manema labaru sun yarda da ra'ayoyin Hollywood, suna ba da man fetur ga masu sukar waɗanda ke gwagwarmayar kare haƙƙin ɗan ƙasa na baƙar fata. Daga baya, lokacin da McDaniel yayi ƙoƙarin ɗaukar halayyar "Mammy" a kan hanyar nunawa, baƙar fata masu sauraro ba su da karɓa.