The African - American actress Butterfly McQueen portrayed a servant girl named Vashti in the 1946 David O. Selznick film Duel in the Sun .
Butterfly McQueen played Prissy in Gone with the Wind .
The African - American actress Butterfly McQueen , who played Prissy in Gone with the Wind , portrayed a servant girl named Vashti in the 1946 David O. Selznick film Duel in the Sun .