Mammy Two Shoes
Character in the Tom & Jerry series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mammy Two Shoes is a fictional character in MGM's Tom and Jerry cartoons. She is a middle-aged African American woman based on the mammy stereotype.
Mammy Two Shoes | |
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Tom and Jerry (MGM) character | |
![]() Mammy Two Shoes in a scene from the Tom & Jerry short Saturday Evening Puss. This is the only time her facial features are clearly seen, albeit for only a few frames. | |
First appearance | Puss Gets the Boot (1940) |
Last appearance | Push-Button Kitty (1952) |
Created by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Voiced by | Lillian Randolph (original) Anita Brown (The Mouse Comes to Dinner)[1] June Foray (1960s redubbed shorts) Thea Vidale (1990s redubbed shorts) |
In-universe information | |
Nickname | Dinah (1940s Tom and Jerry comics) |
Family | Tom (pet) |
As a partially-seen character, her head was rarely seen, except in a few cartoons including Part Time Pal (1947), A Mouse in the House (1947), Mouse Cleaning (1948), and Saturday Evening Puss (1950).
Mammy appeared in 19 cartoons, from Puss Gets the Boot (1940) to Push-Button Kitty (1952). Her appearances have often been edited out, dubbed, or re-animated in later television showings, since the mammy stereotype is now usually considered racist.[2] Her creation points to the ubiquity of stereotype in American popular culture,[3] and the character was removed from the series after 1953 due to protests from the NAACP.[4]