Mammy Two Shoes
| Mammy Two Shoes | |
|---|---|
| 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, although 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) June Foray (1960s redubbed shorts) Thea Vidale (1990s redubbed shorts) |
| In-universe information | |
| Nickname | Dinah (1940s Tom and Jerry comics) |
| Family | Tom (pet) |
"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 based on the mammy stereotype.
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. Her creation points to the ubiquity of stereotype in American popular culture, and the character was removed from the series after 1953 due to protests from the NAACP.