Mammy Two Shoes

Mammy Two-Shoes is a recurring character in MGM's Tom and Jerry cartoons. She is a heavy-set middle-aged black woman who often has to deal with the mayhem generated by the lead characters. As a partially-seen character, she was famous for never showing her head (although it is briefly visible in Saturday Evening Puss). Mammy's appearances have often been edited out, dubbed, or re-animated as a slim white woman in later television showings, since her character is a mammy archetype now generally regarded as racist. Mammy first appeared in Puss Gets the Boot, the first Tom and Jerry cartoon. The character went on to make many appearances through 1952's Push-Button Kitty. From 1954's Pet Peeve, the owner of the house became a young, white, middle-class couple, and starting with 1955's The Flying Sorceress, the viewer was able to see the heads of the owner(s).

Originally voiced by well-known black character actress Lillian Randolph, in recent years Randolph's voice has been edited out of the classic MGM cartoons and replaced with the voice of white actress Julie Kavner.

In Tom and Jerry Tales she appears in the short "Ho Ho Horror" as a buxom white woman and is called "Mrs. Two-Shoes". Several photos on a mantle also imply she has a family (a man and a boy, shown only as legs and partial torsos).

Trivia

 * Mammy almost always says "is" instead of "are" with a pronoun (for example, "Is you through laughin'?").

Featured episodes

 * Puss Gets the Boot
 * The Midnight Snack
 * Fraidy Cat
 * Dog Trouble
 * Puss 'n' Toots
 * The Lonesome Mouse
 * The Mouse Comes to Dinner
 * Part Time Pal
 * A Mouse in the House
 * Old Rockin' Chair Tom
 * Mouse Cleaning
 * Polka-Dot Puss
 * The Little Orphan (unspoken)
 * Saturday Evening Puss
 * The Framed Cat
 * Casanova Cat (unspoken)
 * Sleepy-Time Tom
 * Nit-witty Kitty
 * Triplet Trouble
 * Push-Button Kitty