McQueen, Thelma (–)African-American actress best known for her role as Prissy in the movie Gone With the Wind. Name variations: Thelma "Butterfly" McQueen. Born Thelma McQueen on January 8, , in Tampa, Florida; died in Augusta, Georgia, on Decem, after suffering critical burns when a kerosene heater caught fire; her father was a stevedore and her mother was a.