<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1884--1942 </Td> </Tr> <P> Laura Hope Crews (December 12, 1879--November 12, 1942) was a leading actress of the American stage in the first decades of the 20th century who is best remembered today for her later work as a character actress in motion pictures of the 1930s . Her best - known film role was Aunt Pittypat in Gone with the Wind . </P> <P> Laura Hope Crews was the daughter of stage actress Angelena Lockwood and backstage carpenter John Thomas Crews . She had three older siblings . Crews started acting at age four . Her first stage appearance was at Woodward's Garden . She stopped acting to finish school and then returned to acting in 1898 . </P>

Who played aunt pittypat in gone with the wind