Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress. She frequently performed jazz, big band, and pop music, on the Broadway stage and in concerts, although she began her career in the 1920s singing blues.
Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress. She frequently performed jazz, big band, and pop music, on the Broadway stage and in concerts, although she began her career in the 1920s singing blues.
Her best-known recordings includes, "Dinah", "Birmingham Bertha", "Stormy Weather" "Hottentot Potentate", and "Cabin in the Sky", as well as her version of the spiritual, "His Eye Is on the Sparrow". Waters was the second African American to be nominated for an Academy Award.
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Filmography (Movies)
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
Character:
Release Date:04/12/2006
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:03/04/2003
Blues Masters
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1999
That's Entertainment, Part II
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:16/05/1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/08/1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:19/04/1975
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1973
The Sound and the Fury
Character:Dilsey
Release Date:27/03/1959
The Heart is a Rebel
Character:Gladys
Release Date:01/01/1958
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
Character:Sunday School Teacher
Release Date:27/10/1956
Carib Gold
Character:Mom
Release Date:30/09/1956
The Member of the Wedding
Character:Berenice Sadie Brown
Release Date:25/12/1952
Pinky
Character:Dicey Johnson
Release Date:28/09/1949
Soundies Festival
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1945
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Character:Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
Release Date:16/10/1943
Stage Door Canteen
Character:Ethel Waters
Release Date:24/06/1943
Cabin in the Sky
Character:Petunia Jackson
Release Date:24/03/1943
Cairo
Character:Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid
Release Date:17/08/1942
Tales of Manhattan
Character:Esther
Release Date:05/08/1942
Let My People Live
Character:
Release Date:10/03/1939
Gift of Gab
Character:Herself
Release Date:01/09/1934
Bubbling Over
Character:Ethel Peabody
Release Date:19/04/1934
Rufus Jones for President
Character:Mother of Rufus
Release Date:09/09/1933
On With the Show!
Character:Ethel
Release Date:13/07/1929
Television Appearances
The Pearl Bailey Show
Character:Self
The Barbara McNair Show
Character:Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
Daniel Boone
Character:Rachael
The Hollywood Palace
Character:Self
The Great Adventure
Character:Rit
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
Route 66
Character:
The Steve Allen Show
Character:Self - Singer
Playwrights '56
Character:
Climax!
Character:Aunt Kate
General Electric Theater
Character:Mother
The Beulah Show
Character:Beulah
What's My Line?
Character:Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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