Ethel Waters
Actor
- Born
- October 31, 1896 · Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- September 1, 1977 (age 80)
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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Known for
Pinky
September 28, 1949
Cabin in the Sky
March 24, 1943
That's Entertainment, Part II
May 16, 1976
Tales of Manhattan
August 5, 1942
The Member of the Wedding
December 25, 1952
Stage Door Canteen
June 24, 1943
The Sound and the Fury
March 27, 1959
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
August 6, 1975
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
April 3, 2003
Cairo
August 17, 1942
On With the Show!
July 13, 1929
The Voice That Thrilled the World
October 16, 1943
Acting24
- 2006Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
- 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self (archive footage)
- 1999Blues Masters as Self (archive footage)
- 1976That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1975Black Shadows on a Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
- 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli as Self (archive footage)
- 1959The Sound and the Fury as Dilsey
- 1958The Heart Is a Rebel as Gladys
- 1956