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Ethel Waters

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ethel Waters, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Oct 31, 1896 In Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Movie/TV Credits:
24
First Appeared:
In the movie On With the Show! 1929-07-13
Latest Project:
Movie Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1 2006-12-04
Known For
Filmography
Movie Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1 2006-12-04
Movie Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There Self (archive footage) 2003-04-03
Movie Blues Masters Self (archive footage) 1999-01-01
Movie Wild Women Don't Have the Blues Self (archive footage) 1989-01-01
Movie That's Entertainment, Part II (archive footage) 1976-05-16
Movie Black Shadows on a Silver Screen Self (archive footage) 1975-04-19
Movie Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Self (archive footage) 1975-08-06
Movie The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli Self (archive footage) 1973-01-01
Movie The Sound and the Fury Dilsey 1959-03-27
Movie The Heart is a Rebel Gladys 1958-01-01
Movie Carib Gold Mom 1957-09-30
Movie The Member of the Wedding Berenice Sadie Brown 1952-12-25
Series The Beulah Show 1950-10-03
Movie Pinky Dicey Johnson 1949-09-28
Movie Cabin in the Sky Petunia Jackson 1943-04-09
Movie The Voice That Thrilled the World Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage) 1943-10-16
Movie Stage Door Canteen Ethel Waters 1943-06-24
Movie Tales of Manhattan Esther 1942-08-05
Movie Cairo Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid 1942-08-17
Movie Let My People Live 1939-03-10
Movie Bubbling Over Ethel Peabody 1934-04-19
Movie Gift of Gab Herself 1934-09-01
Movie Rufus Jones for President Mother of Rufus 1933-09-09
Movie On With the Show! Ethel 1929-07-13