Ethel Waters
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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
October 31, 1896Deathday
September 1, 1977Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
24Place of birth
Chester, Pennsylvania, USAAlso known as
Sweet Mama Stringbean
Cast credits
Tales of Manhattan
Esther
Cairo
Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid
Pinky
Dicey Johnson
The Member of the Wedding
Berenice Sadie Brown
Cabin in the Sky
Petunia Jackson
On With the Show!
Ethel
The Sound and the Fury
Dilsey
Bubbling Over
Ethel Peabody
Rufus Jones for President
Mother of Rufus
Blues Masters
Self (archive footage)
Let My People Live
Stage Door Canteen
Ethel Waters
The Heart is a Rebel
Gladys
Gift of Gab
Herself
Wild Women Don't Have the Blues
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
Carib Gold
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