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Ethel Waters
Born 1896-10-31Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1RoleBroadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf (archive footage)Blues MastersSelf (archive footage)That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage)Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Self (archive footage)Black Shadows on a Silver ScreenSelf (archive footage)The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente MinnelliSelf (archive footage)The Sound and the FuryDilseyThe Heart Is a RebelGladysSaturday Spectacular: Manhattan TowerSunday School TeacherCarib GoldMomThe Member of the WeddingBerenice Sadie BrownPinkyDicey JohnsonSoundies FestivalRoleThe Voice That Thrilled the WorldSelf (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)Stage Door CanteenEthel WatersCabin in the SkyPetunia JacksonCairoCleona Jones, Marcia's MaidTales of ManhattanEstherLet My People LiveRoleGift of GabHerselfBubbling OverEthel PeabodyRufus Jones for PresidentMother of RufusOn With the Show!Ethel