Ethel Waters
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 31, 1896
- Died
- September 1, 1977 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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
Photos
Filmography
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
Movie
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Blues Masters
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie · as (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Pearl Bailey Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Barbara McNair Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Daniel Boone
TV · as Rachael · 1 ep
The Hollywood Palace
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Great Adventure
TV · as Rit · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Route 66
TV · 1 ep
The Sound and the Fury
Movie · as Dilsey
The Heart Is a Rebel
Movie · as Gladys
Carib Gold
Movie · as Mom
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
Movie · as Sunday School Teacher
The Steve Allen Show
TV · as Self - Singer · 1 ep
Playwrights '56
TV · 1 ep
Climax!
TV · as Aunt Kate · 1 ep
General Electric Theater
TV · as Mother · 1 ep
The Member of the Wedding
Movie · as Berenice Sadie Brown
The Beulah Show
TV · as Beulah · 39 eps
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Pinky
Movie · as Dicey Johnson
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Cabin in the Sky
Movie · as Petunia Jackson
Stage Door Canteen
Movie · as Ethel Waters
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Movie · as Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
Tales of Manhattan
Movie · as Esther
Cairo
Movie · as Cleona Jones
Let My People Live
Movie
Bubbling Over
Movie · as Ethel Peabody
Gift of Gab
Movie · as Herself
Rufus Jones for President
Movie · as Mother of Rufus
On With the Show!
Movie · as Ethel