Ethel Waters
Acting
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
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movieBroadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieBlues Masters
1999
Self (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
(archive footage)
movieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Self (archive footage)
movieBlack Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
tvDaniel Boone
1964
Rachael
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
1956
Sunday School Teacher
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956
Self - Singer
tvClimax!
1954
Aunt Kate
movieThe Member of the Wedding
1952
Berenice Sadie Brown
moviePinky
1949
Dicey Johnson
movieThe Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
movieStage Door Canteen
1943
Ethel Waters
movieCabin in the Sky
1943
Petunia Jackson
movieCairo
1942
Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid
movieGift of Gab
1934
Herself
movieBubbling Over
1934
Ethel Peabody
movieRufus Jones for President
1933
Mother of Rufus
