Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters

10/31/1896 – 9/1/1977Chester, 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.

Filmography (39 titles)

Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1Movie

Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1

2006

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There7.0Movie

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Self (archive footage) · 2003

Blues Masters6.5Movie

Blues Masters

Self (archive footage) · 1999

That's Entertainment, Part II7.0Movie

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage) · 1976

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?6.3Movie

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage) · 1975

Black Shadows on a Silver ScreenMovie

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

Self (archive footage) · 1975

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli7.0Movie

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

Self (archive footage) · 1973

8.0Show

The Pearl Bailey Show

Self · 1971

Show

The Barbara McNair Show

Self · 1969

The Dick Cavett Show6.8Show

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest · 1968

Daniel Boone7.0Show

Daniel Boone

Rachael · 1964

The Hollywood Palace5.0Show

The Hollywood Palace

Self · 1964

The Great Adventure10.0Show

The Great Adventure

Rit · 1963

The Mike Douglas Show5.8Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Self · 1961

Route 666.7Show

Route 66

1960

The Sound and the Fury6.8Movie

The Sound and the Fury

Dilsey · 1959

The Heart Is a Rebel8.0Movie

The Heart Is a Rebel

Gladys · 1958

Movie

Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower

Sunday School Teacher · 1956

Carib Gold5.5Movie

Carib Gold

Mom · 1956

The Steve Allen Show6.2Show

The Steve Allen Show

Self - Singer · 1956

6.3Show

Playwrights '56

1955

Climax!3.8Show

Climax!

Aunt Kate · 1954

General Electric Theater6.8Show

General Electric Theater

Mother · 1953

The Member of the Wedding6.3Movie

The Member of the Wedding

Berenice Sadie Brown · 1952

7.3Show

The Beulah Show

Beulah · 1950

What's My Line?7.0Show

What's My Line?

Self · 1950

Pinky7.1Movie

Pinky

Dicey Johnson · 1949

The Ed Sullivan Show6.8Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self · 1948

Movie

Soundies Festival

1945

The Voice That Thrilled the World6.0Movie

The Voice That Thrilled the World

Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage) · 1943