Ethel Waters
Born
October 31, 1896
Died
September 1, 1977 (80 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Chester, 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.
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Known For
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
2006
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self (archive footage)
2003
Blues Masters
Self (archive footage)
1999
Wild Women Don't Have the Blues
Self (archive footage)
1989
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
1975
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
1973
The Pearl Bailey Show
Self · (1 episode)
1971
The Barbara McNair Show
Self · (1 episode)
1969
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1968
Daniel Boone
Rachael · (1 episode)
1964
The Hollywood Palace
Self · (1 episode)
1964
The Great Adventure
Rit · (1 episode)
1963
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (3 episodes)
1961
Route 66
(1 episode)
1960
The Sound and the Fury
Dilsey
1959
The Heart is a Rebel
Gladys
1958
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
Sunday School Teacher
1956
Carib Gold
Mom
1956
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Singer · (1 episode)
1956
Playwrights '56
(1 episode)
1955
Climax!
Aunt Kate · (1 episode)
1954
General Electric Theater
Mother · (1 episode)
1953
The Member of the Wedding
Berenice Sadie Brown
1952
The Beulah Show
Beulah · (39 episodes)
1950
What's My Line?
Self · (1 episode)
1950
Pinky
Dicey Johnson
1949
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1948
Soundies Festival
1945
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
1943
Stage Door Canteen
Ethel Waters
1943
Cabin in the Sky
Petunia Jackson
1943
Cairo
Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid
1942
Tales of Manhattan
Esther
1942
Let My People Live
1939
Gift of Gab
Herself
1934
Bubbling Over
Ethel Peabody
1934
Rufus Jones for President
Mother of Rufus
1933
On With the Show!
Ethel
1929