Ethel Waters1896 - 1977

usually

Actor

Popularity

1.5

Famous

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.

Credits

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

2003

Documentary • History • Music

as Self (archive footage)

7
0.6
Blues Masters
Blues Masters

1999

as Self (archive footage)

6
0
Wild Women Don't Have the Blues
Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

1989

as Self (archive footage)

0
0.1
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

Documentary • Music

as (archive footage)

6.9
0.6
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

Documentary • History

as Self (archive footage)

5.7
0.9
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

1975

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

0
0.1
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

1973

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

0
0.1
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury

1959

Drama

as Dilsey

6.6
0.4
The Heart is a Rebel
The Heart is a Rebel

1958

Drama

as Gladys

0
0.1
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower

1956

Music • TV Movie

as Sunday School Teacher

0
0.1
Carib Gold
Carib Gold

1956

Drama

as Mom

4
0
The Member of the Wedding
The Member of the Wedding

1952

Drama

as Berenice Sadie Brown

6.2
0.3
Pinky
Pinky

1949

Drama

as Dicey Johnson

7.1
0.7
The Voice That Thrilled the World
The Voice That Thrilled the World

1943

Documentary • History

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

5.3
0.2
Stage Door Canteen
Stage Door Canteen

1943

Comedy • Music • Romance • War

as Ethel Waters

5.8
0.8
Cabin in the Sky
Cabin in the Sky

1943

Fantasy • Music

as Petunia Jackson

6.5
0.6
Cairo
Cairo

1942

Comedy • Drama • Music

as Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid

5.8
0.6
Tales of Manhattan
Tales of Manhattan

1942

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Esther

6.3
0.7
Let My People Live
Let My People Live

1939

Documentary

0
0.1
Gift of Gab
Gift of Gab

1934

Comedy • Music

as Herself

1
0.2
Bubbling Over
Bubbling Over

1934

Comedy

as Ethel Peabody

3.7
0.5
Rufus Jones for President
Rufus Jones for President

1933

Comedy • Music

as Mother of Rufus

6
0
On With the Show!
On With the Show!

1929

Music • Romance

as Ethel

5
0.3

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