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Ethel Waters

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1896-10-31

Day of Death

1977-09-01

Place of Birth

Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

Ethel Waters

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.

Filmography (24)

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1

2006
⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

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

2003
⭐ 6.5 Role: Self (archive footage)

Blues Masters

1999
⭐ 7.0 Role: (archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976
⭐ 6.3 Role: Self (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975
⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

1975
⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

1973
⭐ 6.7 Role: Dilsey

The Sound and the Fury

1959
⭐ 8.0 Role: Gladys

The Heart Is a Rebel

1958
No Image
⭐ 0 Role: Sunday School Teacher

Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower

1956
⭐ 5.5 Role: Mom

Carib Gold

1956
⭐ 6.3 Role: Berenice Sadie Brown

The Member of the Wedding

1952
⭐ 7.1 Role: Dicey Johnson

Pinky

1949
No Image
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Soundies Festival

1945
⭐ 5.8 Role: Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)

The Voice That Thrilled the World

1943