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.
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Filmography
Cast Credits
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
Character:
MOVIE • 2006
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2003
Blues Masters
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1999
Wild Women Don't Have the Blues
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1989
That's Entertainment, Part II
Character: (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1975
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1973
The Pearl Bailey Show
Character: Self
TV • 1971
The Barbara McNair Show
Character: Self
TV • 1969
The Dick Cavett Show
Character: Self - Guest
TV • 1968
Daniel Boone
Character: Rachael
TV • 1964
The Hollywood Palace
Character: Self
TV • 1964
The Great Adventure
Character: Rit
TV • 1963
The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self
TV • 1961
Route 66
Character:
TV • 1960
The Sound and the Fury
Character: Dilsey
MOVIE • 1959
The Heart is a Rebel
Character: Gladys
MOVIE • 1958
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
Character: Sunday School Teacher
MOVIE • 1956
Carib Gold
Character: Mom
MOVIE • 1956