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Ethel Waters

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1896-10-31

Deathday: 1977-09-01 (80 years old)

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

all 42

Movies 26

Ethel Waters

Biography

Filmography

all 42

Movies 26

self 18

TV Shows 16

Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1 (2006)

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)

Blues Masters (1999)

Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (1989)

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973)

The Pearl Bailey Show (1971)

The Barbara McNair Show (1969)

The Dick Cavett Show (1968)

Daniel Boone (1964)

The Hollywood Palace (1964)

The Great Adventure (1963)

The Mike Douglas Show (1961)

Route 66 (1960)

The Sound and the Fury (1959)

The Heart is a Rebel (1958)

Carib Gold (1957)

Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower (1956)

The Steve Allen Show (1956)

Playwrights '56 (1955)

Climax! (1954)

General Electric Theater (1953)

The Member of the Wedding (1952)

The Beulah Show (1950)

What's My Line? (1950)

Pinky (1949)

Break the Bank (1948)

Let's Sing a Song from the Movies (1948)

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

Soundies Festival (1945)

The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)

Stage Door Canteen (1943)

Cabin in the Sky (1943)

Cairo (1942)

Tales of Manhattan (1942)

Let My People Live (1939)

Gift of Gab (1934)

Bubbling Over (1934)

Rufus Jones for President (1933)

On With the Show! (1929)

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Information

Known ForActing

GenderFemale

Birthday1896-10-31

Deathday1977-09-01 (80 years old)

Birth PlaceChester, United States

CitizenshipsUnited States

Also Known AsSweet Mama Stringbean

AwardsGospel Music Hall of Fame

Credited with

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1896-10-31

Deathday
1977-09-01 (80 years old)

Birth Place
Chester, United States

Citizenships
United States

Also Known As
Sweet Mama Stringbean

Awards
Gospel Music Hall of Fame