Ethel Waters
Acting • Born 1896-10-31 – Died 1977-09-01
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
39 credits
Tales of Manhattan
Movie • 1942
Esther
Cairo
Movie • 1942
Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid
Pinky
Movie • 1949
Dicey Johnson
The Member of the Wedding
Movie • 1952
Berenice Sadie Brown
Cabin in the Sky
Movie • 1943
Petunia Jackson
Soundies Festival
Movie • 1945
On With the Show!
Movie • 1929
Ethel
The Sound and the Fury
Movie • 1959
Dilsey
Bubbling Over
Movie • 1934
Ethel Peabody
Rufus Jones for President
Movie • 1933
Mother of Rufus
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
Movie • 2006
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Movie • 1973
Self (archive footage)
Blues Masters
Movie • 1999
Self (archive footage)
Let My People Live
Movie • 1939
Stage Door Canteen
Movie • 1943
Ethel Waters
The Heart is a Rebel
Movie • 1958
Gladys
Gift of Gab
Movie • 1934
Herself
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie • 1975
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Movie • 1943
Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
Carib Gold
Movie • 1956
Mom
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Movie • 1975
Self (archive footage)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
Movie • 1956
Sunday School Teacher
The Great Adventure
TV • 1963
Rit
Route 66
TV • 1960
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Mother
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Rachael
The Hollywood Palace
TV • 1964
Self
Climax!
TV • 1954
Aunt Kate
The Beulah Show
TV • 1950
Beulah
Playwrights '56
TV • 1955
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self - Singer
The Barbara McNair Show
TV • 1969
Self
The Pearl Bailey Show
TV • 1971
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest