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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Tales of Manhattan
as Esther
1942
Cairo
as Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid
1942
Pinky
as Dicey Johnson
1949
The Member of the Wedding
as Berenice Sadie Brown
1952
Cabin in the Sky
as Petunia Jackson
1943
Soundies Festival
1945
On With the Show!
as Ethel
1929
The Sound and the Fury
as Dilsey
1959
Bubbling Over
as Ethel Peabody
1934
Rufus Jones for President
as Mother of Rufus
1933
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
2006
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
1973
Blues Masters
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Let My People Live
1939
Stage Door Canteen
as Ethel Waters
1943
The Heart Is a Rebel
as Gladys
1958
Gift of Gab
as Herself
1934
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
1943
TV Appearances
The Great Adventure
as Rit
1963
Route 66
1960
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
General Electric Theater
as Mother
1953
Daniel Boone
as Rachael
1964
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
1964
Climax!
as Aunt Kate
1954
The Beulah Show
as Beulah
1950
Playwrights '56
1955
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
1956
The Barbara McNair Show
as Self
1969
The Pearl Bailey Show
as Self
1971