Ethel Waters

Actor
BirthdayOct 31, 1896 (81 year old)
DeathdaySep 1, 1977
Place of birthChester, Pennsylvania, USA
GenderFemale

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.

Known for

Dicey Johnson

Sep 28, 1949

Petunia Jackson

Mar 24, 1943

(archive footage)

May 16, 1976

Esther

Aug 5, 1942

Rachael

Sep 24, 1964

Berenice Sadie Brown

Dec 25, 1952

Self - Mystery Guest

Feb 2, 1950

Self

Jun 20, 1948

Self - Guest

Jun 6, 1968

Dilsey

Mar 27, 1959

Oct 7, 1960

Ethel Waters

Jun 24, 1943

Aunt Kate

Oct 7, 1954

Self (archive footage)

Aug 6, 1975

Self

Dec 11, 1961

Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid

Aug 17, 1942

Self

Jan 4, 1964

Self - Singer

Jun 24, 1956

Ethel

Jul 13, 1929

Dicey Johnson

Sep 28, 1949

Petunia Jackson

Mar 24, 1943

(archive footage)

May 16, 1976

Esther

Aug 5, 1942

Rachael

Sep 24, 1964

Berenice Sadie Brown

Dec 25, 1952

Acting


Participated in 25 movies, 15 TV series

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