Ethel Waters
Known for ActingBorn 1896-10-31 — died 1977-09-01Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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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Known for
Bubbling Over
1934 · as Ethel Peabody
Pinky
1949 · as Dicey Johnson
The Sound and the Fury
1959 · as Dilsey
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · as (archive footage)
Tales of Manhattan
1942 · as Esther
Carib Gold
1956 · as Mom
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · as Self (archive footage)
Blues Masters
1999 · as Self (archive footage)
Stage Door Canteen
1943 · as Ethel Waters
Cabin in the Sky
1943 · as Petunia Jackson
The Member of the Wedding
1952 · as Berenice Sadie Brown
Gift of Gab
1934 · as Herself
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · as Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973 · as Self (archive footage)
Cairo
1942 · as Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid
Rufus Jones for President
1933 · as Mother of Rufus
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943 · as Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
Let My People Live
1939