Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters

Date of Birth:

Oct 31, 1896

Place of Birth:

Chester, 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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filmography:

Wild Women Don't Have the Blues Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

1989

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

Gift of Gab Gift of Gab

1934

The Heart is a Rebel The Heart is a Rebel

1958

Stage Door Canteen Stage Door Canteen

1943

That's Entertainment, Part II That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

The Voice That Thrilled the World The Voice That Thrilled the World

1943

Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower

1956

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

2003

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

1975

Carib Gold Carib Gold

1957

Let My People Live Let My People Live

1939

Blues Masters Blues Masters

1999

Cabin in the Sky Cabin in the Sky

1943

Soundies Festival Soundies Festival

1945

The Member of the Wedding The Member of the Wedding

1952

Pinky Pinky

1949

Cairo Cairo

1942

On With the Show! On With the Show!

1929

The Sound and the Fury The Sound and the Fury

1959

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

1973

Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1 Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1

2006

Rufus Jones for President Rufus Jones for President

1933

Bubbling Over Bubbling Over

1934

Tales of Manhattan Tales of Manhattan

1942

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