Ethel Waters
Known For
Acting
Born
1896-10-31 in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Most Known For
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
What's My Line?
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
Climax!
as Aunt Kate
Route 66
Daniel Boone
as Rachael
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
The Great Adventure
as Rit
Pinky
as Dicey Johnson
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
The Barbara McNair Show
as Self
The Beulah Show
as Beulah
Playwrights '56
The Pearl Bailey Show
as Self
Blues Masters
as Self (archive footage)
Tales of Manhattan
as Esther
General Electric Theater
as Mother
Stage Door Canteen
as Ethel Waters
The Sound and the Fury
as Dilsey