Ethel Waters
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 31, 1896
- Place of birth
- Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- September 1, 1977
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.
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Movies with Ethel Waters
- Pinky 1949 · ★ 7.1
- Cabin in the Sky 1943 · ★ 6.5
- That's Entertainment, Part II 1976 · ★ 7.0
- Tales of Manhattan 1942 · ★ 6.5
- The Member of the Wedding 1952 · ★ 6.4
- Stage Door Canteen 1943 · ★ 6.3
- The Sound and the Fury 1959 · ★ 6.8
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 1975 · ★ 6.3
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There 2003 · ★ 7.0
- Cairo 1942 · ★ 6.3
- On With the Show! 1929 · ★ 5.7
- The Voice That Thrilled the World 1943 · ★ 6.0
- Bubbling Over 1934 · ★ 5.0
- Rufus Jones for President 1933 · ★ 7.0
- Gift of Gab 1934 · ★ 5.2
- Blues Masters 1999 · ★ 6.5
- Carib Gold 1956 · ★ 5.5
- The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli 1973 · ★ 7.0
- Let My People Live 1939 · ★ 7.0
- The Heart Is a Rebel 1958 · ★ 8.0
- Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower 1956 · ★ 0.0
- Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1 2006
- Black Shadows on a Silver Screen 1975