80
Age
24
Movies
15
TV Shows
6.5
Rating
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.
80
Died at
24
Movies
15
TV Shows
6.5
Avg Rating
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.
1954
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.
Gender
Female
Birthday
October 31, 1896
Died
September 1, 1977
Birthplace
Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
Cairo
1942
Blues Masters
1999
Pinky
1949
The Member of the Wedding
1952
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Tales of Manhattan
1942
The Sound and the Fury
1959
Stage Door Canteen
1943
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Carib Gold
1956
Bubbling Over
1934
On With the Show!
1929
Cabin in the Sky
1943
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Let My People Live
1939
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
Soundies Festival
1945
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
The Heart is a Rebel
1958
+ 4 more movies
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Climax!
1954
Daniel Boone
1964
What's My Line?
1950
Route 66
1960
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Great Adventure
1963
Playwrights '56
1955
The Hollywood Palace
1964
The Barbara McNair Show
1969
The Beulah Show
1950
The Pearl Bailey Show
1971
General Electric Theater
1953
