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Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1896-10-31

Birth Place

Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

Movies and TV shows :

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

1975

0.0

Movie
Blues Masters

Blues Masters

1999

6.0

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

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

2003

7.0

Movie
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

5.7

Movie
Bubbling Over

Bubbling Over

1934

3.7

Movie
Cabin in the Sky

Cabin in the Sky

1943

6.3

Movie
Cairo

Cairo

1942

5.8

Movie
Carib Gold

Carib Gold

1957

4.0

Movie
poster

Climax!

1954

3.0

TV
poster

Daniel Boone

1964

6.9

TV
poster

General Electric Theater

1953

6.0

TV
Gift of Gab

Gift of Gab

1934

1.0

Movie
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1

Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1

2006

0.0

Movie
Let My People Live

Let My People Live

1939

0.0

Movie
On With the Show!

On With the Show!

1929

5.0

Movie
Pinky

Pinky

1949

7.1

Movie
poster

Playwrights '56

1955

6.0

TV
poster

Route 66

1960

6.4

TV
Rufus Jones for President

Rufus Jones for President

1933

6.0

Movie
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower

Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower

1956

0.0

Movie
Soundies Festival

Soundies Festival

1945

0.0

Movie
Stage Door Canteen

Stage Door Canteen

1943

6.1

Movie
Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan

1942

6.2

Movie
That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

6.8

Movie
poster

The Barbara McNair Show

1969

0.0

TV
poster

The Beulah Show

1950

7.0

TV
poster

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

6.7

TV
poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

6.6

TV
poster

The Great Adventure

1963

0.0

TV
The Heart is a Rebel

The Heart is a Rebel

1958

0.0

Movie
poster

The Hollywood Palace

1964

4.5

TV
The Member of the Wedding

The Member of the Wedding

1952

6.2

Movie
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

1973

0.0

Movie
poster

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

5.1

TV
poster

The Pearl Bailey Show

1971

0.0

TV
The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury

1959

6.6

Movie
poster

The Steve Allen Show

1956

5.0

TV
The Voice That Thrilled the World

The Voice That Thrilled the World

1943

5.3

Movie
poster

What's My Line?

1950

6.7

TV
Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

1989

0.0

Movie