Ethel Waters

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

39

Gender

Female

Birthday

1896-10-31

Day of death

1977-09-01 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

Ethel Waters

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.

Known For

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Pinky

    Pinky

  • The Great Adventure

    The Great Adventure

  • The Hollywood Palace

    The Hollywood Palace

  • Cairo

    Cairo

  • Playwrights '56

    Playwrights '56

  • The Barbara McNair Show

    The Barbara McNair Show

  • The Pearl Bailey Show

    The Pearl Bailey Show

  • The Beulah Show

    The Beulah Show

  • Blues Masters

    Blues Masters

  • Bubbling Over

    Bubbling Over

  • Let My People Live

    Let My People Live

  • Carib Gold

    Carib Gold

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • Tales of Manhattan

    Tales of Manhattan

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

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

  • The Sound and the Fury

    The Sound and the Fury

  • Stage Door Canteen

    Stage Door Canteen

  • The Member of the Wedding

    The Member of the Wedding

  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

  • That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

  • The Voice That Thrilled the World

    The Voice That Thrilled the World

  • The Heart is a Rebel

    The Heart is a Rebel

  • Cabin in the Sky

    Cabin in the Sky

  • Rufus Jones for President

    Rufus Jones for President

  • Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower

    Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower

  • On With the Show!

    On With the Show!

  • Gift of Gab

    Gift of Gab

  • Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

  • Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1

    Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1

  • Soundies Festival

    Soundies Festival