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Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters

Actor Oct 31 (died age 80) Chester, Pennsylvania, USA 1929–2006 (77 year career)
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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 Ame…

Known For

Pinky
Film

Pinky

Dicey Johnson
That's Entertainment, Part II
Film

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)
Cabin in the Sky
Film

Cabin in the Sky

Petunia Jackson
Tales of Manhattan
Film

Tales of Manhattan

Esther
The Member of the Wedding
Film

The Member of the Wedding

Berenice Sadie Brown
The Sound and the Fury
Film

The Sound and the Fury

Dilsey
Stage Door Canteen
Film

Stage Door Canteen

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

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

Self (archive footage)

Filmography

Acting (39)

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