Acting · Chester, Pennsylvania, USA · Born October 31, 1896
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.
MovieJazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
2006
MovieBroadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBlues Masters
1999
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
MovieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBlack Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
as Self (archive footage)
The Pearl Bailey Show
1971
as Self
The Barbara McNair Show
1969
as Self
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
TVDaniel Boone
1964
as Rachael
TVThe Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self
TVThe Great Adventure
1963
as Rit
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVRoute 66
1960
MovieThe Sound and the Fury
1959
as Dilsey
MovieThe Heart Is a Rebel
1958
as Gladys
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
1956
as Sunday School Teacher
MovieCarib Gold
1956
as Mom
TVThe Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Singer
Playwrights '56
1955
TVClimax!
1954
as Aunt Kate
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Mother
MovieThe Member of the Wedding
1952
as Berenice Sadie Brown
The Beulah Show
1950
as Beulah
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
MoviePinky
1949
as Dicey Johnson
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Soundies Festival
1945
MovieThe Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
as Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
MovieStage Door Canteen
1943
as Ethel Waters
MovieCabin in the Sky
1943
as Petunia Jackson
MovieCairo
1942
as Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid
MovieTales of Manhattan
1942
as Esther
MovieLet My People Live
1939
MovieGift of Gab
1934
as Herself
MovieBubbling Over
1934
as Ethel Peabody
MovieRufus Jones for President
1933
as Mother of Rufus
MovieOn With the Show!
1929
as Ethel
