Acting
Community Rating
6.5
TMDB estimate
Born
October 31, 1896
Died
September 1, 1977 (age 80)
Born in
Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
2006
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self (archive footage)
2003
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Blues Masters
as Self (archive footage)
1999
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That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1975
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
1973
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The Pearl Bailey Show
as Self
1971
—The Barbara McNair Show
as Self
1969
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The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
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Daniel Boone
as Rachael
1964
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The Hollywood Palace
as Self
1964
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The Great Adventure
as Rit
1963
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The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
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Route 66
1960
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The Sound and the Fury
as Dilsey
1959
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The Heart is a Rebel
as Gladys
1958
—Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
as Sunday School Teacher
1956
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Carib Gold
as Mom
1956
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The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
1956
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