7.1
Movie
Acting
Ethel Waters
- Born
- Died
- (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
- Credits
- 39 titles
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.
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Signature work
Known For
7.1
Movie
6.5
Movie
Cabin in the Sky
6.5
Movie
Tales of Manhattan
7.0
TV
Daniel Boone
6.4
Movie
The Member of the Wedding
6.8
TV
The Dick Cavett Show
6.3
Movie
Stage Door Canteen
6.7
TV
Route 66
6.8
Movie
The Sound and the Fury
3.8
TV
Climax!
6.3
Movie
Cairo
5.7
Movie
On With the Show!
6.8
TV
General Electric Theater
6.2
TV
The Steve Allen Show
5.0
Movie
Bubbling Over
7.0
Movie
Rufus Jones for President
5.5
Movie
Carib Gold
7.0
Movie
Let My People Live
Acting credits 39
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1 Film | |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1999 | Blues Masters Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II Film | (archive footage) |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1975 | Black Shadows on a Silver Screen Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1971 | The Pearl Bailey Show TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1969 | The Barbara McNair Show TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show TV | Self - Guest (1 ep) |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone TV | Rachael (1 ep) |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure TV | Rit (1 ep) |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show TV | Self (3 ep) |
| 1960 | Route 66 TV | (1 ep) |
| 1959 | The Sound and the Fury Film | Dilsey |
| 1958 | The Heart Is a Rebel Film | Gladys |
| 1956 | Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower Film | Sunday School Teacher |
| 1956 | Carib Gold Film | Mom |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show TV | Self - Singer (1 ep) |
| 1955 | Playwrights '56 TV | (1 ep) |
| 1954 | Climax! TV | Aunt Kate (1 ep) |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater TV | Mother (1 ep) |
| 1952 | The Member of the Wedding Film | Berenice Sadie Brown |
| 1950 | The Beulah Show TV | Beulah (39 ep) |
| 1950 | What's My Line? TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1949 | Pinky Film | Dicey Johnson |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show TV | Self (2 ep) |
| 1945 | Soundies Festival Film | |
| 1943 | The Voice That Thrilled the World Film | Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage) |
| 1943 | Stage Door Canteen Film | Ethel Waters |
| 1943 | Cabin in the Sky Film | Petunia Jackson |
| 1942 | Cairo Film | Cleona Jones |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan Film | Esther |
| 1939 | Let My People Live Film | |
| 1934 | Gift of Gab Film | Herself |
| 1934 | Bubbling Over Film | Ethel Peabody |
| 1933 | Rufus Jones for President Film | Mother of Rufus |
| 1929 | On With the Show! Film | Ethel |