Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters

  • Birthday: 1896-10-31
  • Deathday: 1977-09-01
  • Place of birth: Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Also know as: Sweet Mama Stringbean

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.

Filmography

The Member of the Wedding

1952

As Berenice Sadie Brown

Cabin in the Sky

1943

As Petunia Jackson

Bubbling Over

1934

As Ethel Peabody

Rufus Jones for President

1933

As Mother of Rufus

The Heart is a Rebel

1958

As Gladys

Carib Gold

1957

As Mom

Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

1989

As Self (archive footage)

Cairo

1942

As Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid

Pinky

1949

As Dicey Johnson

The Sound and the Fury

1959

As Dilsey

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

1973

As Self (archive footage)

Gift of Gab

1934

As Herself

Tales of Manhattan

1942

As Esther

Blues Masters

1999

As Self (archive footage)

On With the Show!

1929

As Ethel

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

1975

As Self (archive footage)

The Voice That Thrilled the World

1943

As Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)

Stage Door Canteen

1943

As Ethel Waters

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

As (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

As Self (archive footage)

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