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Ethel Waters profile photo
Born
Oct 31, 1896Died: Sep 1, 1977
Lived 80 years
Place of Birth
Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

24
Movies
15
TV Shows
Also Known As
Sweet Mama Stringbean
IMDb Profile

Ethel Waters

Acting

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.
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1 poster

Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1

Cast
2006
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There poster

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

as Self (archive footage)
2003
Blues Masters poster

Blues Masters

as Self (archive footage)
1999
That's Entertainment, Part II poster

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)
1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? poster

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)
1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen poster

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

as Self (archive footage)
1975
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli poster

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

as Self (archive footage)
1973
The Sound and the Fury poster

The Sound and the Fury

as Dilsey
1959
The Heart is a Rebel poster

The Heart is a Rebel

as Gladys
1958
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower poster

Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower

as Sunday School Teacher
1956
Carib Gold poster

Carib Gold

as Mom
1956
The Member of the Wedding poster

The Member of the Wedding

as Berenice Sadie Brown
1952
Pinky poster

Pinky

as Dicey Johnson
1949
Soundies Festival poster

Soundies Festival

Cast
1945
The Voice That Thrilled the World poster

The Voice That Thrilled the World

as Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
1943
Stage Door Canteen poster

Stage Door Canteen

as Ethel Waters
1943
Cabin in the Sky poster

Cabin in the Sky

as Petunia Jackson
1943
Cairo poster

Cairo

as Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid
1942
Tales of Manhattan poster

Tales of Manhattan

as Esther
1942
Let My People Live poster

Let My People Live

Cast
1939