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Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters

Known For Acting
Birthday Oct 31, 1896
Died Sep 01, 1977 (80)
Birthplace Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Popularity 0.1 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 include ... s, "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.

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That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury

1959

as Dilsey

The Heart is a Rebel

The Heart is a Rebel

1958

as Gladys

Carib Gold

Carib Gold

1957

as Mom

The Member of the Wedding

The Member of the Wedding

1952

as Berenice Sadie Brown

Pinky

Pinky

1949

as Dicey Johnson

Cabin in the Sky

Cabin in the Sky

1943

as Petunia Jackson

Stage Door Canteen

Stage Door Canteen

1943

as Ethel Waters

Cairo

Cairo

1942

as Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid

Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan

1942

as Esther

Bubbling Over

Bubbling Over

1934

as Ethel Peabody

On With the Show!

On With the Show!

1929

as Ethel

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Television Credits

The Beulah Show

as Beulah

Episodes: 39

First Aired: Oct 03, 1950

The Great Adventure

as Rit

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1963

General Electric Theater

as Mother

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Daniel Boone

as Rachael

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1964

Climax!

as Aunt Kate

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1954

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 11, 1961

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 20, 1948

Route 66

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1960

The Hollywood Palace

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 04, 1964

Playwrights '56

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1955

The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Singer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 24, 1956

The Barbara McNair Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1969

The Pearl Bailey Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 23, 1971

What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 02, 1950

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 06, 1968

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