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Ethel Waters
Actor
Born October 31, 1896Died September 1, 1977 (80 years)
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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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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Filmography
| 2017 | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me · as Mother Of Rufus Lee - Rufus Jones For President |
| 1997 | Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years · as Dicey Johnson |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive Footage) |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law (TV Series) · as Aunt Harriet |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as Rachael |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure (TV Series) · as Rit |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse (TV Series) · as Carrie |
| 1960 | |
| 1959 | The Sound and the Fury · as Dilsey |
| 1958 | The Heart Is a Rebel · as Gladys |
| 1957 | Whirlybirds (TV Series) · as Sarah |
| 1956 | Carib Gold · as Mom |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1955 | Playwrights '56 (TV Series) |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Aunt Kate |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Mother |
| 1952 | The Member of the Wedding · as Berenice Sadie Brown |
| 1950 | Beulah (TV Series) · as Beulah |
| 1949 | Pinky · as Dicey Johnson |
| 1943 | Cabin in the Sky · as Petunia Jackson |
| 1942 | Cairo · as Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan · as Esther |
| 1934 | Bubbling Over · as Ethel Peabody |
| 1933 | Rufus Jones for President · as Mother Of Rufus |
| 1929 | On with the Show! · as Ethel |