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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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Ethel Waters 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 |
| 2025 | |
| 2018 | Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes · as Self |
| 2011 | Sing Your Song · as Self |
| 2007 | Classified X · as Self |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2001 | Jazz (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Inside the Dream Factory · as Self |
| 1990 | That's Black Entertainment · as Self |
| 1975 | Brother Can You Spare a Dime · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1972 | |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1965 | The 37th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The New Steve Allen Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1957 | The Mike Wallace Interview (TV Series) · as Self - Actress |
| 1956 | Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV Series) · as Self - Singer |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show (TV Series) · as Self - Singer |
| 1953 | Tonight! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | Person to Person (TV Series) · as Self - Singer |
| 1952 | The Jackie Gleason Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Jazz Vocalist |
| 1952 | The Linkletter Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1951 | |
| 1950 | What's My Line? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Perry Como Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | Break the $250,000 Bank (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Milton Berle Show (TV Series) · as Self - Singer |
| 1943 | Stage Door Canteen · as Ethel Waters |
| 1934 | Gift of Gab · as Herself |