Ethel Waters
Acting
1896-10-31 · Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
2006 · Movie
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Movie
Blues Masters
1999 · Movie
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · Movie
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Movie
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975 · Movie
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973 · Movie
The Pearl Bailey Show
1971 · Series
The Barbara McNair Show
1969 · Series
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Series
Daniel Boone
1964 · Series
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · Series
The Great Adventure
1963 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Route 66
1960 · Series
The Sound and the Fury
1959 · Movie
The Heart Is a Rebel
1958 · Movie
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
1956 · Movie
Carib Gold
1956 · Movie
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Series
Playwrights '56
1955 · Series
Climax!
1954 · Series
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
The Member of the Wedding
1952 · Movie
The Beulah Show
1950 · Series
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
Pinky
1949 · Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
Soundies Festival
1945 · Movie
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943 · Movie
Stage Door Canteen
1943 · Movie
Cabin in the Sky
1943 · Movie
Cairo
1942 · Movie
Tales of Manhattan
1942 · Movie
Let My People Live
1939 · Movie
Gift of Gab
1934 · Movie
Bubbling Over
1934 · Movie
Rufus Jones for President
1933 · Movie
On With the Show!
1929 · Movie