Ethel Waters
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.
Known For
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
What's My Line?
1950
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Climax!
1954
Daniel Boone
1964
Route 66
1960
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Hollywood Palace
1964
The Great Adventure
1963
0The Barbara McNair Show
1969
Playwrights '56
1955
Filmography
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1961
What's My Line?
as Self · 1950
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest · 1968
Climax!
as Aunt Kate · 1954
Daniel Boone
as Rachael · 1964
Route 66
· 1960
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self · 1948
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer · 1956
The Hollywood Palace
as Self · 1964
The Great Adventure
as Rit · 1963
The Barbara McNair Show
as Self · 1969
Playwrights '56
· 1955
The Pearl Bailey Show
as Self · 1971
General Electric Theater
as Mother · 1953
The Beulah Show
as Beulah · 1950
Pinky
as Dicey Johnson · 1949
Stage Door Canteen
as Ethel Waters · 1943
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage) · 1976
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self (archive footage) · 2003
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage) · 1973
Tales of Manhattan
as Esther · 1942
Cabin in the Sky
as Petunia Jackson · 1943
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage) · 1975
Bubbling Over
as Ethel Peabody · 1934
The Member of the Wedding
as Berenice Sadie Brown · 1952
The Sound and the Fury
as Dilsey · 1959
The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage) · 1943
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage) · 1975
The Heart Is a Rebel
as Gladys · 1958
Blues Masters
as Self (archive footage) · 1999
On With the Show!
as Ethel · 1929
Let My People Live
· 1939
Carib Gold
as Mom · 1956
Gift of Gab
as Herself · 1934
Rufus Jones for President
as Mother of Rufus · 1933
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
as Sunday School Teacher · 1956
Cairo
as Cleona Jones · 1942
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
· 2006
Soundies Festival
· 1945