Ethel Waters
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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Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
13 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Blues Masters | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | Film |
| 1959 | The Sound and the Fury | Dilsey | Film |
| 1952 | The Member of the Wedding | Berenice Sadie Brown | Film |
| 1949 | Pinky | Dicey Johnson | Film |
| 1945 | Soundies Festival | Film | |
| 1943 | Cabin in the Sky | Petunia Jackson | Film |
| 1942 | Cairo | Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid | Film |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | Esther | Film |
| 1934 | Gift of Gab | Herself | Film |
| 1934 | Bubbling Over | Ethel Peabody | Film |
| 1933 | Rufus Jones for President | Mother of Rufus | Film |
| 1929 | On With the Show! | Ethel | Film |
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