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 Member of the Wedding

Berenice Sadie Brown

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

Self (archive footage)

The Heart is a Rebel

Gladys

The Voice That Thrilled the World

Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)

Rufus Jones for President

Mother of Rufus

Tales of Manhattan

Esther

Gift of Gab

Herself

Cairo

Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid