Born in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA — Oct 31 1896• Died Sep 01 1977

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 abo…
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Aunt Kate


Rachael

Self

Self - Singer

Rit

Self
Self

Mother

Self (archive footage)
Beulah
Self

Dicey Johnson

(archive footage)

Esther

Ethel Waters

Dilsey

Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid

Self (archive footage)

Berenice Sadie Brown

Self (archive footage)
Sunday School Teacher

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

Self (archive footage)

Petunia Jackson

Gladys

Herself

Ethel

Self (archive footage)

Mom

Ethel Peabody


Mother of Rufus
