Ethel Waters
Born October 31, 1896 (Age: 129)
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Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
2006
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as
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Age: 110
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 79
The Sound and the Fury
1959
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as Dilsey
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Age: 62
The Heart is a Rebel
1958
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as Gladys
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Age: 61
No Image
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
1956
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as Sunday School Teacher
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Age: 59
Carib Gold
1956
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as Mom
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Age: 59
Cairo
1942
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as Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid
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Age: 45
Tales of Manhattan
1942
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as Esther
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Age: 45