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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Acting
Movie
Pinky
as Dicey Johnson
1949
Movie
Cabin in the Sky
as Petunia Jackson
1943
Movie
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
Movie
Tales of Manhattan
as Esther
1942
TV
Daniel Boone
as Rachael
1964
TV
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
Movie
The Member of the Wedding
as Berenice Sadie Brown
1952
TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
TV
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
TV
Route 66
1960
Movie
Stage Door Canteen
as Ethel Waters
1943
Movie
The Sound and the Fury
as Dilsey
1959
TV
Climax!
as Aunt Kate
1954
Movie
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
TV
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Movie
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self (archive footage)
2003
TV
General Electric Theater
as Mother
1953
TV
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
1956
Movie
Cairo
as Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid
1942
Movie
On With the Show!
as Ethel
1929
TV
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
1964
Movie
Bubbling Over
as Ethel Peabody
1934
Movie
The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
1943
TV
Playwrights '56
1955