Acting
Ethel Waters
1896 · Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
23 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
Pinky
Dicey Johnson
Blues Masters
Self (archive footage)
Carib Gold
Mom
Bubbling Over
Ethel Peabody
Stage Door Canteen
Ethel Waters
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Cabin in the Sky
Petunia Jackson
Tales of Manhattan
Esther
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Let My People Live
The Sound and the Fury
Dilsey