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.
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TV credits
Rated 8.0 out of 10
The Pearl Bailey Show
1971
Rated 0.0 out of 10
The Barbara McNair Show
1969
Rated 6.8 out of 10
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Daniel Boone
1964
Rated 5.0 out of 10
The Hollywood Palace
1964
Rated 10.0 out of 10
The Great Adventure
1963
Rated 5.8 out of 10
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Rated 6.7 out of 10
Route 66
1960
Rated 6.2 out of 10
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Rated 6.3 out of 10
Playwrights '56
1955
Rated 3.8 out of 10
Climax!
1954
Rated 6.8 out of 10
General Electric Theater
1953
Rated 7.3 out of 10
The Beulah Show
1950
Rated 7.0 out of 10
What's My Line?
1950
Rated 6.8 out of 10
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948