Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters

Known for: Acting
Born: 1896-10-31
Died: 1977-09-01
Place of birth: 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.

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Ethel Waters is best known for work in Acting. The Peekr community tracks 30 credits from Ethel Waters, including movies and TV series you can rate, discuss, and add to your own Peeklists.

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Sweet Mama Stringbean

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