Ethel Waters

★ Acting #49,445

1896 - 1977 (age 80) • Acting

Born: 10/31/1896 in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: 9/1/1977 (age 80)

Known for: Acting

Ethel Waters

★ Acting #49,445

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.

Known For

Pinky

71%

Dicey Johnson

1949

Cabin in the Sky

65%

Petunia Jackson

1943

Daniel Boone

70%

Rachael

1964

What's My Line?

70%

Self

1950

The Member of the Wedding

63%

Berenice Sadie Brown

1952

The Ed Sullivan Show

68%

Self

1948

The Dick Cavett Show

68%

Self - Guest

1968

Route 66

67%

Unknown

1960

Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1

2006

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

70%

Self (archive footage)

2003

Blues Masters

65%

Self (archive footage)

1999

That's Entertainment, Part II

70%

(archive footage)

1976

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

63%

Self (archive footage)

1975

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

Self (archive footage)

1975

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

70%

Self (archive footage)

1973

The Pearl Bailey Show

80%

Self

1971

The Barbara McNair Show

Self

1969

The Dick Cavett Show

68%

Self - Guest

1968

Daniel Boone

70%

Rachael

1964

The Hollywood Palace

50%

Self

1964

The Great Adventure

100%

Rit

1963

The Mike Douglas Show

58%

Self

1961

Route 66

67%

Unknown

1960

The Sound and the Fury

68%

Dilsey

1959

The Heart Is a Rebel

80%

Gladys

1958

Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower

Sunday School Teacher

1956

Carib Gold

55%

Mom

1956

The Steve Allen Show

62%

Self - Singer

1956

Playwrights '56

63%

Unknown

1955

Climax!

38%

Aunt Kate

1954

General Electric Theater

68%

Mother

1953

The Member of the Wedding

63%

Berenice Sadie Brown

1952

The Beulah Show

73%

Beulah

1950

What's My Line?

70%

Self

1950

Pinky

71%

Dicey Johnson

1949

The Ed Sullivan Show

68%

Self

1948