Ethel Waters

Birthday: 1896-10-31
Deathday: 1976-10-12
Birthplace: Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Female
Drafted: 0
Drafted By: Unowned
Owned By: Unowned
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
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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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Career Statisics

Season Age Movie Role Result Points
1950 54 Pinky (1949) Supporting Actress Nom 0
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Transaction History

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Credits

Year Title Character
2006-12-04 Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
1959-03-27 The Sound and the Fury Dilsey
1958-01-01 The Heart is a Rebel Gladys
1957-09-30 Carib Gold Mom
1956-10-27 Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower Sunday School Teacher
1952-12-25 The Member of the Wedding Berenice Sadie Brown
1949-09-28 Pinky Dicey Johnson
1945-01-01 Soundies Festival
1943-06-24 Stage Door Canteen Ethel Waters
1943-03-24 Cabin in the Sky Petunia Jackson
1942-08-17 Cairo Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid
1942-08-05 Tales of Manhattan Esther
1939-03-10 Let My People Live
1934-04-19 Bubbling Over Ethel Peabody
1933-09-09 Rufus Jones for President Mother of Rufus
1929-07-13 On With the Show! Ethel