Ethel Waters
Acting
Born: October 31, 1896
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.
Also Known As
- Sweet Mama Stringbean
Known For
September 28, 1949
March 24, 1943
May 16, 1976
August 05, 1942
September 24, 1964
February 02, 1950
December 25, 1952
June 20, 1948
June 06, 1968
June 24, 1943
October 07, 1960
March 27, 1959