Ethel Waters
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.
Filmography
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
The Sound and the Fury
as Dilsey
The Sound and the Fury
as Dilsey
The Heart Is a Rebel
as Gladys
The Heart Is a Rebel
as Gladys
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
as Sunday School Teacher
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
as Sunday School Teacher
Pinky
as Dicey Johnson
Pinky
as Dicey Johnson
The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
Stage Door Canteen
as Ethel Waters
Stage Door Canteen
as Ethel Waters
Tales of Manhattan
as Esther
Tales of Manhattan
as Esther
Gift of Gab
as Herself
Gift of Gab
as Herself
On With the Show!
as Ethel
On With the Show!
as Ethel