
Acting
Born October 31, 1896 · Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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.

Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
2006

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003

Blues Masters
1999

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973

The Sound and the Fury
1959

The Heart is a Rebel
1958
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
1956

Carib Gold
1956

The Member of the Wedding
1952

Pinky
1949
Soundies Festival
1945

The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943

Stage Door Canteen
1943

Cabin in the Sky
1943

Cairo
1942

Tales of Manhattan
1942

Let My People Live
1939

Gift of Gab
1934

Bubbling Over
1934

Rufus Jones for President
1933

On With the Show!
1929