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 ...
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Tales of Manhattan
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Cairo
As Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid
Pinky
As Dicey Johnson
The Member of the Wedding
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Cabin in the Sky
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Soundies Festival
On With the Show!
As Ethel
The Sound and the Fury
As Dilsey
Bubbling Over
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Rufus Jones for President
As Mother of Rufus
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
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Blues Masters
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Let My People Live
Stage Door Canteen
As Ethel Waters
The Heart is a Rebel
As Gladys
Gift of Gab
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Wild Women Don't Have the Blues
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
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That's Entertainment, Part II
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The Voice That Thrilled the World
As Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
Carib Gold
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
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Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
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The Great Adventure
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Route 66
The Ed Sullivan Show
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General Electric Theater
As Mother
Daniel Boone
As Rachael
The Hollywood Palace
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Climax!
As Aunt Kate
The Beulah Show
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Playwrights '56
The Steve Allen Show
As Self - Singer
The Barbara McNair Show
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The Pearl Bailey Show
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The Mike Douglas Show
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What's My Line?
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The Dick Cavett Show
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