Ethel Waters
Acting
Born 1896-10-31 · Chester, Pennsylvania, USA · Died 1977-09-01
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.
Acting
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self (archive footage)
Blues Masters
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
The Pearl Bailey Show
Self
The Barbara McNair Show
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Daniel Boone
Rachael
The Hollywood Palace
Self
The Great Adventure
Rit
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Route 66
The Sound and the Fury
Dilsey
The Heart Is a Rebel
Gladys
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
Sunday School Teacher
Carib Gold
Mom
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Singer
Playwrights '56
Climax!
Aunt Kate
General Electric Theater
Mother
The Member of the Wedding
Berenice Sadie Brown
The Beulah Show
Beulah
What's My Line?
Self
Pinky
Dicey Johnson
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Soundies Festival
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)