Ethel Waters

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.

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Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

2003Nominee

Best Performance

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

1949Nominee

Best Performance

Pinky

1956Nominee

Best Performance

Carib Gold

Career Highlights

1934Highlight

Best Performance

Bubbling Over

1942Highlight

Best Performance

Tales of Manhattan