Ethel Waters

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.

  • Title: Ethel Waters
  • Popularity: 2.711
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1896-10-31
  • Place of Birth: Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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  • Also Known As: Sweet Mama Stringbean
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Ethel Waters Movies

  • 1942
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    Tales of Manhattan

    Tales of Manhattan

    6.2 1942 HD

    Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video...

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  • 1942
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    Cairo

    Cairo

    5.8 1942 HD

    Reporter Homer Smith accidently draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing Allied Conwoys with robot-planes.

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  • 1949
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    Pinky

    Pinky

    7.1 1949 HD

    Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her...

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  • 1952
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    The Member of the Wedding

    The Member of the Wedding

    6.2 1952 HD

    Tomboy, Frances 'Frankie' Addams, dreams of running away with her brother and new fiancée away from the Deep South.

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  • 1943
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    Cabin in the Sky

    Cabin in the Sky

    6.3 1943 HD

    When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for...

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  • 1945
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    Soundies Festival

    Soundies Festival

    1 1945 HD

    From the great era of musical shorts come three gems that feature legendary African-American performers including Ethel Waters, Eddy Green and the...

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  • 1929
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    On With the Show!

    On With the Show!

    5 1929 HD

    With unpaid actors and staff, the stage show Phantom Sweetheart seems doomed. To complicate matters, the box office takings have been robbed and the...

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  • 1959
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    The Sound and the Fury

    The Sound and the Fury

    6.6 1959 HD

    Drama focusing on a family of Southern aristocrats who are trying to deal with the dissolution of their clan and the loss of its reputation, faith,...

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  • 1934
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    Bubbling Over

    Bubbling Over

    3.7 1934 HD

    In this all-black short musical comedy, a woman has a husband so lazy she can stick a pin in him without him waking up... but announcing lunch gets...

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  • 1933
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    Rufus Jones for President

    Rufus Jones for President

    6 1933 HD

    A fantasy satire on politics in which a little boy dreams that he becomes President of the U.S. and his 'mammy' is Vice President. The film...

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  • 2006
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    Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1

    Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1

    1 2006 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1999
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    Blues Masters

    Blues Masters

    6 1999 HD

    In 1966, CBC Television invited some of North America's greatest blues performers to gather in a studio in Toronto, recording together and...

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  • 1939
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    Let My People Live

    Let My People Live

    1 1939 HD

    Aimed at African Americans and shot at Tuskegee University, this film instructs viewers in the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis by focusing...

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  • 1943
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    Stage Door Canteen

    Stage Door Canteen

    6.1 1943 HD

    A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a...

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  • 1958
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    The Heart is a Rebel

    The Heart is a Rebel

    1 1958 HD

    While struggling with their son’s serious illness, a young couple experiences conflict when her husband does not understand the wife’s...

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  • 1934
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    Gift of Gab

    Gift of Gab

    1 1934 HD

    Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.

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  • 1989
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    Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

    Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

    1 1989 HD

    Wild Women Don't Have the Blues shows how the blues were born out of the economic and social transformation of African American life early in this...

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  • 1975
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    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    5.7 1975 HD

    Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

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  • 1976
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    That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    6.8 1976 HD

    Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical...

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  • 1943
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    The Voice That Thrilled the World

    The Voice That Thrilled the World

    5.3 1943 HD

    This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from...

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  • 1957
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    Carib Gold

    Carib Gold

    4 1957 HD

    The hard-working but struggling crew of a shrimp boat discover a sunken treasure. Trouble ensues in this dramatic black-cast production.

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  • 1975
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    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

    1 1975 HD

    Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.

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

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

    7 2003 HD

    Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. ...

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  • 1956
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    Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower

    Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower

    1 1956 HD

    Gordon Jenkins' record album "Manhattan Tower" was a best seller for 12 years and this spectacular is based on it, with book, music and lyrics by...

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  • 1963
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    The Great Adventure

    The Great Adventure

    1 1963 HD

    The Great Adventure is a historical anthology series that appeared on CBS for the 1963-1964 television season. The series, narrated each week by Van...

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  • 1960
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    Route 66

    Route 66

    6.4 1960 HD

    Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet Corvette sports car. The show ran weekly on Fridays...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.667 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    6 1953 HD

    General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was...

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  • 1964
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    Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

    6.9 1964 HD

    Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September...

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  • 1964
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    The Hollywood Palace

    The Hollywood Palace

    4.5 1964 HD

    The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970....

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  • 1954
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    Climax!

    Climax!

    3 1954 HD

    Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary...

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  • 1950
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    The Beulah Show

    The Beulah Show

    7 1950 HD

    The Beulah Show is an American situation-comedy series that ran on CBS Radio from 1945 to 1954, and on ABC Television from 1950 to 1952. The show is...

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  • 1955
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    Playwrights '56

    Playwrights '56

    6 1955 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

    5 1956 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Barbara McNair Show

    The Barbara McNair Show

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Pearl Bailey Show

    The Pearl Bailey Show

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    5.143 1961 HD

    The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much...

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  • 1950
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    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6.7 1950 HD

    Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...

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  • 1968
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    The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

    6.658 1968 HD

    The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

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