Acting

Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters ist vor allem bekannt für Daniel Boone, What's My Line?, The Ed Sullivan Show und The Dick Cavett Show. Ethel Waters wurde am 31. Oktober 1896 geboren. Ethel Waters starb am 1. September 1977 im Alter von 80 Jahren.

Geboren: 31. Oktober 1896
Geburtsort: Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Gestorben: 1. September 1977 (80 Jahre)

Biografie

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.

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