Ethel Waters
American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress (1896-1977) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 80
Ethel Waters was an American singer and actress. Waters frequently performed jazz, swing, and pop music on the Broadway stage and in concerts. She began her career in the 1920s singing blues.
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Billie Holiday Duets: Moonglow (1933)
Louis Armstrong Duets: Jeepers Creepers (1938)
Bing Crosby Duets: Moonglow (1933)
Ella Fitzgerald Duets: Three Little Words (1930)
Alan Crosland Directed On with the Show (1929)
Frank Sinatra Duets: Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (1930)
John Ford Directed Pinky (1950)
Dean Martin Duets: Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (1930)
Elia Kazan Directed Pinky (1950)
Django Reinhardt Duets: Three Little Words (1930)
Fred Zinnemann Directed The Member of the Wedding (1952)
Frank Borzage Directed Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Art Tatum Duets: Moonglow (1933)
Sammy Davis Jr. Also in New Orleans (1947)
Betty Compson Also in On with the Show and On With the Show!
Juanita Moore Also in Pinky and Cabin in the Sky
Harry James Duets: Moonglow (1933)
Karl Freund Directed Gift of Gab (1934)
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson Also in Tales of Manhattan and Cabin in the Sky
Sam Spiegel Produced Tales of Manhattan (1942)
Sol Lesser Produced Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Henry Armetta Also in Stage Door Canteen and Gift of Gab
Arthur Lubin Directed New Orleans (1947)
Helen Humes Duets: Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (1930)
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Her notable recordings include "Dinah", "Stormy Weather", "Taking a Chance on Love", "Chlo-e, "Heat Wave", "Supper Time", "Am I Blue?", "Birmingham Bertha", "Cabin in the Sky", "I'm Coming Virginia", and her version of "His Eye Is on the Sparrow". Waters was the second African American to be nominated for an Academy Award, the first African American to star on her own television show, and the first African-American woman to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
