Ethel Waters

Person · Open Library

Born

1896-10-31

Died

1977-09-01

Works

13

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Film & TV

Acting · Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

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…

Known for

• Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.12006
• Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There — Self (archive footage)2003
• Blues Masters — Self (archive footage)1999
• That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)1976
• Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)1975
• Black Shadows on a Silver Screen — Self (archive footage)1975
• The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli — Self (archive footage)1973
• The Pearl Bailey Show — Self1971
• The Barbara McNair Show — Self1969
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest1968

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Female

Origin

United States

Active from

1896

Active to

1977

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

88,566

Total plays

383,188

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 include "Dinah," "Stormy Weather," "Taking a Chance on Love," "Heat Wave," "Supper Time," "Am I Blue?" and "Cabin in the Sky," as well as her version of the spiritual "His Eye Is on the Sparrow. <a href="http

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions

   · 2016 · cited 15,452x

2. Identification of Herpesvirus-Like DNA Sequences in AIDS-Sssociated Kaposi's Sarcoma

   · 1994 · cited 4,732x

3. Sharing and community curation of mass spectrometry data with Global Natural Products Social Molecular Networking

   · 2016 · cited 4,443x

4. International consensus diagnostic criteria for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders

   · 2015 · cited 4,201x

5. A clinical approach to diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis

   · 2016 · cited 3,714x

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Key facts

Born

( 1896-10-31 ) October 31, 1896 , Chester, Pennsylvania , U.S.

Died

September 1, 1977 (1977-09-01) (aged 80), Chatsworth, California , U.S.

Resting place

Forest Lawn Memorial Park , Glendale, California , U.S.

Other names

Ethel Howard Sweet Mama Stringbean

Occupations

Actress singer

Years active

1917–1977

Spouse s

Merritt Purnsley ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1910 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1913 ) ​ , Clyde E. Matthews ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1929 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1933 ) ​ , Edward Mallory ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1938 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1945 ) ​

Relatives

Crystal Waters (great-niece)

Genres

Jazz Gospel Blues

Instrument

Vocals

Labels

Cardinal Black Swan Columbia Brunswick Decca Liberty Music Shop Word

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