Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters - known for her work in such projects: «Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There» (2003), «Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?» (1975), «Tales of Manhattan» (1942), «Pinky» (1949),

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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