Acting
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.
Filmography
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
Film · 2006
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Film · 2003
Blues Masters
Film · 1999
That's Entertainment, Part II
Film · 1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Film · 1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Film · 1975
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Film · 1973
The Pearl Bailey Show
Series · 1971
The Barbara McNair Show
Series · 1969
The Dick Cavett Show
Series · 1968
Daniel Boone
Series · 1964
The Hollywood Palace
Series · 1964
The Great Adventure
Series · 1963
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
Route 66
Series · 1960
The Sound and the Fury
Film · 1959
The Heart Is a Rebel
Film · 1958
Carib Gold
Film · 1956
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
Film · 1956
The Steve Allen Show
Series · 1956
Playwrights '56
Series · 1955
Climax!
Series · 1954
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
The Member of the Wedding
Film · 1952
The Beulah Show
Series · 1950
What's My Line?
Series · 1950
Pinky
Film · 1949
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948
Soundies Festival
Film · 1945
Cabin in the Sky
Film · 1943
Stage Door Canteen
Film · 1943
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Film · 1943
Tales of Manhattan
Film · 1942
Cairo
Film · 1942
Let My People Live
Film · 1939
Bubbling Over
Film · 1934
Gift of Gab
Film · 1934
Rufus Jones for President
Film · 1933
On With the Show!
Film · 1929