Acting • AGE 80
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 co...


Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
2006

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 Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968

Daniel Boone
Rachael
1964

The Hollywood Palace
Self
1964

The Great Adventure
Rit
1963

The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961

Route 66
1960

The Sound and the Fury
Dilsey
1959

The Heart Is a Rebel
Gladys
1958

Carib Gold
Mom
1956

The Steve Allen Show
Self - Singer
1956

Climax!
Aunt Kate
1954

General Electric Theater
Mother
1953

The Member of the Wedding
Berenice Sadie Brown
1952

What's My Line?
Self
1950

Pinky
Dicey Johnson
1949

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948

The Voice That Thrilled the World
Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
1943

Stage Door Canteen
Ethel Waters
1943

Cabin in the Sky
Petunia Jackson
1943

Cairo
Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid
1942

Tales of Manhattan
Esther
1942

Let My People Live
1939

Gift of Gab
Herself
1934

Bubbling Over
Ethel Peabody
1934

Rufus Jones for President
Mother of Rufus
1933

On With the Show!
Ethel
1929