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.
Tales of Manhattan
(Esther)
Cairo
(Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid)
Pinky
(Dicey Johnson)
The Member of the Wedding
(Berenice Sadie Brown)
Cabin in the Sky
(Petunia Jackson)
Soundies Festival
On With the Show!
(Ethel)
The Sound and the Fury
(Dilsey)
Bubbling Over
(Ethel Peabody)
Rufus Jones for President
(Mother of Rufus)
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
(Self (archive footage))
Blues Masters
(Self (archive footage))
Let My People Live
Stage Door Canteen
(Ethel Waters)
The Heart is a Rebel
(Gladys)
Gift of Gab
(Herself)
Wild Women Don't Have the Blues
(Self (archive footage))
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
(Self (archive footage))
That's Entertainment, Part II
((archive footage))
The Voice That Thrilled the World
(Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage))
Carib Gold
(Mom)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
(Self (archive footage))
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
(Self (archive footage))
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
(Sunday School Teacher)
The Great Adventure
(Rit)
Route 66
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
General Electric Theater
(Mother)
Daniel Boone
(Rachael)
The Hollywood Palace
(Self)
Climax!
(Aunt Kate)
The Beulah Show
(Beulah)
Playwrights '56
The Steve Allen Show
(Self - Singer)
The Barbara McNair Show
(Self)
The Pearl Bailey Show
(Self)
The Mike Douglas Show
(Self)
What's My Line?
(Self - Mystery Guest)
The Dick Cavett Show
(Self - Guest)