- Ethel Waters was an American blues, jazz and gospel singer and actress
Born: | 31 October 1896 Comment | When did Ethel Waters die? / Died | 01 September 1977 | How many years did Ethel Waters live? / Lived | 80 years | Zodiac sign: | Scorpio |
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Ethel Waters facts
- She frequently performed jazz, big band, and pop music, on the Broadway stage and in concerts, but 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
- " Waters was the second African American, after Hattie McDaniel, to be nominated for an Academy Award
- She was also the first African-American woman to be nominated for an Emmy Award, in 1962
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