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Ethel Waters (Jazz Singer) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

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Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters is an American singer and actor. Waters often played jazz, swing, and pop music on Broadway and at concerts. She started her career in the 1920s singing the blues. Notable Waters recordings include "Dinah", "Stormy Weather", "Take a Chance on Love", "Heat Wave", "Supper Time", "Am I Blue?", "Cabin in the Sky", "I ' m Coming Virginia, ”and her version of“ Her Eye is on the Sparrow. ”Waters is the second African American nominated for an Oscar. She is the first African American to star on her own television show and the first African American woman. -American to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
BornOctober 31, 1896, Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedSeptember 1, 1977, Chatsworth, California, U.S.
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, U.S.
Other namesEthel Howard, Sweet Mama Stringbean
OccupationActress, singer
Years active1917–1977
RelativesCrystal Waters (great-niece)

About Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters

Jazz Singer Ethel Waters was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States on October 31, 1896. She dies at the age of 80, on September 1, 1977.

Singer of jazz and blues who was also a stage and screen actress who performed"Stormy Weather" and"Am I Blue?".

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Ethel Waters before becoming famous

Ethel Waters was born in the Zodiac sign Scorpio (The Scorpion), and 1896 is also the year of Monkey (猴) in the Chinese Zodiac.

She went to a costume party at a nightclub when she was seventeen, and some of the guests urged her to sing, which helped her earn her first performance.

Achievement of Ethel Waters

She was only the second African-American to be nominated for an Academy Award.

Ethel Waters's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters

Her husbands were Merritt Purnsley in 1910, Clyde Edward Matthews in 1929, and Ed Mallory in 1938.

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In 1933, Waters produced the film Rufus Jones for President, starring Pop Singer Sammy Davis Jr..

Ethel Waters Income & Net worth

Ethel Waters's income mainly comes from the work that created her reputation: a jazz singer. Information about her net worth in 2024 is being updated as soon as possible by allfamous.org, you can contact to tell us Net Worth of the Ethel Waters.

Ethel Waters Height and Weight

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Latest information about Ethel Waters updated on March 10 2023.