Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977
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Ethel Waters (born October 31, 1896, Chester, Pennsylvania–d. September 1, 1977, Chatsworth, California) was a musician and actress. She got her start in the 1920s in Baltimore, Maryland and also toured on the black vaudeville circuit. She began her singing career in Atlanta and then Harlem in the 1920s. She starred in many films and was the second African American to be nominated for an Academy Award. She was the first African-American to star on her own television show and the first African-American woman to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
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associatedWith | American Museum of Vaudeville |
associatedWith | Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989 |
associatedWith | Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. |
associatedWith | Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Vice President (1950- : Cliff Barrows) |
associatedWith | Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. World Wide Pictures, Inc. |
associatedWith | Blinco, Joe. |
associatedWith | Boyle, Sarah-Patton, 1906- |
associatedWith | Bracco, Francis Paul |
associatedWith | Bracco, Francis Paul. |
associatedWith | Cullen, Frank, 1936- |
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Birth 1896-10-31
Death 1977-09-01
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Howard, Ethel, 1896-1977
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