Ethel Waters was born on Saturday, October 31, 1896 in Chester and she was a famous singer from United States of Methodist religion.

Life in Brief:

- Being born on Oct 31, Ethel was a Scorpio.
- her ethnicity: Black.
- her mother's name: Louise Anderson.
- her father's name: John Waters.

Ethel dated Merritt Purnsley (husband) and amongst other amorous encounters was Radclyffe Hall (girlfriend).

She died on Thursday, September 01, 1977, in Chatsworth; cause of death: cancer - unspecified.

Famous Why : Sweet Mama Stringbean.



Ethel Waters Lists

	1896 births
	1977 deaths
	African American actors
	American actors
	African American Catholics
	African American singers
	American female singers
	American film actors
	American gospel singers
	American jazz singers
	Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
	Classic female blues singers
	Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductees
	LGBT African Americans
	LGBT musicians from the United States
	Jubilee Records artists
	Mercury Records artists
	RCA Victor Records artists
	Vocalion Records artists
	Musicians from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
	People from Delaware County, Pennsylvania
	Torch singers
	Vaudeville performers

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Ethel Waters Pictures

 

Ethel Waters Movies
The Member of the Wedding The Heart Is a Rebel The Sound and the Fury The Ladies Sing the Blues Bicentennial Nigger Cabin In The Sky Classified X Tales Of Manhattan
Ethel Waters Filmography

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Tags: 1896, singer, methodist, scorpio, chester

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Category: Others  - ( Others Archive)

Date Added: 19 February '11

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