Biography:
Ethel Waters was raised by her grandmother in the dismal ghettoes of South Philadelphia. She began working as a hotel chambermaid for 4.75 a week, and at age 12 she married the first of three husbands. Her goal at that time was to become a maid/companion to a wealthy white woman; instead, she launched a show-business career at 17, when she ente... Continue Bio >>

Discography:
2012 Stormy Weather [Bold as Brass]
1999 Cabin in the Sky [Milan]
195z Ethel Waters [Columbia]
1957 Performing in Person Highlights from Her Illustrious Career
1955 No Ethel Waters on Mercury
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Filmography:
2004 Broadway: The American Musical, Episode 3 - I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' (1929-1942)
2004 Swing Era: Sarah Vaughan
1991 Music and Comedy Masters Series
1989 The Ladies Sing the Blues
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