Waters, Ethel 1896-1977
Overview
| Works: | 953 works in 1,555 publications in 3 languages and 18,705 library holdings |
|---|---|
| Genres: | Biography Drama Musical films Film adaptations Music Romance films Documentary films Fantasy films Nonfiction films Excerpts |
| Roles: | Performer, Actor, Singer, Author, Composer, Other, Lyricist, Originator, Costume designer, Conductor |
| Classifications: | ML420.W24, 791.4372 |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works about
Ethel Waters
- His eye is on the sparrow by Ethel Waters( Book )
- Heat wave : the life and career of Ethel Waters by Donald Bogle( Book )
- To me it's wonderful by Ethel Waters( Book )
- Ethel Waters, I touched a sparrow by Twila Knaack( Book )
- Wild women don't have the blues by Christine Dall( Visual )
- Ethel Waters : Stormy weather by Stephen Bourne( Book )
- Jazz by Ken Burns( Visual )
- Women of our time : an album of twentieth-century photographs by Frederick Voss( Book )
- T'ain't nobody's bizness : queer blues divas of the 1920s( Visual )
- The Negro in films by Peter Noble( Book )
- Finally home by Juliann DeKorte( Book )
- Contemporary Black biography. profiles from the international Black community by Michael L LaBlanc( )
- Contemporary musicians : profiles of the people in music by Suzanne M Bourgoin( )
- Renaissance women : five plays by Laurence Holder( Book )
- Cabin in the sky by Vernon Duke( Visual )
- Faith and struggle in the lives of four African Americans : Ethel Waters, Mary Lou Williams, Eldridge Cleaver and Muhammad Ali by Randal Maurice Jelks( )
- Just a little talk with Ethel by Ethel Waters( Recording )
- To me it's wonderful by Ethel Waters( Recording )
- A Tribute to Ethel Waters by Diahann Carroll( Recording )
- Broadway, the American musical( Visual )
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Most widely held works by
Ethel Waters
Cabin in the sky by
Vernon Duke(
Visual
)
29 editions published between 1943 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 1,084 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The fable of rascally Little Joe, torn between the love of his good wife Petunia and the wiles of good-time bad girl Georgia Brown ... and caught in a tug-of-war between emissaries from the Lord and Satan
29 editions published between 1943 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 1,084 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The fable of rascally Little Joe, torn between the love of his good wife Petunia and the wiles of good-time bad girl Georgia Brown ... and caught in a tug-of-war between emissaries from the Lord and Satan
Pinky by
Elia Kazan(
Visual
)
21 editions published between 1949 and 2017 in English and Spanish and held by 827 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A racially mixed woman working as a nurse in Boston finds she can pass as White, but leaves her fiance afraid that her true heritage will be discovered. Back at home in Mississippi, she is named heiress of an estate that her family has worked for, touching off a heated situation among the locals amidst a trial
21 editions published between 1949 and 2017 in English and Spanish and held by 827 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A racially mixed woman working as a nurse in Boston finds she can pass as White, but leaves her fiance afraid that her true heritage will be discovered. Back at home in Mississippi, she is named heiress of an estate that her family has worked for, touching off a heated situation among the locals amidst a trial
Ken Burns jazz : the story of America's music by
Ken Burns(
Recording
)
3 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 750 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Music from the PBS special Jazz, by filmmaker Ken Burns
3 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 750 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Music from the PBS special Jazz, by filmmaker Ken Burns
Yes sir, that's my baby : the golden years of Tin Pan Alley, 1920-1929(
Recording
)
9 editions published between 1925 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 724 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
9 editions published between 1925 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 724 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The ladies sing the blues by
View Video(
Visual
)
13 editions published between 1988 and 2001 in English and Undetermined and held by 556 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Historic filmed performances of women blues singers from 1929 through the 1950s. Singers are Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday, Ida Cole, Sister Rosetta Tharp, Connee Boswell, Dinah Washington, Ruth Brown, Lena Horne, Sarah Vaughn, Helen Humes and Peggy Lee. Includes background information on the singers as well as the performances
13 editions published between 1988 and 2001 in English and Undetermined and held by 556 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Historic filmed performances of women blues singers from 1929 through the 1950s. Singers are Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday, Ida Cole, Sister Rosetta Tharp, Connee Boswell, Dinah Washington, Ruth Brown, Lena Horne, Sarah Vaughn, Helen Humes and Peggy Lee. Includes background information on the singers as well as the performances
The vintage Berlin by
Irving Berlin(
Recording
)
3 editions published between 1977 and 2003 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 454 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published between 1977 and 2003 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 454 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Rhapsodies in black : music and words from the Harlem Renaissance(
Recording
)
2 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 379 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The only collection in existence documenting the music, art and literature of the new negro of the Harlem Renaissance featuring digitally restored original recordings as well as new readings of renaissance literature plus a book containing rare previously unpublished photos, artwork and writings."
2 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 379 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The only collection in existence documenting the music, art and literature of the new negro of the Harlem Renaissance featuring digitally restored original recordings as well as new readings of renaissance literature plus a book containing rare previously unpublished photos, artwork and writings."
Cabin in the sky : original motion picture soundtrack by
Vernon Duke(
)
8 editions published between 1980 and 2010 in English and held by 330 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
8 editions published between 1980 and 2010 in English and held by 330 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The member of the wedding by Prod Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation(
Visual
)
11 editions published between 1953 and 2016 in English and held by 305 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Feeling rejected when she's not allowed to accompany her brother on his honeymoon, a 12-year-old tomboy decides to run away from home
11 editions published between 1953 and 2016 in English and held by 305 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Feeling rejected when she's not allowed to accompany her brother on his honeymoon, a 12-year-old tomboy decides to run away from home
Stormy weather by
Andrew L Stone(
Visual
)
7 editions published between 1943 and 2000 in English and held by 301 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Imaginatively photographed though otherwise conventional all-Black musical featuring a host of top musical performers
7 editions published between 1943 and 2000 in English and held by 301 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Imaginatively photographed though otherwise conventional all-Black musical featuring a host of top musical performers
Blues masters : the essential history of the blues(
Visual
)
3 editions published between 1993 and 2002 in English and held by 240 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Rare performances and historical footage tracing the development of American blues music
3 editions published between 1993 and 2002 in English and held by 240 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Rare performances and historical footage tracing the development of American blues music
Wild women don't have the blues by
Christine Dall(
Visual
)
2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 233 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Through historic performances and recordings, captures the spirit of such pioneering blueswomen as Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Ethel Waters, Alberta Hunter, Ida Cox, Ida Goodson, and others
2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 233 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Through historic performances and recordings, captures the spirit of such pioneering blueswomen as Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Ethel Waters, Alberta Hunter, Ida Cox, Ida Goodson, and others
Tales of Manhattan by
Julien Duvivier(
Visual
)
3 editions published between 1996 and 2014 in English and held by 150 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A disgruntled tailor has put a curse on a tailcoat. The tailcoat has a surprising effect on the people who wear it in this multi-episode film
3 editions published between 1996 and 2014 in English and held by 150 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A disgruntled tailor has put a curse on a tailcoat. The tailcoat has a surprising effect on the people who wear it in this multi-episode film
Cole Porter by
Cole Porter(
Recording
)
1 edition published in 1991 in English and held by 147 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1991 in English and held by 147 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ethel Waters on stage and screen (1925-1940) by
Ethel Waters(
Recording
)
11 editions published between 1967 and 1989 in English and Undetermined and held by 123 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
11 editions published between 1967 and 1989 in English and Undetermined and held by 123 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Stanley Kramer film collection(
Visual
)
1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 112 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This collections contains the movies, Guess who's coming to dinner, Member of the wedding, Ship of fools, Wild one, 5,000 fingers of Dr. T
1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 112 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This collections contains the movies, Guess who's coming to dinner, Member of the wedding, Ship of fools, Wild one, 5,000 fingers of Dr. T
At home abroad by
Arthur Schwartz(
Recording
)
7 editions published between 1981 and 1999 in 3 languages and held by 104 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published between 1981 and 1999 in 3 languages and held by 104 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
His eye is on the sparrow by
Ethel Waters(
Book
)
28 editions published between 1951 and 1992 in English and French and held by 97 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ethel Waters's His Eye is on the Sparrow stands as perhaps the greatest autobiography of a black female performer, capturing both the horror and the joy of the African American woman's experience through the often bitter yet always forgiving voice of an indomitable spirit
28 editions published between 1951 and 1992 in English and French and held by 97 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ethel Waters's His Eye is on the Sparrow stands as perhaps the greatest autobiography of a black female performer, capturing both the horror and the joy of the African American woman's experience through the often bitter yet always forgiving voice of an indomitable spirit
Irving Berlin song book by
Irving Berlin(
)
1 edition published in 2009 and held by 90 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 2009 and held by 90 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Old man Harlem by
Ethel Waters(
)
2 editions published in 2008 in No Linguistic content and Undetermined and held by 85 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 2008 in No Linguistic content and Undetermined and held by 85 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
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- Holiday, Billie 1915-1959 Singer Performer
- Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress)
- Horne, Lena Other Singer Performer Actor
- Smith, Bessie 1894-1937 Singer Performer
- Cox, Ida 1889-1967 Singer Performer
- Jolson, Al 1886-1950 Other Performer
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African American entertainers African American motion picture actors and actresses African American musicians African Americans African American singers African Americans in motion pictures African Americans--Race identity African American women African American women musicians African American women singers Africans American literature--African American authors American poetry--African American authors Armstrong, Louis, Beiderbecke, Bix, Berlin, Irving, Blacks Blues (Music) Blues musicians Cox, Ida, Ellington, Duke, Good and evil Goodman, Benny, Harlem Renaissance Hunter, Alberta Jazz Jazz musicians Man-woman relationships Mississippi Motion picture music--Excerpts Music Musicals Musicals--Excerpts Musicians Passing (Identity) Popular music Race relations Racially mixed people Racism Rainey, Ma, Redemption Shaw, Artie, Singers Smith, Bessie, Sumner, Cid Ricketts, Temptation United States Waters, Ethel, Women jazz singers Women singers
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Alternative Names
Etel Voters
Ethel Walters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters actrice américaine
Ethel Waters actriz estadounidense
Ethel Waters Amerikaans actrice (1896-1977)
Ethel Waters amerikansk skådespelare, musiker och sångare
Ethel Waters amerikansk skodespelar, musikar og songar
Ethel Waters amerikansk skuespiller, musiker og sanger
Ethel Waters amerykańska wokalistka bluesowa i jazzowa, aktorka
Ethel Waters ator
Ethel Waters attrice statunitense
Ethel Waters US-amerikanische Schauspielerin und Sängerin
Howard, Ethel 1896-1977
Waters, Ethel 1900-1977
Етел Вотерс
Уотерс, Этель
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اتل واترز بازیگر، موسیقیدان، و خواننده آمریکایی
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