Ethel Waters Net Worth is
$200,000

Mini Biography

The child of the teenage rape victim, Ethel Waters was raised in the slums of Philadelphia and neighboring cities, seldom living anywhere for lots of weeks at the same time. “Nobody elevated me, ” she recollected, “I simply ran crazy.” She excelled not merely at caring for herself, but also at performing and dance; she began carrying out at church features, and as an adolescent was locally renowned on her behalf “hip shimmy tremble”. In 1917 she produced her debut within the dark vaudeville circuit; billed mainly because “Nice Mama Stringbean” on her behalf high, lithe build, she broke through with her rendition of “St. Louis Blues”, which Waters performed inside a softer and subtler design than her competitors, Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith. You start with her looks in Harlem nightclubs in the past due 1920s, then within the profitable “white period” vaudeville circuit, she became among America’s most celebrated and highest-paid entertainers. In the Natural cotton Club, she launched “Stormy Climate”, composed on her behalf by Harold Arlen: she published of her overall performance, “I had been singing the storyplot of my misery and dilemma, the story from the wrongs and outrages performed if you ask me by people I put loved and respected”. Impressed by this functionality, Irving Berlin composed “Supper Period”, a melody in regards to a lyncing, for Waters to execute within a Broadway revue. She afterwards became the initial African-American star of the national radio display. In middle age group, initial on Broadway and in the films, she effectively recast herself being a dramatic celebrity. Devoutly spiritual but famously tough to be friends with, Waters discovered few roles worth her skills in her old age.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Ethel Waters
Died	September 1, 1977, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, United States
Profession	Actor, Singer, Stormy Weather, Am I Blue, Taking a Chance on Love
Nationality	American
Spouse	Ed Mallory, Clyde Edward Matthews, Merritt Purnsley, Stormy Weather, Am I Blue, Taking a Chance on Love
Parents	John Waters, Louise Anderson, Stormy Weather, Am I Blue, Taking a Chance on Love
Awards	Grammy Hall of Fame
Nominations	Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Stormy Weather, Am I Blue, Taking a Chance on Love
Movies	Cabin in the Sky, Pinky, The Member of the Wedding, On with the Show!, Rufus Jones for President, The Heart Is a Rebel, Tales of Manhattan, Bubbling Over, The Sound and the Fury, Carib Gold
TV Shows	Beulah