Timeline Ethel Waters

American singer and actress who broke barriers on record, on Broadway, in film and on television.

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1896 Ethel Waters born in Chester Ethel Waters is born in Chester.
1921 Ethel Waters records Down Home Blues Her record on Black Swan becomes a hit.
1925 Ethel Waters records Dinah One of her biggest early hits.
1933 Ethel Waters in As Thousands Cheer She sings Supper Time in Irving Berlin's Broadway revue.
1933 Ethel Waters introduces Stormy Weather She sings it at the Cotton Club and makes it a hit.
1939 Ethel Waters in Mamba's Daughters She becomes the first African American woman to star in a Broadway drama.
1940 Ethel Waters in Cabin in the Sky She stars in the Broadway musical.
1943 Ethel Waters in Cabin in the Sky film She repeats her stage role.
1949 Ethel Waters in Pinky Her role earns an Oscar nomination.
1950 Ethel Waters in The Member of the Wedding She stars in Carson McCullers's play on Broadway.
1950 Ethel Waters plays Beulah She stars in the TV series Beulah.
1951 Ethel Waters publishes His Eye Is on the Sparrow Her autobiography becomes a bestseller.
1952 Ethel Waters in The Member of the Wedding film She repeats her stage role.
1957 Ethel Waters joins Billy Graham's crusades She sings at his rallies for years.
1977 Ethel Waters dies in Chatsworth Ethel Waters dies aged 80.