Ethel Waters

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ethel Waters
Occupation	Jazz Singer
Date Of Birth	Oct 31, 1896(1896-10-31)
Age	128
Date Of Death	1977-09-01
Birthplace	Chester
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Libra

Ethel Waters Biography

Ethel Waters is one of the most popular and richest Jazz Singer who was born on October 31, 1896 in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. Blues and jazz singer and actress who also worked as screen and stage actress, and was the singer of “Stormy Weather” and “Am I Blue?”

Waters produced the 1933 movie Rufus Jones for President, in which cameoed Waters released the 1933 film Rufus Jones for President, which starred Sammy Davis Jr.

She got married Merritt Purnsley in the year 1910 and then Clyde Edward Matthews in 1929 followed by Ed Mallory in 1938.

Ethel Waters Net Worth

Ethel Waters is one of the richest Jazz Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ethel Waters 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At the age of 17 at the time, she attended a dress-up nightclub party where guests got her to sing. This helped her get her first performance.

Her name was only African American to be nominated for an Academy Award.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Ethel Waters height 5 ft 9 in Ethel weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Ethel Waters Dating?

According to our records, Ethel Waters married to Ed Mallory , Clyde Edward Matthews , Merritt Purnsley. As of December 1, 2023, Ethel Waters’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Ethel Ranked on the list of most popular Jazz Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ethel Waters celebrates birthday on October 31 of every year.

Was Ethel Waters LGBT?

Over the course of her life, Waters married men three times. Waters lived with her romantic partner Ethel Williams during the 1920s. Her performances and music garnered a large lesbian and gay following. She does not appear to have ever spoken publicly about her sexuality.

Why was Ethel Waters important?

Ethel Waters was an enormously popular jazz and blues singer from the 1920s until her death in 1977. She broke barriers in many cultural areas and created a path for Blacks to star on Broadway. Her quieter more interpretive style of presenting a song brought blues out of the jazz clubs and into the cultural mainstream.

Is Ethel Waters still living?

September 1, 1977

How did Ethel Waters change the world?

But despite her inauspicious beginnings, Ethel Waters made history, garnering many laurels and many “firsts.” She was the first black woman to appear on radio (on April 21, 1922); the first black woman to star on her own at the Palace Theater in New York (in 1925); the first black woman to star in a commercial network …

Who was Ethel Waters family?

Family