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  • b. Chester, Pennsylvania on October 31, 1896 - d. Chatsworth, California September 1, 1977. Singer and Actress inducted into The Grammy Hall of Fame in 1973. She started her career in the 1920s singing the blues and also performed jazz, big band, and pop music, on the Broadway stage and in concerts. She died at 80 from heart disease.She is the great aunt of singer Crystal Waters.
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  • Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress.She frequently performed jazz, big band, and pop music, on the Broadway stage and in concerts, although she began her career in the 1920s singing blues.Her best-known recordings include %22Dinah,%22 %22Stormy Weather,%22 %22Taking a Chance on Love,%22 %22Heat Wave,%22 %22Supper Time,%22 %22Am I Blue?%22 and %22Cabin in the Sky,%22 as well as her version of the spiritual %22His Eye Is on the Sparrow.%22 Waters was the second African American, after Hattie McDaniel, to be nominated for an Academy Award. She is also the first African-American woman to be nominated for an Emmy Award, in 1962.
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