Ethel Waters: movies and TV shows
Ethel Waters has 39 credits in the archive: 24 films and 15 TV series, from 1929 to 2006. Highest rated: The Beulah Show (7.3/10).
Career timeline
1929 – 2006 · busiest year: 1943 (3 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1 | Film | — | 109 | |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 106 |
| 1999 | Blues Masters | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 102 |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 79 |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 78 |
| 1975 | Black Shadows on a Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 78 |
| 1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 76 |
| 1971 | The Pearl Bailey Show | Self | TV | 8.0 | 74 |
| 1969 | The Barbara McNair Show | Self | TV | — | 72 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 71 |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Rachael | TV | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace | Self | TV | 5.0 | 67 |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure | Rit | TV | 10.0 | 66 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 64 |
| 1960 | Route 66 | TV | 6.7 | 63 | |
| 1959 | The Sound and the Fury | Dilsey | Film | 6.8 | 62 |
| 1958 | The Heart Is a Rebel | Gladys | Film | 8.0 | 61 |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Singer | TV | 6.2 | 59 |
| 1956 | Carib Gold | Mom | Film | 5.5 | 59 |
| 1956 | Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower | Sunday School Teacher | Film | — | 59 |
| 1955 | Playwrights '56 | TV | 6.3 | 58 | |
| 1954 | Climax! | Aunt Kate | TV | 3.8 | 57 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Mother | TV | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1952 | The Member of the Wedding | Berenice Sadie Brown | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1950 | The Beulah Show | Beulah | TV | 7.3 | 53 |
| 1949 | Pinky | Dicey Johnson | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1945 | Soundies Festival | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1943 | Stage Door Canteen | Ethel Waters | Film | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1943 | Cabin in the Sky | Petunia Jackson | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1943 | The Voice That Thrilled the World | Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | Esther | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1942 | Cairo | Cleona Jones | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1939 | Let My People Live | Film | 7.0 | 42 | |
| 1934 | Gift of Gab | Herself | Film | 5.2 | 37 |
| 1934 | Bubbling Over | Ethel Peabody | Film | 5.0 | 37 |
| 1933 | Rufus Jones for President | Mother of Rufus | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1929 | On With the Show! | Ethel | Film | 6.2 | 32 |