For the first time in at least 15 years, the waters gushed from the central fountain at Ethel Waters Park along Commission Street in Chester and the city was there Saturday to celebrate it. For the ...

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Ethel Waters was a popular blues, jazz and gospel singer and Oscar-nominated actress often credited with helping open the doors for other African-Americans in entertainment. Her life, though, changed ...

Ethel Waters was a popular blues, jazz and gospel singer and Oscar-nominated actress often credited with helping open the doors for other African-Americans in entertainment. She was also the first ...

Just what did the lady do to feel so black and blue? Ethel Waters had it all. She toured the world in concert, mixing with the likes of Josephine Baker and Sophie Tucker. She was a star of stage and ...

Far before, Nat King Cole in 1956, Carol Burnett in 1967 or Oprah in 1986, barrier breaking performer Ethel Waters became the first Black person in history to have and star in her own television show ...

How many Broadway shows has Ethel Waters been in? Ethel Waters has appeared on Broadway in 13 shows. How many West End shows has Ethel Waters been in? Ethel Waters has not appeared in the West End How ...

Ethel Waters achieved fame on the vaudeville circuit before becoming a chart-topping singer, a Broadway headliner in the 1930s and 1940s, the second black actress ever to be nominated for an Academy ...

With all the drama and adversity in her life, it's a wonder that Ethel Waters has not been the subject of a biographical play, musical or film before now. While screen treatment might more ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — For Jannie Jones, portraying Ethel Waters on stage is more than a role. It’s a calling. Jones created the role of Ethel Waters in the original production of “Ethel Waters: His Eye is on ...