Birth Name: Ethel Waters
Occupation: Jazz Singer
Place Of Birth: Chester
Date Of Birth: October 31, 1896
Date Of Death: September 1, 1977
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Black
Nationality: American
Ethel Waters was born on the 31st of October, 1896. She was best known for being a Jazz Singer. Jazz and blues singer who was also a stage and screen actress and who sang “Stormy Weather” and “Am I Blue?”
Ethel Waters was born in Chester. When she was seventeen, she attended a costume party at a nightclub where some of the guests convinced her to sing, helping her to land her first gig. She was the second African American to be nominated for an Academy Award.
Ethel Waters was a Scorpio and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
Ethel Waters was born in 1890s.
Ethel Waters is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
Education
Ethel’s education details are not available at this time. Please check back soon for updates.
Family
Ethel Waters’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and her father’s name is under review. We will continue to update information on Ethel Waters’s parents.
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Personal Life
Like many famous people and celebrities, Ethel Waters kept her personal life private. Once more details are available, we will update this section.
Ethel Waters was born in the Year of the Monkey.
Fast Facts
| REAL NAME: | Ethel Waters |
| NICKNAME: | Sweet Mama Stringbean |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Scorpio |
| BIRTH DAY: | Saturday |
| DEATH DAY: | Thursday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Ethel Waters was a Scorpio. People of this zodiac sign like truth, being right, longtime friends, teasing, and dislike dishonesty, revealing secrets, passive people. The strengths of this sign are being resourceful, brave, passionate, a true friend, while weaknesses can be distrusting, jealous, secretive and violent. The greatest overall compatibility with Scorpio is Taurus and Cancer.
Chinese Zodiac: Ethel Waters was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign love to make people laugh and are generally energetic and upbeat but sometimes lack self-control.
Ruling Planet: Ethel Waters had a ruling planet of Pluto and has a ruling planet of Pluto. Back the early 2,000 B.C. the outer planets, Uranus and Neptune were not yet discovered, since the telescope had not yet been invented. Astrologers and astronomers could only work with planets visible to the eye.
Ethel Waters’s birth sign is Scorpio and she had a ruling planet of Pluto.
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