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Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1920s
No Reviews
1
1930s
No Reviews
2
1940s
2.5051
5
total ranking of 2.5051
1950s
2.1027
2
total ranking of 2.1027
1960s
No Reviews
0
1970s
No Reviews
0
1980s
No Reviews
1
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Ethel Waters is ranked overall as 1.7966 of of 4 stars1.7966

Ethel Waters Movie Rankings

1
Ethel Waters starring in Member of the Wedding
Ethel Waters scores a combined 2.8661 out of 4 stars for Member of the Wedding2.8661
A film version of the Carson McCullers play. Frankie Addams, a very boyish articulate 12-year-old girl, is going through an unhappy stage of her life, having been spurned by the neighborhood girls. ...more about Member of the Wedding
  • Not Available on DVD
2
Ethel Waters starring in Tales of Manhattan
Ethel Waters scores a combined 2.8469 out of 4 stars for Tales of Manhattan2.8469
An actor, Paul Orman, is accidentally told that his new, custom made tail coat has been cursed and it will bring misfortune to all who wear it. As the 4 succeeding wearers of the coat discover, misfortune can often lead to truth. ...more about Tales of Manhattan
  • Not Available on DVD
3
Ethel Waters starring in Cabin in the Sky
Ethel Waters scores a combined 2.7289 out of 4 stars for Cabin in the Sky2.7289
In this musical, Little Joe, an inveterate gambler, promises his wife Petunia he'll reform and confess his sins at church, but he slips out the side door to play craps at the Paradise club; he's shot and brought home with a mortal wound. ...more about Cabin in the Sky
4
Pinky (1949)
Ethel Waters scores a combined 2.6136 out of 4 stars for Pinky2.6136
Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. ...more about Pinky
5
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Ethel Waters scores a combined 2.2419 out of 4 stars for Stage Door Canteen2.2419
"Dakota," a young soldier on a pass in New York City, visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theatre and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. ...more about Stage Door Canteen
6
Cairo (1942)
No Reviews Available
Reporter Homer Smith accidently draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing Allied Conwoys with robot-planes. ...more about Cairo
  • Not Available on DVD
7
Gift of Gab (1934)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
8
Ladies Sing the Blues, The (1989)
No Reviews Available
See the "Ladies" who created an art form and sang their way into legend... Once in a lifetime, complete performances by the great American blues and jazz divas. ...more about Ladies Sing the Blues
  • Not Available on DVD
9
On with the Show! (1929)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
10
Rufus Jones for President (1933)
No Reviews Available
Rufus Jones, a black child, is elected president of the USA in this short musical comedy. Features song and dance numbers by a seven year old 'Sammy Davis Jr.' (qv). ...more about Rufus Jones for President
  • Not Available on DVD
11
Sound and the Fury, The (1959)
No Reviews Available
Loosely based on the William Faulkner novel, this movie follows the lives and passions of the Compsons: a once-proud Southern family now just barely scraping by both financially and emotionally. ...more about Sound and the Fury
  • Not Available on DVD