Deceased
from Springfield, IL
… theater by sweeping stage floors and acting in summer stock performances.[1] In 1945, while still in her teens, she became the producer of Blue Holiday, an all-black Broadway variety show that ran for eight performances at the Belasco Theater, starring Katherine Dunham, Ethel Waters and Jos...
…feature films and short subject films, most notably "Stormy Weather" in 1943, which was released July 21, just months before his death. For the hit Broadway show, "Hot Chocolates", he and Razaf wrote "(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue" (1929), which became a hit for Ethel Waters and Lo...
Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 September 1, 1977) was an American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress. She frequently performed jazz, big band, ...