Where to watch Ethel Waters in the UK
Find every Ethel Waters film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 4 August 2026.
Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress. She frequently performed jazz, big band, and pop music, on the Broadway stage and in concerts, although she began her career in the 1920s singing blues. Her best-known recordings includes, "Dinah", "Birmingham Bertha", "Stormy Weather" "Hottentot Potentate", and "Cabin in the Sky", as well as her version of the spiritual, "His Eye Is on the Sparrow". Waters was the second African American to be nominated for an Academy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ethel Wate…
Ethel Waters films streaming in the UK
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Ethel Waters TV shows streaming in the UK
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- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Daniel Boone (1964) as Rachael
- What's My Line? (1950) as Self
- Climax! (1954) as Aunt Kate
- The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
- Route 66 (1960) Cast
- The Steve Allen Show (1956) as Self - Singer
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- The Great Adventure (1963) as Rit
- The Hollywood Palace (1964) as Self
- Playwrights '56 (1955) Cast
- The Barbara McNair Show (1969) as Self
- The Beulah Show (1950) as Beulah
- The Pearl Bailey Show (1971) as Self
- Pinky (1949) as Dicey Johnson
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Mother
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) as Self (archive footage)
- That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) as (archive footage)
- Cabin in the Sky (1943) as Petunia Jackson
- Stage Door Canteen (1943) as Ethel Waters
- The Sound and the Fury (1959) as Dilsey
- Bubbling Over (1934) as Ethel Peabody
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003) as Self (archive footage)
- Tales of Manhattan (1942) as Esther
- Carib Gold (1956) as Mom
- Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975) as Self (archive footage)
- The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973) as Self (archive footage)
- The Member of the Wedding (1952) as Berenice Sadie Brown
- Blues Masters (1999) as Self (archive footage)
- Let My People Live (1939) Cast
- On With the Show! (1929) as Ethel
- Gift of Gab (1934) as Herself
- Cairo (1942) as Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid
- The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943) as Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
- The Heart Is a Rebel (1958) as Gladys
- Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower (1956) as Sunday School Teacher
- Rufus Jones for President (1933) as Mother of Rufus
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Ethel Waters's films and TV shows are available across UK streaming services. Click any title in the filmography below to see exactly which UK service has it — Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, NOW, Sky, MUBI and more — updated daily.
What are Ethel Waters's most popular films?
Most-watched Ethel Waters films currently: Pinky (1949), Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975), That's Entertainment, Part II (1976), Cabin in the Sky (1943), Stage Door Canteen (1943).
What TV shows has Ethel Waters appeared in?
Selected TV credits: The Mike Douglas Show (1961), Daniel Boone (1964), What's My Line? (1950), Climax! (1954), The Dick Cavett Show (1968).
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