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1. Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990) [Soundtrack] (performer: "Jeepers Creepers")


2. Heart of Midnight (1988) [Soundtrack] (performer: "Baby, What Else Can I Do")


3. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) [Soundtrack] (performer: "Taking a Chance on Love")
4. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: (1972-10-27)" (1972) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself] [Soundtrack] (performer: "Cabin in the Sky")
5. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: (1972-05-10)" (1972) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
6. Johnny Carson Presents the Sun City Scandals '72 (1972) (TV) [Actress .... Herself]
7. "Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law: Run, Carol, Run (#1.17)" (1972) TV Episode [Actress .... Aunt Harriet]
8. "The Pearl Bailey Show: (1971-02-13)" (1971) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
9. "This Is Your Life: Pearl Bailey" (1971) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
10. "The Barbara McNair Show: (1970-04-19)" (1970) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself] [Soundtrack] (writer: "Partners with God") (performer: "Partners with God", "Crying Holy Unto the Lord")
11. "Daniel Boone: Mamma Cooper (#6.16)" (1970) TV Episode [Actress .... Rachel]


12. "The Hollywood Palace: (#6.22)" (1969) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself - Singer] [Soundtrack] (performer: "Bread and Gravy", "Supper Time")
13. "The Joey Bishop Show: (1968-04-17)" (1968) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
14. "Vacation Playhouse: You're Only Young Twice (#5.1)" (1967) TV Episode [Actress .... Carrie]
15. "The Great Adventure: Go Down, Moses (#1.6)" (1963) TV Episode [Actress .... Rit]
16. "The New Steve Allen Show: (1962-09-13)" (1962) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
17. "Project XX: The World of Billy Graham" (1961) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
18. "Route 66: Goodnight Sweet Blues (#2.3)" (1961) TV Episode [Actress .... Jenny Henderson]


19. "Whirlybirds: The Big Lie (#3.10)" (1959) TV Episode [Actress .... Sarah]
20. "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show: (#3.31)" (1959) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself] [Soundtrack] (performer: "Cabin in the Sky", "Downhearted Blues", "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe", "St. Louis Blues")
21. "The Mike Wallace Interview: Ethel Waters" (1959) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
22. The Sound and the Fury (1959) [Actress .... Dilsey]
23. The Heart Is a Rebel (1958) [Actress .... Gladys]
24. "Matinee Theatre: Sing for Me" (1957) TV Episode [Soundtrack] (performer: "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child") [Actress]
25. Carib Gold (1957) [Soundtrack] (performer: "Carib Gold") [Actress]
26. "The Steve Allen Show: (#2.11)" (1956) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself - Singer] [Soundtrack] (performer: "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe", "Taking a Chance on Love")
27. Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower (1956) (TV) [Actress .... Sunday School Teacher]
28. "Playwrights '56: The Sound and the Fury (#1.6)" (1955) TV Episode [Actress .... Dilsey]
29. "General Electric Theater: Winner by Decision (#4.6)" (1955) TV Episode [Actress .... Mother]
30. "Climax!: The Dance (#1.30)" (1955) TV Episode [Actress .... Aunt Kate]
31. "The Dave Garroway Show: (#1.39)" (1954) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
32. "Person to Person: (#1.15)" (1954) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
33. "The Dave Garroway Show: (#1.4)" (1953) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
34. The Member of the Wedding (1952) [Soundtrack] (performer: "His Eye Is on the Sparrow") [Actress .... Berenice Sadie Brown]
35. "This Is Show Business: (1952-12-07)" (1952) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
36. "The Jackie Gleason Show: (1952-11-01)" (1952) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
37. "General Electric Guest House: (1951-08-26)" (1951) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
38. "What's My Line?: (1951-08-12)" (1951) TV Episode [Actress .... Mystery Guest]
39. "General Electric Guest House: (1951-07-22)" (1951) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
40. "Songs for Sale: (1951-07-21)" (1951) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
41. "This Is Show Business: (1951-03-11)" (1951) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
42. "The Milton Berle Show: (1951-02-27)" (1951) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself] [Soundtrack] (performer: "Heat Wave", "Memories of You")
43. "Beulah" (1950) TV series [Actress .... Beulah (1950-52)]
    ... aka The Beulah Show
44. "Toast of the Town: (#4.4)" (1950) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
45. "This Is Show Business: (1950-05-28)" (1950) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
46. "This Is Show Business: (1950-03-05)" (1950) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
47. "The Perry Como Show: (1950-02-05)" (1950) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]


48. "Toast of the Town: (#3.3)" (1949) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself - Singer] [Soundtrack] (performer: "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe", "Stormy Weather")
49. Pinky (1949) [Actress .... Pinky's Granny]
50. Let's Sing a Song from the Movies (1948) [Soundtrack] (performer: "Am I Blue?")
51. "The Borden Show: Ethel's Cabin" (1947) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
52. Stage Door Canteen (1943) [Actress .... Herself] [Soundtrack] (performer: "Quick Sands" (1943))
53. Cabin in the Sky (1943) [Soundtrack] (performer: "Li'l Black Sheep", "Taking a Chance on Love", "Honey in the Honeycomb") ("Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe", "Cabin in the Sky") [Actress .... Petunia Jackson]

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54. The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943) [Soundtrack] (performer: "Am I Blue")
55. Cairo (1942) [Soundtrack] (performer: "Il bacio (The Kiss)", "Chi mi frena (The Sextet)" (1835), "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" (1912), "There's No Place Like Home (Home, Sweet Home)" (1823), "Buds Won't Bud" (1937)) ("Buds Won't Bud" (1937)) [Actress .... Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid]
56. Tales of Manhattan (1942) [Actress .... Esther]


57. Gift of Gab (1934) [Soundtrack] (performer: "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More") [Actress .... Ethel]
58. Bubbling Over (1934) [Soundtrack] (performer: "Taking Your Time", "Darkies Never Dream") [Actress .... Ethel Peabody]
59. Rufus Jones for President (1933) [Soundtrack] (performer: "Am I Blue?", "Underneath Our Harlem Moon", "Lullaby") [Actress .... Mother of Rufus]


60. On with the Show! (1929) [Soundtrack] (performer: "Am I Blue?", "Birmingham Bertha") [Actress .... Ethel Walters]

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