- (10/22/33-2/25/34) Radio: Appeared on "The American Revue" on CBS Radio.
- (1953) Stage: Appeared in "At Home With Ethel Waters" on Broadway. Special/musical revue. Music / lyrics for "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More" by Con Conrad and Herb Magidson. Music / lyrics for "Sleepy Time Down South" by Clarence Muse, Leon René and Otis René. Music / lyrics for "Throw Dirt" by Shelton Brooks. Music for "Am I Blue" and "Dinah" by Harry Akst. Lyrics for "Am I Blue" by Grant Clarke. Music / lyrics for "Half of Me" by Peter De Rose and Sam M. Lewis. Lyrics for "Half of Me" by Peter De Rose. Lyrics for "Dinah" by Sam M. Lewis. Music for "Washtub Rubstudy," "Dance Hall Hostess" and "Somethin' Told Me..." by Alberta Nichols. Lyrics for "Washtub Rubstudy," "Dance Hall Hostess" and "Somethin' Told Me..." by Mann Holiner. Music for "Bread and Gravy" by Hoagy Carmichael. Music for "Love For Sale" by Cole Porter. Lyrics for "Dinah" by Joe Young. Music / lyrics for "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night" by Ethel Waters and Sidney Easton. Music for "My Man" by Maurice Yvain. French Lyrics for "My Man" by Albert Willemetz and Jacques Charles. English Lyrics for "My Man" by Channing Pollock. Music / lyrics for "St. Louis Blues" by W.C. Handy. Music / lyrics for "Suppertime" by Irving Berlin. Music for "Takin' a Chance on Love" and "Cabin in the Sky" by Vernon Duke. Lyrics for "Takin' a Chance on Love" and "Cabin in the Sky" by John La Touche. Lyrics for "Takin' a Chance on Love" by Ted Fetter. Music for "Happiness is Jes' a Thing Called Joe" and "Stormy Weather" by Harold Arlen. Lyrics for "Happiness is Jes' a Thing Called Joe" by E.Y. Harburg. Music for "Lady Be Good' by George Gershwin. Lyrics for "Lady Be Good" by Ira Gershwin. Lyrics for "Stormy Weather" by Ted Koehler. Directed by Richard Barr. 48th Street Theatre: 22 Sep 1953-10 Oct 1953 (23 performances). Produced by Richard Barr and Charles Bowden.
- (1950) Stage: Appeared in "The Member of the Wedding" on Broadway.
- (1945) Stage: Appeared in "Blue Holiday" on Broadway. Musical revue (all-black cast).
- (1935) Stage: Appeared in "At Home Abroad" on Broadway. Musical revue.
- (1931) Stage: Appeared in "Rhapsody in Black", produced on Broadway. Musical (all Black cast). Book / Directed by Lew Leslie. Sam H. Harris Theatre: 4 May 1931-Jul 1931 (closing date unknown/80 performances). Cast: Ernest Allen, Avis Andrews, Berry Brothers, Pike Davis' Orchestra, Dennis Dean, Samuel Gray, Cecil Mack's Choir, Blue McAllister, Al Moore, Tim Moore, Eddie Rector, Joseph Steel, Eloise Uggams, Valaida.
- (1933) Stage: Appeared (as "Ella", "Josephine Baker") in "As Thousands Cheer" on Broadway. Musical revue. Music / lyrics by Irving Berlin. Book by Moss Hart. Musical Director: Frank Tours. Music orchestrated by Adolph Deutsch, Frank Tours, Ed Powell, Russell Wooding and Helmy Kresa. Choreographed by Charles Weidman. Press Representative: John Peter Toohey. Directed by Hassard Short. Music Box Theatre: 30 Sep 1933-8 Sep 1934 (400 performances). Cast: Helen Broderick (as "Mrs. Andrews, "Mrs. Hoover," "Majestic Sails at Midnight" Singer, "Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.," "Mrs. Williams," "Aimee Semple MacPherson," "Mrs. Fisher," "Queen Mary"), Marilyn Miller, Clifton Webb (as "Douglas Fairbanks Jr., "Mahatma Gandhi," "Mons. Peppiton," "Henry Perlmutter," "John D. Rockefeller, Sr."), Leslie Adams, Helen Bache, Jack Barnes, Jeanette Bradley, Robert Castaine, Debby Coleman, Peggy Cornell, Jerome Cowan (as "Editor," "Second Reporter," "Majestic Sails at Midnight" Singer), Arthur Craig, Dorothy Dodd, Elsie Duffy, Helen Ericson, Hal Forde (as "Langley"), Robert Gorham, Thomas Hamilton, Hamtree Harrington, Jay Hunter, Letitia Ide, Harry Joyce, Jose Limon, Katherine Litz, William Matons, Fred Mayon, Irene McBride, Katherine Mulowney, Jeanette Mundell, Harry Murray (as "Prince DeLuneville," "First Reporter," "Camera Man," "Second Bellboy"), Chester O'Brien, Mortimer O'Brien, John Perkins, Paul Pierce, Margaret Sande, Toni Sorel, Harry Stockwell, Ward Tallmon, Lucille Taylor, Harold Voeth, Jack Voeth, Elsa Walbridge, Teddy West, Paula Yasqour. Produced by Sam Harris.
- (1939) Stage: Appeared (as "Hagar") in "Mamba's Daughters" on Broadway. Written by Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward (based on his novel). Featuring songs by Jerome Kern. Directed / produced by Guthrie McClintic. Empire Theatre: 3 Jan 1939-May 1939 (closing date unknown/162 performances). Cast: Oliver Barbour (as "The Prosecuting Attorney; final Broadway role), Edna Beane, Reginald Beane, Altunar Branan, Inez Branan, Anne Brown, Willie Bryant, Georgia Burke (as "Eva"), Doris Champion, Rebecca Champion, Bob Coogan, John Cornell, Helen Dowdy, José Ferrer (as "St. Julien DeC. Wentworth Saint"), Georgette Harvey (as "Mamba"), Mary Holmes, Alberta Hunter, J. Rosamond Johnson (as "The Rev. Quintus Whaley"), Ella Mae Lashley, Canada Lee (as "Drayton"), Assotta Marshall, Fredye Marshall, Henry May, Arthur McLean, Harry Mestayer, Joyce Miller, Rena Mitchell, Dorothy Paul, Hayes Pryor, Ethel Purnello, Robert Raines, Maud Russell (as "Jane"), John Rustad, Louis Sharp, Al Stokes (as "Davey"), Fredi Washington, Edna Waters, Bradley Wilson, Jimmy Wright.
- (1940) Stage: Appeared (as "Petunia Jackson") in "Cabin in the Sky" on Broadway. Musical fantasy. Music by Vernon Duke. Book by Lynn Root (based on his story "Little Joe"). Lyrics by John La Touche. Vocal arrangements by Hugh Martin. Musical Director: Max Meth. Music orchestrated by Domenico Savino, Charles Cook, Fod Livingston and Nathan Van Cleve. Scenic Design by Boris Aronson. Staged / choreographed by George Balanchine. Directed by Albert Lewis. Martin Beck Theatre: 25 Oct 1940-8 Mar 1941 (156 performances). Cast: Talley Beattey (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Wilson Bradley (as "Messenger Boy" / "J. Rosamond Johnson Singer"), Claude Brown (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Georgia Burke (as "Lily"), Dick Campbell (as "Domino Johnson"), Rebecca Champion (as "J. Rosamond Johnson Singer"), Rita Christiana (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Helen Dowdy (as "J. Rosamond Johnson Singer"), Todd Duncan (as "The Lawd's General"), Katherine Dunham (as "Georgia Brown"), Earl Edwards (as "Second Henchman"), Lucille Ellis (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Maurice Ellis (as "Third Henchman"), Jiene Moxzer Harris (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer" / "Imp"), Rex Ingram (as "Lucifer, Jr."), Clarence Jacobs (as "J. Rosamond Johnson Singer"), J. Louis Johnson (as "John Henry"), J. Rosamond Johnson (as "Brother Green"), Lawaune Kennard (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Ella MacLashley (as "J. Rosamond Johnson Singer"), Fradye Marshall (as "J. Rosamond Johnson Singer"), Alexander McDonald (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer/Imp"), Roberta McLaurin (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Arthur McLean (as "J. Rosamond Johnson Singer"), Al Moore (as "Dude"), Jieno Moxzer (as "Imp"), Rajah Ohardieno (as "Imp/Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Evelyn Pilcher (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Eulabel Riley (as "J. Rosamond Johnson Singer"), Carmencita Romero (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Edith Ross (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Archie Savage (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer" / "Imp"), Louis Sharp (as "Dr. Jones" / "J. Rosamond Johnson Singer"), Al Stokes (as "Devil's Messenger" / "J. Rosamond Johnson Singer"), Earl Sydnor (as "First Henchman"), J. Emanuel Vanderhans (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Laura Vaughns (as "J. Rosamond Johnson Singer"), Candido Vicenti (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Lavinia Williams (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Milton Williams (as "Fleetfoot"), Dooley Wilson (as "Little Joe Jackson"), Thomas Woosley. Produced by Albert Lewis and Vinton Freedley.
- (1952) Stage: Appeared in national touring company of "Member of the Wedding". Also in cast: Brandon De Wilde.
- (6/14/39) She performed an except from her hit play "Mamba's Daughters" on the, then experimental TV station W2XBS (now WNBC) in New York City.
- (1974) Appeared on the second episode of "Soul Free," a syndicated religious program produced by the Billy Graham Ministries. Waters was interviewed by the program's host Dr. Ralph Bell.
- (6/21/44) Radio: Appeared on "Orson Welles' Almanac".
- (December 25, 1931) She acted in the play, "Rhapsody in Black," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio.
- (March 6, 1932) She acted in the play, "Rhapsody in Black," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio.
- (October 29, 1934) He acted in Irving Berlin and Moss Hart's musical, "As Thousands Cheer," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Clifton Webb in the cast.
- (November 20, 1939) She played Hagar in Dorothy and Dubose Heyward's play, "Mamba's Daughters," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Georgia Burke; Fredi Washington; Maude Russell; Robert Thomsen; Willie Bryant; J. Rosamond Johnson; Vincent Copeland; John Kerr; John O'Connor; Barry Kelley; Al Stokes; Bradley Wilson; Louis Sharp; Canada Lee; Ethel Purnello; Edna Waters; Laura Vaughns; Alberta Hunter; Joyce Miller; Rena Mitchell; and Jimmy Wright in the cast. Jerome Kern was composer. Perry Watkins was set designer. Guthrie McClintic was producer and director.
- (March 3-10, 1952) She acted in Carson McCullers' play, "Member of the Wedding," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Betty Lou Holland, James Holden, Robert Mariotti, Patricia Fay, Phyllis Walker, Augustus Smith, Louis Peterson, Virginia McMahon, Frances Ingalls, James Maloney, Mary Cotterman, and Barrry Truex in the cast. Robert Whitehead, Oliver Rea, and Stanley Martineau were producers. Lester Polakov was set and costume designer. Harold Clurman was director.
- (August 1955) She acted in Carson McCullers' play, "The Member of the Wedding," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine.
- (February 1964) She acted in Carson McCullers' play, "Member of the Wedding," at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. Coy Bronson was director. C. Lowell Lees was artistic director.
- (Summer 1955) She acted in Carson McCullers' play, "A Member of the Wedding," in a Kenley Players production in Bristol, Pennsylvania. John Kenley was artistic director.
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