Ethel Waters (1896 – 1977) was an American singer and actress. Waters frequently performed jazz, swing, and pop music on the Broadway stage and in concerts. She began her career in the 1920s singing blues. Her notable recordings include "Dinah", "Stormy Weather", "Taking a Chance on Love", "Heat Wave", "Supper Time", "Am I Blue?", "Cabin in the Sky", "I'm Coming Virginia", and her version of "His Eye Is on the Sparrow". Waters was the second African American to be nominated for an Academy Award, the first African American to star on her own television show, and the first African-American woman to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Ethel Cain is the stage name of American singer Hayden Anhedönia. Her concept album, Preacher’s Daughter, centers around the character of Ethel as she runs away from home before being kidnapped by a cannibalistic cult.
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Ethel Osborne (née Goodson; 1882 – 1968) was a British-born Australian doctor who was an expert in the field of hygiene and public health. In 2008 she was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.
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Ethel Marshall (1924 - 2013) was an American badminton player noted for her mobility and shot-making prowess.
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Ethel Barrymore actress.
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Ethel Roosevelt Derby (1891-1977) was the younger daughter (and only daughter from his second marriage) and fourth child of President Theodore Roosevelt.
Ethel Cooper, daughter of Lily Rose Cooper (ne Allen).I believe that Lily Rose and Sam Cooper likely named their first born after Ethel Archer, the author the Whirlpool and close friend to Alister Crowley. Such naming likely reflects the families ongoing obsession with the occult and Alister Crowley, possibly black magick also.
I'm sort of shocked that nobody has mentioned Ethel Waters, an African-American musical theater star whose performance of the song "Suppertime" in the musical As Thousands Cheer is considered one of the greatest musical theater performances of all time.
A famous bearer was American singer Ethel Azama (August 1934 – March 1984). She was well-known for her night club and hotel performances in Hawaii, America, and Australia.
Ethel Hallow is a character in the children's stories "The Worst Witch", by Jill Murphy. She is portrayed as being a not-very-nice character, and arch nemesis of the heroine of the books, Mildred Hubble. Despite this, I think it's a lovely name. :)