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1972 Wrote second autobiography, "To Me, It's Wonderful"

1971 Honored at testimonial dinner in Los Angeles

1959 Revived one-woman Broadway show as "An Evening With Ethel Waters"

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1972 Wrote second autobiography, "To Me, It's Wonderful"

1971 Honored at testimonial dinner in Los Angeles

1959 Revived one-woman Broadway show as "An Evening With Ethel Waters"

1959 Made final theatrical film, "The Sound and the Fury"

1957 Accepted invitation to sing at Billy Graham crusade at Madison Square Garden; began regular participation in Graham's "crusades"

1957 Revived "The Member of the Wedding" in Berlin, under the auspices of the United States State Department

1956 Appeared on "Break the $250,000 Bank" television quiz show, seeking money to pay her back taxes

1953 Did one-woman Broadway show, "At Home with Ethel Waters"

1952 Repeated her role in film version of "The Member of the Wedding"

1951 Published best-selling autobiography

1950 Returned to Broadway for "The Member of the Wedding"

1950 - 1952 Starred as the title character in the TV comedy, "Beluah"

1949 Did memorable supporting work in "Pinky", for which she was nominated for an Oscar

1943 Recreated her "Cabin in the Sky" triumph in Vincente Minnelli's directorial debut

1943 Guest-starred in film, "Stage Door Canteen"

1942 Returned to Hollywood and appeared in Fox's "Tales of Manhattan"

1940 Starred in musical fantasy "Cabin in the Sky" on Broadway

1939 Won great acclaim on Broadway in her first dramatic role in "Mamba's Daughters"

1938 Gave concerts at Carnegie Hall, the Roxy and the Palace

1935 Appeared in all-star cast of "At Home Abroad", with Beatrice Lillie, Eleanor Powell and Eddie Foy, Jr.

1933 Introduced "Stormy Weather" at the Cotton Club

1933 Appeared in "As Thousands Cheer"--the first time a black performer had appeared in a white cast

1933 Filmed Vitaphone short, "Rufus Jones for President" in Brooklyn

1931 Starred in "Rhapsody in Black" on Broadway

1930 Appeared in Lew Leslie production of "Blackbirds of 1930" on Broadway, singing songs of Eubie Blake

1929 Screen debut in Warner Brothers technicolor feature "On With the Show"

1927 Made Broadway debut in Donald Heywood's all-black musical revue, "Africana" and legitimate vaudeville debut at the Palace Theater

1925 Replaced Florence Mills as the stellar attraction at Sam Salvin's Plantation Club in Harlem, where she introduced "Dinah", which she recorded for Columbia Records

1921 Began recording for the Black Swan record label

1917 Made vaudeville debut at the Lincoln Theater in Baltimore, Maryland, with the Hill Sisters

1911 Given first chance to sing on an amateur night at a Philadelphia club on her 15th birthday; was hired on the spot and billed as "Sweet Mama Stringbean

Worked as a chambermaid in a small Philadelphia hotel earning $4.75 a week