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You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of the family.

Ethel Waters

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Ethel Waters
Age: 80 †
Born: 1896
Born: October 31
Died: 1977
Died: September 1
Film Actor
Jazz Musician
Singer
Stage Actor
Vocalist
Chester
Pennsylvania
Greatest
Family
Mother
Persons
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Importance

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