Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 27, 1924
Place of Birth:
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Social Media
Sarah Vaughan
Biography
She began studying music when she was seven, taking eight years of piano lessons and two years of organ. As a child she sang in the choir at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Newark and played piano and organ in high school productions at Arts High School. She entered an amateur contest at the Apollo Theater in New York's Harlem area, singing "Body and Soul", and won the $10 prize and a week's engagement at the Apollo. From 1944 to 1945, she sang with Billy Eckstine and in 1947 she married her manager, trumpeter George Treadwell. Her later husbands included pro football player Clyde Atkins and trumpeter Waymon Reed. She received many awards, including an Emmy in 1981 for a tribute to George Gershwin and a Grammy in 1983.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure | Self (archive footage) |
| 2014 | Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989 | Self |
| 2013 | Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas | Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | …Sings Musicals | Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Music According to Tom Jobim | Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64 | Self |
| 2006 | Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2 | Self (archive footage) |
| 2005 | Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas | |
| 1991 | Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One | |
| 1981 | Count Basie At Carnegie Hall | Self |
| 1974 | Sarah Vaughan and her Trio play Jazz from Newport (part II) | |
| 1960 | Murder, Inc. | Singer |
| 1956 | Basin Street Revue | |
| 1955 | Rhythm and Blues Revue | Self |
| 1951 | Disc Jockey | Herself |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman | |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self |
| 1971 | The Pearl Bailey Show | Self |
| 1969 | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1957 | American Bandstand | Self |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Singer |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |