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.
Filmography
all 27
self 24
Movies 14
TV Shows 13
Self (archive footage)
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure (2018)
Movie
Self
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989 (2014)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas (2013)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Music According to Tom Jobim (2012)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
…Sings Musicals (2012)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was (2009)
Movie
Self
Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64 (2007)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2 (2006)
Movie
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas (2005)
Movie
Self
Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One (1991)
Movie
Jake and the Fatman (1987)
TV
Self
Le Grand Échiquier (1972)
TV
Self
The Pearl Bailey Show (1971)
TV
Self
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969)
TV
Self - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
TV
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
TV
6
Self
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
TV
Singer
Murder, Inc. (1960)
Movie
Self
American Bandstand (1957)
TV
Self - Singer
The Steve Allen Show (1956)
TV
Self
Basin Street Revue (1956)
Movie
Self
Rhythm and Blues Revue (1955)
Movie
Self
The Oscars (1953)
TV
Herself
Disc Jockey (1951)
Movie
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
TV
Self / Self - Singer / Self - Vocalist
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
TV
6
Self
Masters Of American Music
TV
Ratings
Average 5.75
Based on 15.1 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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1957
1971
1971
2018
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1924-03-27
Deathday1990-04-03 (66 years old)
Birth NameSarah Lois Vaughan
Birth PlaceNewark, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, New Jersey Hall of Fame, Primetime Emmy Award, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, NEA Jazz Masters
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