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
![Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/227803-michel-legrand-sans-demi-mesure.jpg)
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure (2018)
![Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/97227-queens-of-jazz-the-joy-and-pain-of-the-jazz-divas.jpg)
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas (2013)
![Music According to Tom Jobim](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/58632-music-according-to-tom-jobim.jpg)
Music According to Tom Jobim (2012)
![…Sings Musicals](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/861319-sings-musicals.jpg)
…Sings Musicals (2012)
![Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/253483-simonal-no-one-knows-how-tough-it-was.jpg)
Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was (2009)
![Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/734797-jazz-voice-the-ladies-sing-jazz-vol-2.jpg)
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2 (2006)
![The Dick Cavett Show](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/142206-the-dick-cavett-show.jpg)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
![Murder, Inc.](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/69242-murder-inc.jpg)
Murder, Inc. (1960)
![The Steve Allen Show](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/108541-the-steve-allen-show.jpg)
The Steve Allen Show (1956)
![Disc Jockey](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/153467-disc-jockey.jpg)
Disc Jockey (1951)
![The Ed Sullivan Show](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/77704-the-ed-sullivan-show.jpg)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
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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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