Sarah Vaughan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 27, 1924
- Died
- April 3, 1990 (aged 66)
- Birthplace
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
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
Quincy Jones, Music Man
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
Movie · as Self
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
…Sings Musicals
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64
Movie · as Self
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Movie
Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One
Movie
Jake and the Fatman
TV · 1 ep
Motown Returns to the Apollo
Movie
Count Basie At Carnegie Hall
Movie · as Self
Sarah Vaughan and her Trio play Jazz from Newport (part II)
Movie
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Pearl Bailey Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 6 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Murder, Inc.
Movie · as Singer
American Bandstand
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Basin Street Revue
Movie
The Steve Allen Show
TV · as Self - Singer · 1 ep
Rhythm and Blues Revue
Movie · as Self
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Disc Jockey
Movie · as Herself
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 6 eps