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Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Vaughan

Actor · Born 1924-03-27 · Newark, New Jersey, USA

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
  2. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  3. Jake and the Fatman (1987)
  4. Murder, Inc. (1960) — Singer
  5. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
  6. The Dick Cavett Show (1968) — Self - Guest
  7. Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was (2009) — Self (archive footage)
  8. The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) — Self
  9. The Mike Douglas Show (1961) — Self
  10. The Merv Griffin Show (1962) — Self
  11. American Bandstand (1957) — Self
  12. The Music According to Tom Jobim (2012) — Self (archive footage)
  13. The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969) — Self
  14. The Steve Allen Show (1956) — Self - Singer
  15. Rhythm and Blues Revue (1955) — Self
  16. Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure (2018) — Self (archive footage)
  17. Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
  18. Basin Street Revue (1956)
  19. Quincy Jones, Music Man (2025) — Self (archive footage)
  20. Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989 (2014) — Self
  21. …Sings Musicals (2012) — Self (archive footage)
  22. Disc Jockey (1951) — Herself
  23. Count Basie At Carnegie Hall (1981) — Self
  24. The Pearl Bailey Show (1971) — Self
  25. Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas (2005)
  26. Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One (1991)
  27. Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2 (2006) — Self (archive footage)
  28. Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas (2013) — Self (archive footage)
  29. Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64 (2007) — Self
  30. Sarah Vaughan and her Trio play Jazz from Newport (part II) (1974)