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