Sarah Vaughan
Acting
1924-03-27 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
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
Quincy Jones, Music Man
2025 · Movie
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018 · Movie
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
2014 · Movie
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
2013 · Movie
The Music According to Tom Jobim
2012 · Movie
…Sings Musicals
2012 · Movie
Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
2009 · Movie
Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64
2007 · Movie
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
2006 · Movie
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005 · Movie
Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One
1991 · Movie
Jake and the Fatman
1987 · Series
Motown Returns to the Apollo
1985 · Movie
Count Basie At Carnegie Hall
1981 · Movie
Sarah Vaughan and her Trio play Jazz from Newport (part II)
1974 · Movie
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · Series
The Pearl Bailey Show
1971 · Series
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969 · Series
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Murder, Inc.
1960 · Movie
American Bandstand
1957 · Series
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Series
Basin Street Revue
1956 · Movie
Rhythm and Blues Revue
1955 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Disc Jockey
1951 · Movie
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series