Sarah Vaughan
Known for: Acting
Born: March 27, 1924
Died: April 3, 1990
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
18 movies · 13 TV shows, newest first
9.0
Quincy Jones, Music Man
2025
9.0
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018
0.5
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
2014
NR
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
2013
7.0
The Music According to Tom Jobim
2012
7.0
…Sings Musicals
2012
8.1
Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
2009
NR
Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64
2007
NR
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
2006
NR
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
NR
Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One
1991
6.2
Jake and the Fatman
1987NR
Motown Returns to the Apollo
1985
10.0
Count Basie At Carnegie Hall
1981NR
Sarah Vaughan and her Trio play Jazz from Newport (part II)
1974
8.0
Le Grand Échiquier
19728.0
The Pearl Bailey Show
1971
6.8
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
6.5
Murder, Inc.
1960
8.2
American Bandstand
1957
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
1956
8.5
Basin Street Revue
1956
6.8
Rhythm and Blues Revue
1955
7.0
The Oscars
1953
10.0
Disc Jockey
1951
6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948