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.
movieQuincy Jones, Music Man
as Self (archive footage) · 2025 · 9.0
movieMichel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
as Self (archive footage) · 2018 · 9.0
movieDuke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
as Self · 2014 · 0.5
movieQueens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
as Self (archive footage) · 2013 · 0.0
movieThe Music According to Tom Jobim
as Self (archive footage) · 2012 · 7.0
movie…Sings Musicals
as Self (archive footage) · 2012 · 7.0
movieSimonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
as Self (archive footage) · 2009 · 8.1
movieJazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64
as Self · 2007 · 0.0
movieJazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
as Self (archive footage) · 2006 · 0.0
movieSarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
as · 2005 · 0.0
movieSarah Vaughan: The Divine One
as · 1991 · 0.0
tvJake and the Fatman
as · 1987 · 6.2
movieCount Basie At Carnegie Hall
as Self · 1981 · 10.0
movieSarah Vaughan and her Trio play Jazz from Newport (part II)
as · 1974 · 0.0
tvLe Grand Échiquier
as Self · 1972 · 8.0
tvThe Pearl Bailey Show
as Self · 1971 · 8.0
tvThe Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self · 1969 · 6.8
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest · 1968 · 6.8
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962 · 7.5
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
as Self · 1962 · 6.6
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1961 · 5.8
movieMurder, Inc.
as Singer · 1960 · 6.5
tvAmerican Bandstand
as Self · 1957 · 8.2
tvThe Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer · 1956 · 6.2