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person_profile-Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Vaughan Died at age: 66

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Sarah Vaughan

Date of Birth:

Mar 27, 1924

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Apr 03, 1990

Biography of

Sarah Vaughan

    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.

Photos of

Sarah Vaughan

Photos ( 1 Photos

Filmography of

Sarah Vaughan

Found 13 Movies in total

Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

... 2014

... 2013

…Sings Musicals

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2012

Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2009

... 2007

... 2005

... 1991

... 1981

Murder, Inc.

Singer ( Actor )

... 1960

... 1956

... 1955

Disc Jockey

Herself ( Actor )

... 1951