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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 27, 1924
Died
April 3, 1990
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Sarah Vaughan
0.2 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
9.0
Self (archive footage)
Quincy Jones | Music Man
2025
9.0
Self (archive footage)
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018
0.5
Self
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
2014
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
2013
7.0
Self (archive footage)
The Music According to Tom Jobim
2012
7.0
Self (archive footage)
…Sings Musicals
2012
8.1
Self (archive footage)
Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
2009
0.0
Self
Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64
2007
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
2006
0.0
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
Credits
Quincy Jones | Music Man
as Self (archive footage)
2025
9.0
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
as Self (archive footage)
2018
9.0
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
as Self
2014
0.5
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
as Self (archive footage)
2013
0.0
The Music According to Tom Jobim
as Self (archive footage)
2012
7.0
…Sings Musicals
as Self (archive footage)
2012
7.0
Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
as Self (archive footage)
2009
8.1
Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64
as Self
2007
0.0
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
as Self (archive footage)
2006
0.0
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
0.0
Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One
1991
0.0
Jake and the Fatman
1987
6.2
Count Basie At Carnegie Hall
as Self
1981
10.0
🎬
Sarah Vaughan and her Trio play Jazz from Newport (part II)
1974
0.0
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
1972
8.0
🎬
The Pearl Bailey Show
as Self
1971
0.0
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
1969
5.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Murder, Inc.
as Singer
1960
6.4
American Bandstand
as Self
1957
8.4
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
1956
5.6
Basin Street Revue
1956
8.0
Rhythm and Blues Revue
as Self
1955
6.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Disc Jockey
as Herself
1951
0.0
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8