Sarah Vaughan
Acting
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.
TV Shows(13)
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
The Pearl Bailey Show
Self
1971
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self
1969
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
American Bandstand
Self
1957
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Singer
1956
The Oscars
Self
1953
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Movies(17)
Quincy Jones, Music Man
Self (archive footage)
2025
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Self (archive footage)
2018
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
Self
2014
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Self (archive footage)
2013
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Self (archive footage)
2012
…Sings Musicals
Self (archive footage)
2012
Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
Self (archive footage)
2009
Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64
Self
2007
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
Self (archive footage)
2006
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One
1991
Count Basie At Carnegie Hall
Self
1981
Sarah Vaughan and her Trio play Jazz from Newport (part II)
1974
Murder, Inc.
Singer
1960
Basin Street Revue
1956
Rhythm and Blues Revue
Self
1955
Disc Jockey
Herself
1951