Sarah Vaughan
Acting • Born 1924-03-27 – Died 1990-04-03
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.
Filmography
30 credits
Murder, Inc.
Movie • 1960
Singer
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Movie • 2005
Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One
Movie • 1991
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
Movie • 2014
Self
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
Basin Street Revue
Movie • 1956
…Sings Musicals
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Disc Jockey
Movie • 1951
Herself
Count Basie At Carnegie Hall
Movie • 1981
Self
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Rhythm and Blues Revue
Movie • 1955
Self
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64
Movie • 2007
Self
Sarah Vaughan and her Trio play Jazz from Newport (part II)
Movie • 1974
Quincy Jones | Music Man
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
American Bandstand
TV • 1957
Self
Jake and the Fatman
TV • 1987
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TV • 1969
Self
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self - Singer
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The Pearl Bailey Show
TV • 1971
Self
Le Grand Échiquier
TV • 1972
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self