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Sarah Vaughan
Actor
Born March 27, 1924Died April 3, 1990 (66 years)
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
| 2024 | The Greatest Night in Pop · as Self |
| 2021 | Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over · as Self |
| 2021 | Buster Williams Bass to Infinity · as Self |
| 2020 | Ronnie's · as Self |
| 2020 | Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President · as Self |
| 2019 | The Green Book: Guide to Freedom · as Self |
| 2018 | Michel Legrand: Let the Music Play · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Quincy · as Self |
| 2018 | |
| 2013 | Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2012 | How Playboy Changed the World · as Self |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2009 | Simonal: Ninguém Sabe o Duro que Dei · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2000 | Playboy 2000: The Party Continues · as Self |
| 1998 | |
| 1996 | Inside the White House · as Self - Singer |
| 1995 | Masters of American Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The 28th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Motown Returns to the Apollo · as Self |
| 1983 | Ed McMahon's Star Search (TV Series) · as Self - Introducer |
| 1981 | Count Basie at Carnegie Hall · as Self |
| 1980 | A Capitol Fourth (TV Series) · as Self - Soloist |
| 1980 | Lou Rawls Parade of Stars (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | The 22nd Annual Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 1977 | The 19th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | Top to ... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1970 | Evening at Pops (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | The David Frost Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | Black Journal (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1967 | The Joey Bishop Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1966 | The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1966 | The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | That Regis Philbin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show (TV Series) · as Self - Vocalist |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The New Steve Allen Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The 33rd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1960 | Schlager-Raketen · as Self - Singer |
| 1959 | Playboy's Penthouse (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1957 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show (TV Series) · as Self - Singer |
| 1955 | Tonight at the London Palladium (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1955 | Rhythm and Blues Revue · as Self |
| 1955 | Show Time at the Apollo (TV Series) · as Self - Singer |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | American Bandstand (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | The Jackie Gleason Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Jazz Vocalist |
| 1952 | House Party (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | The Frank Sinatra Show (TV Series) · as Self - Singer |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Perry Como Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | We, the People (TV Series) · as Self - Vocalist |