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