Acting · Newark, New Jersey, USA · Born March 27, 1924
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.
MovieQuincy Jones, Music Man
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMichel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018
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MovieDuke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
2014
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MovieQueens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
2013
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MovieThe Music According to Tom Jobim
2012
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Movie…Sings Musicals
2012
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MovieSimonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
2009
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MovieJazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64
2007
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MovieJazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
2006
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MovieSarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
MovieSarah Vaughan: The Divine One
1991
TVJake and the Fatman
1987
MovieCount Basie At Carnegie Hall
1981
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Sarah Vaughan and her Trio play Jazz from Newport (part II)
1974
TVLe Grand Échiquier
1972
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The Pearl Bailey Show
1971
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TVThe Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
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TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
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TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
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TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
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MovieMurder, Inc.
1960
as Singer
TVAmerican Bandstand
1957
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TVThe Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Singer
MovieBasin Street Revue
1956
MovieRhythm and Blues Revue
1955
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TVThe Oscars
1953
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MovieDisc Jockey
1951
as Herself
TVThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
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TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
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