
Actriță
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.
Născut
27 martie 1924
Zodie
Berbec
Decedat
3 aprilie 1990
Locul nașterii
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Universul filmelor sale
Regie · 2 filme
Joseph Kohn
Rhythm and Blues Revue, Basin Street Revue

Murder, Inc.
Singer
1960

Simonal - Ninguém Sabe o Duro Que Dei
Self (archive footage)
2009

A Música Segundo Tom Jobim
Self (archive footage)
2012

Rhythm and Blues Revue
Self
1955

Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Self (archive footage)
2018

Basin Street Revue
1956

Quincy Jones, Music Man
Self (archive footage)
2025

Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
Self
2014

…Sings Musicals
Self (archive footage)
2012

Disc Jockey
Herself
1951

Count Basie At Carnegie Hall
Self
1981

Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005

Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One
1991

Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
Self (archive footage)
2006

Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Self (archive footage)
2013

Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64
Self
2007