Sarah Vaughan
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.
Acting
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
TV
The Oscars
as Self
1953
TV
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Movie
Murder, Inc.
as Singer
1960
TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
TV
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
Movie
Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
as Self (archive footage)
2009
TV
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
TV
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
TV
American Bandstand
as Self
1957
TV
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Movie
The Music According to Tom Jobim
as Self (archive footage)
2012
TV
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
1969
TV
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
1956
Movie
Rhythm and Blues Revue
as Self
1955
Movie
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
as Self (archive footage)
2018
TV
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
1972
Movie
Basin Street Revue
1956
Movie
Quincy Jones, Music Man
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Movie
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
as Self
2014
Movie
…Sings Musicals
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Movie
Disc Jockey
as Herself
1951
Movie
Count Basie At Carnegie Hall
as Self
1981
TV
The Pearl Bailey Show
as Self
1971