Acting
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.
Filmography
Quincy Jones, Music Man
Film · 2025
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Film · 2018
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
Film · 2014
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Film · 2013
…Sings Musicals
Film · 2012
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Film · 2012
Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
Film · 2009
Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64
Film · 2007
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
Film · 2006
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Film · 2005
Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One
Film · 1991
Jake and the Fatman
Series · 1987
Motown Returns to the Apollo
Film · 1985
Count Basie At Carnegie Hall
Film · 1981
Sarah Vaughan and her Trio play Jazz from Newport (part II)
Film · 1974
Le Grand Échiquier
Series · 1972
The Pearl Bailey Show
Series · 1971
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Series · 1969
The Dick Cavett Show
Series · 1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
Murder, Inc.
Film · 1960
American Bandstand
Series · 1957
Basin Street Revue
Film · 1956
The Steve Allen Show
Series · 1956
Rhythm and Blues Revue
Film · 1955
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Disc Jockey
Film · 1951
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Series · 1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948