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Sarah Vaughan (I) (1924–1990)


Sarah Vaughan was born March 27, 1924 in Newark, NJ, and died April 3, 1990, in Los Angeles of lung cancer. Her parents were Asbury, a carpenter, and Ada, a laundress. 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... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideSoundtrack (30 titles)
2012 Banda sonora (TV series)
Episode #8.5 (2012) (performer: "Fly Me to the Moon")
 
2011 The Adjustment Bureau (performer: "FEVER ADAM FREELAND EXTENDED REMIX")
 
2010 Castle (TV series)
A Deadly Affair (2010) ("Fever" Adam Freeland Remix - uncredited)
 
2008 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
Round 7 (2008) (performer: "Lullaby of Birdland" - uncredited)
 
2008 The Wire (TV series)
Unconfirmed Reports (2008) (performer: "Black Coffee")
 
2007 Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64 (video) (performer: "Sometimes I'm Happy" - uncredited, "Lover Man" - uncredited, "September in the Rain" - uncredited, "Mean to Me" - uncredited, "Tenderly" - uncredited, "If This Isn't Love" - uncredited, "Over the Rainbow" - uncredited, "They All Laughed" - uncredited, "Cherokee" - uncredited, "I Feel Pretty" - uncredited, "The More I See You" - uncredited, "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" - uncredited, "I Got Rhythm" - uncredited, "Misty" - uncredited, "Honeysuckle Rose" - uncredited, "Maria" - uncredited, "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?" - uncredited)
 
2007 So You Think You Can Dance (TV series)
Top 8 (2007) (performer: "Whatever Lola Wants")
 
2007 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series)
Rocket Man (2007) (performer: "Fever Adam Freeland Remix" - uncredited)
 
2006 Family Hero (performer: "Time after Time")
 
2006 Priceless (performer: "Whatever Lola Wants")
 
2006 Infamous (performer: "Broken-Hearted Melody")
 
2005 Guess Who (performer: "Whatever Lola Wants Gotan Project Remix" 1955)
 
2005 Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Sarah Vaughan (video) (performer: "Just Friends" - uncredited, "Poor Butterfly" - uncredited, "On a Clear Day" - uncredited, "Just to Say Goodbye" - uncredited, "But Not for Me" - uncredited, "Our Love Is Here to Stay" - uncredited, "Embraceable You" - uncredited, "Someone to Watch Over Me" - uncredited, "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" - uncredited, "Here's That Rainy Day" - uncredited, "There Will Never Be Another You" - uncredited, "Misty" - uncredited, "Send In the Clowns" - uncredited)
 
2001 Anja & Viktor (performer: "All The Things You Are")
 
2001 Heartbreakers (performer: "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars")
 
1995 Le confessionnal (performer: "Blues serenade")
 
1994 Baywatch (TV series)
K-Gas the Groove Yard of Solid Gold (1994) (performer: "Daydream" - uncredited)
 
1994 Corrina, Corrina (performer: "THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME")
 
1991 Boyz n the Hood (performer: "Setembro Brazilian Wedding Song")
 
1981 Sharky's Machine (performer: "Somewhere, Someway Love Theme", "Before You")
 
1979 A Family Circus Christmas (TV movie) (performer: "The Dreamer")
 
1977 Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress (TV movie) (performer: "The Days Have No Names" / as Sarah Vaughn)
 
1973 Duke Ellington... We Love You Madly (TV special) (performer: "Mood Indigo")
 
1969 Cactus Flower ("A Time for Love is Anytime")
 
1961 The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (performer: "Faraway Part of Town")
 
1960 Murder, Inc. (performer: "The Awakening", "Fan My Brow")
 
1957 Band of Angels (performer: "Band of Angels")
 
1956 Basin Street Revue (performer: "You're Not the Kind of a Boy" - uncredited, "These Things I Offer You For A Lifetime" - uncredited)
 
1955 Show Time at the Apollo (TV series)
All Star Review (performer: "You're Not the Kind of Boy for a Girl Like Me")
Beale Street Revue (performer: "You're Mine in Every Way")
Harlem Merry-Go-Round (performer: "The Nearness of You")
Variety Time (performer: "Perfida")
 
1955 Rhythm and Blues Revue (documentary) (performer: "Perdido")
 
Show ShowActress (4 titles)
1989 Jake and the Fatman (TV series)
Mrs. Christopher
Someone to Watch Over Me (1989) … Mrs. Christopher (voice)
 
1960 Schlager-Raketen
Sängerin/Herself
 
1960 Murder, Inc.
Singer
 
1951 Disc Jockey
Sarah Vaughan
 
Show ShowSelf (51 titles)
2000 Biography (TV series documentary)
Herself
Redd Foxx: Say It Like It Is (2000) … Herself
 
1991 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Herself
Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One (1991) … Herself
 
1990 Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (documentary)
Herself
 
1986 The 28th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1985 Motown Returns to the Apollo (TV special)
Herself
 
1984 Star Search (TV series)
Herself - Introducer
Episode #2.7 (1984) … Herself - Introducer
 
1964-1981 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Guest
Episode dated 18 December 1981 (1981) … Herself
Episode dated 12 June 1972 (1972) … Herself
Episode dated 10 July 1970 (1970) … Herself
Episode dated 15 June 1970 (1970) … Herself
Episode dated 1 December 1967 (1967) … Herself - Guest
 
1981 Saturday Night at the Mill (TV series)
Herself
Episode #6.12 (1981) … Herself
 
1981 A Salute to Duke (TV special)
 
1981 Count Basie at Carnegie Hall (TV movie)
Herself
 
1980 Uptown: A Tribute to the Apollo Theatre (TV movie)
Herself
 
1980 The 22nd Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1979 All-Star Salute to Pearl Bailey (TV movie)
Herself
 
1977 Dinah! (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 7 September 1977 (1977) … Herself
 
1977 The 19th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1970-1976 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 7 July 1976 (1976) … Herself
Episode dated 24 June 1970 (1970) … Herself
 
1975 The 17th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1973 Duke Ellington... We Love You Madly (TV special)
Herself
 
1971-1972 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #4.167 (1972) … Herself
Episode #4.59 (1971) … Herself
 
1971 The Pearl Bailey Show (TV series)
Herself - Singer
Episode #1.9 (1971) … Herself - Singer
 
1971 Love Is (TV movie)
Herself
 
1970 Playboy After Dark (TV series)
Singer
Episode #2.17 (1970) … Singer
 
1970 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 12 May 1970 (1970) … Herself
Episode dated 7 May 1970 (1970) … Herself
 
1970 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #4.88 (1970) … Herself
 
1969 Della (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.146 (1969) … Herself
Episode #1.72 (1969) … Herself
Episode #1.8 (1969) … Herself
 
1968-1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #4.10 (1969) … Herself
Episode #3.198 (1969) … Herself
Episode #3.177 (1969) … Herself
Episode #3.124 (1969) … Herself
Episode #3.93 (1969) … Herself
 
1968 Today (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 23 September 1968 (1968) … Herself
 
1968 The Skitch Henderson Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.1 (1968) … Herself
 
1966 The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.11 (1966) … Herself
 
1965 The Linkletter Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 31 December 1965 (1965) … Herself
 
1965 That Regis Philbin Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.57 (1965) … Herself
 
1963 Sarah Sings & Basie Swings (TV movie)
Herself
 
1963 The New Steve Allen Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 31 May 1963 (1963) … Herself
 
1949-1961 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Singer / Singer
Episode #15.13 (1961) … Singer
Episode #11.7 (1957) … Herself
Episode #10.36 (1957) … Herself
Episode #8.28 (1955) … Herself
Episode #3.12 (1949) … Herself
 
1961 The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer
 
1957-1960 New American Bandstand 1965 (TV series)
Herself
Episode #3.211 (1960) … Herself
Episode #1.14 (1957) … Herself
 
1959 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Herself - Singer
Episode #4.32 (1959) … Herself - Singer
 
1958 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV series)
Herself
Episode #3.28 (1958) … Herself
 
1958 Words and Music (TV series)
Herself - Performer
 
1957 The Big Record (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.7 (1957) … Herself
 
1957 The Arthur Murray Party (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 19 August 1957 (1957) … Herself
 
1957 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Herself - Guest Jazz Vocalist
Music U.S.A. (1957) … Herself - Guest Jazz Vocalist
 
1957 The Jonathan Winters Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.14 (1957) … Herself
 
1956 Basin Street Revue
Herself
 
1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself - Singer
Episode #5.30 (1955) … Herself - Singer
 
1955 Beale Street Revue
Herself
 
1955 Show Time at the Apollo (TV series)
Herself - Singer
All Star Review … Herself - Singer
Basin Street Revue … Herself - Singer
Beale Street Revue … Herself - Singer
Harlem Merry-Go-Round … Herself - Singer
Variety Time … Herself - Singer
 
1955 Rhythm and Blues Revue (documentary)
Herself
 
1951 Songs for Sale (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 15 September 1951 (1951) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (10 titles)
2012 The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim (documentary)
Herself
 
2012 Banda sonora (TV series)
 
2007 Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64 (video)
Herself
 
2002 Rhapsody in Black (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2000 Playboy: The Party Continues (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1998 Monterey Jazz Festival: 40 Legendary Years (video documentary)
Herself
 
1995 Masters of American Music
Herself
 
1993 Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1989 The Ladies Sing the Blues
Herself
 

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I've always been a Democrat, it runs in my family. See more »

Trivia:

Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1982. See more »

Nickname:

The Divine One See more »

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