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Elvera "Baby" Sanchez Davis (September 1, 1905 – September 3, 2000) was an American dancer and the mother of Sammy Davis Jr.. Davis Jr. stated that his mother was Puerto Rican and born in San Juan; however, in the 2003 biography In Black and White, author Wil Haygood wrote that Davis' mother was born in New York City, of Afro-Cuban descent, and that Davis claimed she was Puerto Rican because ...
Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, actor, comedian and dancer. At age two, Davis began his career in Vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the Will Mastin Trio, which toured nationally, and his film career began in 1933.
Davis was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, to Rosa B. Taylor (1870–1956) and Robert Davis (1868–1948). He and his former wife Elvera Sanchez were both dancers in a vaudeville troupe. The couple split up when their son Sammy Jr. was three. Davis took custody of his son, who then went into show business with his father.
In 1967, Sammy Davis Jr. offered an insightful guest column about the everyday problems that he and others faced as Black people in America. In the 1960s, America seemed on the brink of a second ...
Howard M. Colbert Jr. was the tap-dance teacher of Sammy Davis Jr., who treated him much as an uncle. Colbert left the Trio in December 1941 to join the United States Army when the United States declared war on Germany during World War II. Sammy Davis Jr. was 16 years old at this time and became part of the main vaudeville act, replacing Colbert.
Hulu is producing an eight-part series about legendary crooner Sammy Davis Jr., and Elijah Kelley is set to star in The post Elijah Kelley tapped to star as Sammy Davis Jr. in Lee Daniels’ 8 ...
“Sammy Davis, Jr. rose from childhood stardom on the vaudeville stag. Hulu is giving a member of the Rat Pack the limited-series treatment, picking up an eight-episode drama about singer/actor ...
Davis (Robert) Comedian, Jasper Carrott (born Robert Davis), is the father of actress, Lucy Davis. Lucy was previously married to Welsh actor, Owain Yeoman. Davis (Sammy) Vaudeville dancers, Sammy Davis Sr. and Elvera Sánchez, are the parents of entertainer, Sammy Davis Jr. Sammy Davis Jr. was married to Swedish actress, May Britt.