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Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, actor, comedian, dancer, and musician. 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.
Brad Davis: 1949–1991 American Actor in Midnight Express [187] Frank Marshall Davis: 1905–1987 American Journalist, poet, political, labor activist [188] Sammy Davis Jr. 1925–1990 American Entertainer [189] Shane Dawson: born 1988 American Internet personality [190] James Dean: 1931–1955 American Actor [191] [192] Bobby DeBarge: 1956 ...
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 ...
Left to right: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop in Las Vegas during the filming of Ocean's 11 The Rat Pack was an informal group of singers that, in its second iteration, ultimately made films and appeared together in Las Vegas casino venues.
Deconstructing Sammy is a book by author Matt Birkbeck about the life and death of Sammy Davis Jr. and the subsequent efforts to restore his legacy. [1] Published in September 2008 by Amistad/HarperCollins the book follows the efforts of a Pennsylvania lawyer and former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Albert "Sonny" Murray Jr., who was hired in 1994 by Sammy's poverty-stricken wife Altovise to help ...
Lee Daniels’ long-gestating Sammy Davis Jr. biographical series has been ordered at Hulu, with Elijah Kelley set to play the lead role. The untitled series has received an eight-episode order at ...
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.
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 ...
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