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Early life. 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.
21 de may. de 2021 · Davis was born on December 8, 1925, in New York City to an African American father, Sammy Davis Sr., and Puerto Rican mother, Elvera Sanchez. His grandmother raised him but could not prevent his father from bringing the 3-year-old Davis onstage to perform with the Will Mastin Trio.
13 de abr. de 2023 · Born Sept. 1, 1905, Elvera was known as “Baby Sanchez.”. She began performing as a dancer during her teen years. If Elvera is hardly mentioned in Davis’s autobiography, he did acknowledge ...
Elvera Davis. Actress: A Man Called Adam. Tap dancer, began performing at age 16 in the chorus line at the Lafayette Theater in Harlem. She continued her career into the early 1940s, dancing for six years in the chorus line at the Apollo Theatre.
1925-50: Early Life on the Road. Born on 8th December, 1925 in Harlem, New York City, Sammy Davis, Jr. was the son of two dancers, Sam Davis, Sr. and Elvera Sanchez, both members of a vaudeville troupe run by Will Mastin. With both parents performing in Mastin’s production Shake Your Feet, Sammy was initially left to be cared for by his ...
A popular African American entertainer, Sammy Davis, Jr., lent his fame and talents to several events in support of Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Born in New York City to vaudeville performers Elvera Sanchez and Sammy Davis, Sr., Davis, Jr., was performing on stage at the age of three.
9 de sept. de 2000 · Elvera Sanchez Davis, 95, former dancer and mother of Sammy Davis Jr. Born in Harlem, Davis was a tap dancer who performed in the chorus of a vaudeville troupe headed by Will Mastin.
