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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.
Sep 9, 2000 · Elvera Sanchez Davis, 95, a tap dancer and the mother of Sammy Davis Jr., died Sept. 2 at her home in Manhattan. Ms. Davis, known as Baby Sanchez, began performing at 16 in the chorus line at the...
Sep 8, 2000 · Elvera Sanchez Davis, a tap dancer and the mother of Sammy Davis Jr., died on Saturday at her home in Manhattan. She was 95. Known as Baby Sanchez, Ms. Davis began performing at 16 in the...
Apr 13, 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 her,...
May 21, 2021 · His tenacity served him well when an early morning car accident left him without his left eye. 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.
'Elvera Sanchez was born in New York City to Luisa Valentina (née Aguiar; February 14, 1884 – October 5, 1996), a Cuban immigrant, and Marco Sanchez, who was...
Dec 2, 2018 · His parents, Sammy Davis, Sr., an African American, and Elvera Sanchez, a Cuban American, were both vaudeville dancers. They separated when young Davis was three years old and his father took him on tour with a dance troupe led by Will Mastin.
