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In 1925, their son and only child, Sammy Davis Jr., was born. He would often accompany his mother and father to the theater. When Sammy Jr. was three, his parents split up and his father obtained sole custody of him, taking him on the road.
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...
Apr 13, 2023 · In 1923, two years after her debut at the Lafayette, she was performing in “Holiday in Dixie,” where she met and married Sammy Davis, Sr. As a tot Davis, Jr. traveled with his parents, making...
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.
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...
Sep 9, 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....
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Davis was born on December 8, 1925, in the Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City, the son of African American entertainer and stage performer Sammy Davis Sr. (1900–1988) and Cuban-American tap dancer and stage performer Elvera Sanchez (1905–2000).
