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 Elvera Sanchez at Decipedia.com — The simple online encyclopedia!
Elvera Sanchez (New York City, September 1, 1905 – New York City, September 2, 2000) was an American dancer and the mother of Sammy Davis, Jr.
However, the 2003 biography In Black and White claims that he made these statements due to the political sensitivities of the 1960s and his mother was instead born in New York of Cuban ancestry.
The book claims that Elvera was in fact born in New York, the daughter of Cuban Americans Marco Sanchez, a cigar salesman and Luisa Aguiar, information which was obtained from the daughter and grand-daughter of Elvera's sister Julia and from contemporary documentation.
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 Elvera Sanchez
The book claims that Elvera was in fact born in New York, the daughter of Cuban American s Marco Sanchez, a cigar salesman and Luisa Aguiar, information which was obtained from the daughter and grand-daughter of Elvera's sister Julia and from contemporary documentation.
When the child was three, the couple split up and the father obtained sole custody of his son taking him on the road.
Her own mother, Luisa Sanchez, died in 1996 at the age of 112.
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 Elvera Sanchez - Wikipedia
Elvera Sanchez (New York, 1 settembre 1905 - New York, 2 settembre, 2000) fu una ballerina statunitense, madre di Sammy Davis Jr.
Elvera Sanchez iniziò a 16 anni come ballerina di fila al Lafayette Theater di Harlem.
Elvera Sanchez continuò a ballare fino agli anni Quaranta, e fu ballerina di fila all'Apollo Theater per sei anni.
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Elvera Sanchez Davis, noted tap dancer and mother of legendary performer Sammy Davis Jr., recently died at her home in New York City.
Known as Baby Sanchez, Davis began performing at 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.
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 Elvera Sanchez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elvera Sanchez (New York City, September 1, 1905 – New York City, September 2, 2000) was an American dancer and the mother of Sammy Davis, Jr.
In 1925 their son and only child Sammy Davis, Jr., was born.
In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr.
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 Biography for Sammy Davis Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
To get around these laws, he was billed as "Silent Sammy, the Dancing Midget", and conspiciously walked around backstage with a rubber cigar in his mouth and a woman on each arm.
His mother, Elvera Davis, was born Elvera Sanchez, of Puerto Rican ancestry.
Despite being 64 at the time of his death, he was survived by his mother Elvera Sanchez (1905-2000) and his grandmother, Elvera's mother Luisa (who died in 1996 at 112).
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 When Words Are Spoken Featured Artist
He was an all-around entertainer in every aspect of the term, who took the American and international world by storm against all odds.
Born in Harlem, New York to Vaudeville dancers, Elvera Sanchez, a Puerto Rican woman and Sammy Davis, Sr., a fl man, Sammy's entertainment roots were firmly planted by virtue of his genes.
After his parent's marriage dissolved, he was taken on tour with his father and Uncle, Will Mastin, who led a dance troupe.
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 Sammy Davis
Sammy lived and entertained in the moment, but the moment passes...
Sammy was born into show business, to Elvera Sanchez, a chorus girl, and Sam Davis Sr., the lead dancer in a vaudeville revue called Will Mastin's Holiday in Dixieland.
Mastin was often referred to as little Sammy's uncle, but was in fact not related.
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 American Tap Dance Foundation
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Sammy Davis, Jr., singer, dancer, actor, and musician (who played vibraphone trumpet, and drums), was born on December 8, 1925 to the Puerto-Rican-born tap dancer Elvera "Baby" Sanchez, and Sammy Davis, Sr., an African-American vaudevillian who was the lead dancer in Will Mastin's Holiday in Dixieland.
As an infant, he was raised by his paternal grandmother, Rosa B. ("Mama") Davis, in an apartment on 140th Street and Eighth Avenue in New York City.
www.atdf.org /awards/davisjr.html   (897 words)

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