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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.
8 de sept. de 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.
'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...
9 de sept. de 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...
Elvera Sanchez. Mini Bio. 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. She served as advisor to the New York Committee to Celebrate National Tap Dance Day from 1989 until her death.
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 paternal grandmother Rosa Davis.
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.
