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Elvera Sanchez

American dancer (1905–2000)

Born 1905 · New York CityDied 2000United States
Elvera Sanchez
Image: Photo by G. Marshall Wilson · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Elvera Sanchez was an American ballet dancer and dancer, born in 1905 in New York City, who died in 2000.

Biography

Elvera "Baby" Sánchez Davis (September 1, 1905 – September 3, 2000) was an American dancer and the mother of Sammy Davis Jr.

Davis Jr. stated that his mother was Puerto Rican and born in San Juan; however, in the 2003 biography In Black and White, author Wil Haygood wrote that Davis' mother was born in New York City, of Afro-Cuban descent, and that Davis claimed she was Puerto Rican because he feared anti-Cuban backlash would hurt his record sales.

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Contemporaries

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Nicole Maxwell

American medicinal plant researcher and ethnobotanist (1905/6 - 1998)

1905–1998
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Ruth Pryor

American ballet dancer

1906–2001
Alexandros Iolas

Alexandros Iolas

American art collector (1908-1987)

1908–1987
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Vincenzo Celli

Italian ballet dancer (1900–1988)

1900–1988
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Dorothie Littlefield

American ballet dancer (1912-1953)

1912–1953
Igor Youskevitch

Igor Youskevitch

ballet dancer (1912–1994)

1912–1994
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Annabelle Lyon

ballet dancer

1916–2011
Joan McCracken

Joan McCracken

American dancer and actress (1917–1961)

1917–1961

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