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Elvera Sanchez
American dancer and the mother of Sammy Davis Jr. (1905–2000) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Elvera Sanchez | |
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![]() Sanchez with her son, Sammy Davis Jr., at Grace's Little Belmont, 1954 | |
Born | (1905-09-01)September 1, 1905 New York City, U.S. |
Died | September 3, 2000(2000-09-03) (aged 95) New York City, U.S. |
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Children | 2, including Sammy Davis Jr. |
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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.[1]