Elvera Sanchez

Elvera Sanchez (New York City, September 1, 1905 – New York City, September 2, 2000) was a Puerto Rican dancer and the mother of Sammy Davis, Jr..

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Elvera Sanchez began her career as a chorus-line dancer at the Lafayette Theater in Harlem.

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She married Sammy Davis, Sr., also a dancer, in 1923. In 1925 their son Sammy Davis, Jr. was born. When the child was three, the couple split up and the father obtained his son's custody. Elvera Sanchez was a chorus-line dancer at Apollo Theater for six years. She continued to dance until the 1940s.

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From 1989 until her death on the day following her 95th birthday she was an adviser to the New York Committee to Celebrate National Tap Dance Day. Her own mother, Luisa Sanchez, a native of Puerto Rico, died in 1996 at the age of 112. Too bad Sammy Davis, Jr. didn't share in the longevity.

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