Elvera Davis (Sammy Davis Jr.'s mother) interview 14 May 1997 Part 3

[@missdaisy5736]

Love Sammy Davis, Junior’s mother, because she is straight forward, and no nonsense with plenty of common sense, and great intelligence and loyalty. She absolutely made the interview relative.

[@meewannabe2525]

Friends & Pictures don't tell the full story!!! Oh this chic "tried it"!!! Mama Sanchez was Everything!!! So adorable!!!

[@NycBeauty]

She is something special. Feisty ❗️She has beautiful hair. Healthy and silver.

[@deneenjeffries2768]

Outspoken lady ... don't try to tell her about her son. Lol

[@lindashelley3635]

Deneen Jeffries But she did get one thing wrong @3.05, it was actually Dean who refused to attend the inauguration when he found out that Sammy had been 'uninvited' by the Kennedy's. In fact I believe it was Sinatra who helped to organise the whole thing, or at least to arrange for many big Hollywood stars to be there.

[@deneenjeffries2768]

Linda Shelley the interviewer got it wrong also. I know Dean totally stuck up for Sammy and didn't go... I'm sure Sinatra wasn't thrilled about what happened to Sammy but he owed some people.... eventually Kennedy dissed Frank too....

[@michmex220]

@@deneenjeffries2768 yes I agree , I believe that frank was a low key hater of Sammy !

[@50hellkat2]

My gosh this is a fantastic interview. Love that you did not edit. So much more revealing.

[@soapbxprod]

Hello and thank you so very much for all of your kind comments on our interviews- we're truly grateful and happy that you enjoyed watching. Best Wishes!

[@DawnMaxwell-y4z]

She surely does have the tea , but don’t quote her 😂😂😂 shape as a tack , wise, good humor, etc . God truly blessed her keep her in her right mind . She’s so beautiful 🙏🏽♥️💕

[@DetroitLives313]

She was a tough old Bronx mom. I have met many of them. LOL!

[@kiasky1]

She’s the total opposite of Sammy’s dad. He was a kind soft spoken man. Nothing like this women.

[@clarencewalker6651]

I never knew the mother of Sammy Davis Jr. lived longer than he lived. This interview is a piece of golden history.

[@Tonyconner74]

A true New Yorker......

[@soapbxprod]

so true! Thanks for tuning in, hope you enjoyed the interview. :)

[@sweetssweeter2734]

Tony Conner ...exactly!!

[@abrahamisaacmuciusiii691]

Amen Brother!

[@DetroitLives313]

She was from the Bronx.

[@tallpaul521]

I never knew that Sammy's mom outlived him. I see this interview was on May 14, 1997. Sammy died on May 16, my birthday, in 1990.

[@soapbxprod]

LOL! I thought you knew, Pallie... "Baby" died in September 2000, so she got to see herself in the show. :)

[@spamdendunce1587]

Sammy's grandmother was actually still alive, and died in 1996

[@abrahamisaacmuciusiii9192]

My mother's birthday is May 16th also.

[@theresazissarider-rahmani8083]

Sammy always was around black people in fact he had many security guards that were black. Why make him to be a racist against his own - he was not.

[@soapbxprod]

That's SO right on! Sammy was the greatest single all around performer of the 20th Century. No decent American would suggest otherwise. Love to you and yours, God Bless America.

[@abrahamisaacmuciusiii691]

@@soapbxprod Are you the person who interviewed Ms. Elvera Sanchez?

[@ubself]

⁀‵⁀' Theresa Zissa Rider-Rahmani very true,

[@donttalktomeyoureannoying8736]

His last wife was black... where is this racism nonsense came from lol

[@theresazissarider-rahmani8083]

@@soapbxprod I saw him many times on stage he was super.

[@Vincent50]

Who is this interviewer? She’s horrible and kinda racist with her questions. Mama Davis is smart as a whip.

[@rayanagram]

I searched the comments to see if anyone else was as frustrated as I was with the unprofessionalism displayed by both the interviewer and her annoying assistant. Very smart lady

[@StratsRUs]

I admire her patience

[@billbrimmer1739]

She loved her son and was a confident person. No wonder Sam got along with people so well, he had a great teacher.

[@alanmorris7669]

She passed away in 2000.

[@dk60ish]

Strange that the interviewer asked questions over to get a better take for technical reasons, but the the 3 part interview is being presented here unedited.

[@Unicorn-px4mk]

... why does the interviewer keep asking her the same questions??...

[@soapbxprod]

It's called shooting "takes". This is not a talk show interview.

[@sincereiam]

Her son was dying do you really think she was concerned with who was at the hospital.

[@abrahamisaacmuciusiii691]

Elvera Sanchez was born in Manhattan, NY and she was the daughter of Ida Aguiar and Marcos Sanchez, Ida was born in New York she was the daughter of Ida Henderson, an American woman from Connecticut who was of mixed Afro American and Native American Indian ancestry and Enrique Aguiar an Afro Latino from the Spanish Caribbean Island of Cuba, Ida Henderson died while giving birth to her daughter, leaving Enrique to raise their daughter alone. Ida Aguiar at the age of fourteen meet and married Marco Sanchez, who was also a Latino immigrant from Cuba and was a full blooded Hispanic, meaning he was a White person of Spanish European origin, Ida Aguiar and Marco Sanchez had four children together but only two lived into adulthood those two were Elvera and her sister Julia. So, Elvera Sanchez was of Afro Latina Cuban, Afro American, Native American Indian, and Spaniard Cuban descent. I could tell Sammy had Native American blood in him by looking at his mother and Sammy himself.

[@wolfhernandez7713]

wow I bet that made you feel good to list all of his mother's racial background. Now the Golden question is... Do you know YOUR OWN racial background this well??? How about you spend all this energy on Real Life Changing facts. Like Blacks are the Biblical Israelites and help stop covering up lies.

[@abrahamisaacmuciusiii691]

@@wolfhernandez7713 Yes I know my own racial background, what do you want from me?

[@wolfhernandez7713]

@@abrahamisaacmuciusiii691 nothing

[@NajSinghs...CreativeRecipes]

...well, lay off

[@assadelburai1622]

Sammy on interview said that his matter was from PR. So shut tha....

[@courtneycascadian8087]

I like how she let not even the sneakiest of slights get past her - "NO SAMMY WAS TALENTED, THE OTHERS NOT SO MUCH. NOW YOU MAY CONTINUE..." LMAO

[@getyourkicks]

Love this lady ...you don’t mess with Mama

[@louisech1963]

I've been researching about Sammy's life and i am so disgusted of the treatment he was given from the showbusiness and from the people from both sides of segregation. I am also surprised that this happened in the 1950's and 60's. I live in the Montréal area and i saw way more tolerance at that time. I am not saying that there wasn't any racism in my area but it was never has bad as what i am learning about all the prejudices Sammy had to endure.

[@soapbxprod]

Hello Louise- I love Montréal so much- my favorite city on Earth

[@jaiyabyrd4177]

It's 2022 Just seeing your comments. Many foreigners are shocked at the harshness of American racism 😳

[@joseh3564]

Louise: What percentage of minorities lived in Montreal during those years and or now? Also, did the minorities assimilate and work hard, or was it the opposite? Historically, in France, if one does not speak French, one is generally treated differently (rudely), especially in Paris.

[@donlib1280]

she maybe still alive this was over a decade or so ago he is fortunate to have had his mom

[@milesclarke9343]

Don Lib no she is gone by now. sammy davis would be 95 by npw so his mother is definitely gone

[@JuicyTaz201]

She passed in 2000 at the age of 95

[@RobQuincyAdams]

@@JuicyTaz201 Did you know that her mother lived to be 112!!? Just read that yesterday.

[@travelseatsyellowlab]

Her is fortunate to have had her but was unfortunate to have been survived by her.

[@mlt1357]

Sammy Davis did collaborate with Motown. She didn’t know that. Sadly, the album was not successful. Marvin Gaye wrote songs for him but they were not used.

[@michaelmitchell5098]

Say that again 👏🙂

[@cherylrleigh1912]

Elvera "Baby" Sanchez 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. Life and career Elvera Sanchez was born in New York City to Cuban immigrants Luisa Valentina (née Aguiar) (13 February 1884-6 October 1995), who was a living centenarian at the time of Sammy Jr.'s death and Marco Sánchez (1852-1908), a cigar maker. She began her career as a chorus-line dancer at the Lafayette Theater in Harlem, in 1921. She became known as "Baby Sanchez", and married Sammy Davis Sr., also a dancer, in 1923. In 1925, their son and only child, Sammy Davis Jr., was born. He would often accompany his mother and father to the theater. When Sammy Jr. was three, his parents split up and his father obtained sole custody of him, taking him on the road. Sanchez was a chorus-line dancer at Apollo Theater for six years and appeared in Oscar Micheaux’s 1938 film Swing. She continued to dance until the 1940s. After retiring from her show business career at the age of 35, she began working as a barmaid for Grace's Little Belmont in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She enjoyed telling jokes to customers and was known for sporting a gold napkin. Her connections with entertainers Count Basie, Billy Eckstine, and Sarah Vaughan drew these and other celebrities to her station, and her son Sammy would come to visit after performing across town at the 500 Club "and delighted everyone, pouring drinks and singing". Frank Sinatra's valet George Jacobs recalled in his memoirs that Sinatra also liked to drop by Grace's Little Belmont in the early morning hours after his shows at the 500 Club to say hello to Davis' mother behind the bar. From 1989, until her death in 2000, she was an adviser to the New York Committee to Celebrate National Tap Dance Day. She was also survived by a daughter, Ramona. Personal life Sanchez was Catholic and raised Sammy Jr. as such. Source Wikipedia

[@SenorZorrozzz]

Sad, Sammy was old and dying and looked bad but his mother was still alive!!!

[@joenelson3037]

Believe it or not, his grandmother, Louisa Sanchez, was still alive too.

[@SenorZorrozzz]

Interviewer talks way too much.

[@spiritualenlightenmentsmoo308]

Sammy was an entertainer white people excepted us when we can sing or dance and play sports...its always has been that way..look at joe Louis in the 30s

[@goldenheart751]

She was a smart, beautiful, and spicy woman. Sammy looks just like his mother.

[@abrahamisaacmuciusiii691]

I wonder, did Sammy know Desi Arnaz and did the two tell each other that they were Cuban?

[@jaylotto6322]

Abraham Isaac Mucius III she Puerto Rican not cuban

[@abrahamisaacmuciusiii691]

@@jaylotto6322 Bruh, she was Cuban not Puerto Rican, know your facts.

[@wolfhernandez7713]

either way HE was of Black not "Cuban". That was his mother. Funny I NEVER seen the "hispanic" community acknowledge him or ANY half Black\"hispanic" celebrity... Until they hit Big Time and that's when you crabs of a barrel start you "oh he\she is PR, Cuban"... and whatever other than Black, The Black half is forgotten.

[@abrahamisaacmuciusiii691]

@@wolfhernandez7713 I'm not denying his black heritage, all I'm saying is he was a Latino as well, it's written on his face like his blackness, don't come at me with that crabs in a barrel shit.

[@abrahamisaacmuciusiii691]

@@jaylotto6322 Fuck that one stupid ass who liked your comment.

[@blakemrolfsensanchez547]

Sammy Davis Jr was friends with everybody he didnt see colors

[@assadelburai1622]

We puertorriqueños don't see colors because we have all of them...

[@DawnMaxwell-y4z]

Frank Sinatra lived in Palm Springs California too and a street named after him.. it might Palm dessert California same area .

[@SenorZorrozzz]

Sam, Dean and Frank fly to NYC and did a benefit for MLK.

[@edwinacurl6888]

Oh whatever 😂😂😂😂😂 in lane terms (you know what tf I mean)something a mother would say😎🥰

[@DetroitLives313]

"The blacks...."

[@SenorZorrozzz]

Bobby told JFK it may hurt the southern vote to put Sammy up front because Sammy married Mae Brit who was white.

[@clairef.shepard2776]

Either, i their, neither, ni their

[@robr268]

She doesn't like Altovise 👀