Joya Sherrill Net Worth

Joya Sherrill Net Worth is
$7 Million

Joya Sherrill Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Joya Sherrill (August 20, 1924, Bayonne, New Jersey – June 28, 2010, Great Neck, New York) was an American jazz vocalist and children's television show host.Sherrill began her career with Duke Ellington in 1942, aged 17, later becoming a member of his orchestra from 1944 to 1946. She had a hit with Ellington's tune "I'm Beginning to See the Light". Subsequently, she worked as a soloist, performing with Rex Stewart, Ray Nance, and others into the 1960s. She returned to Ellington for 1959's A Drum Is a Woman. She toured the U.S. in 1959 and then took a role in the Broadway show The Long Dream. She toured with Benny Goodman in the USSR in 1962 and then returned to sing with Ellington in 1963.From 1970 to 1982 she had a children's television show, Time for Joya, later called Joya's Fun School. Later in the 1980s she hosted a children's show in the Middle East.She died of complications from leukemia in 2010, aged 85. She was survived by a son, a daughter, a sister and two grandchildren.

Date Of BirthAugust 20, 1924
Died2010-06-28
Place Of BirthBayonne, New Jersey, USA
ProfessionActress, Soundtrack
Star SignLeo
#Fact
1Jazz vocalist, noted for her tenure with the Duke Ellington Orchestra in the 1940's. In 1962, she participated in a band assembled by Benny Goodman that toured the Soviet Union.

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Richard Pryor Show1977TV Series writer - 1 episode
Adventures in Jazz1949TV Series writer - 1 episode

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Time for Joya!1970TV SeriesJoya

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Ed Sullivan Show1962-1963TV SeriesJazz Singer / Herself - Singer
The Jack Paar Tonight Show1962TV SeriesHerself
The Tonight Show1962TV SeriesHerself - Singer

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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