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- Birth nameSheila Jeanette Dawson
- Sheila Jordan was born on November 18, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for Tiny Snow (2016), Look Up and Live (1954) and The Other Eight Mile: The History of Baker's Keyboard Lounge. She was married to Duke Jordan. She died on August 11, 2025 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseDuke Jordan(1953 - 1962) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenTracey J. Jordan
- ParentsHelen Margaret HullDonald Wesley Mackenzie Dawson
- She also taught at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the Vermont Jazz Center, Interplay Jazz and Arts, as well as teaching international workshops.
- She received in 2018 the Bistro Award Outstanding Contributions to the Art of Jazz.
- Her biography, Jazz Child: A Portrait of Sheila Jordan, written by vocalist and educator Ellen Johnson, was published in 2014. Jordan describes her own struggles with addiction in the book.
- In the early 1960s, she performed at the Page Three Club in Greenwich Village with pianist Herbie Nichols and at other New York venues.
- She led recordings for Blue Note, Blackhawk, East Wind, ECM, Grapevine, Muse, Palo Alto, and SteepleChase.
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