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Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American actress, singer and author. After appearing in vaudeville , she made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946. [2] She received a Special Tony Award for the title role in the all-black production of Hello, Dolly! in 1968.
Pearl Bailey. Actress: The Fox and the Hound. Her father Joseph was a minister and her mother was named Ella Mae. Her birth name was Pearly Mae but her parents anticipated she would be a boy and when a girl was born she was nicknamed "Dickie". Her brother was entertainer Bill Bailey (1912-1978).
Pearl Bailey. Actress: The Fox and the Hound. Her father Joseph was a minister and her mother was named Ella Mae. Her birth name was Pearly Mae but her parents anticipated she would be a boy and when a girl was born she was nicknamed "Dickie". Her brother was entertainer Bill Bailey (1912-1978).
Aug 19, 1990 · Pearl Bailey, the entertainer whose distinctive singing style was enhanced by her mischievous witticisms and warm personality, died on Friday at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in ...
Feb 9, 2021 · Starring Pearl Bailey Led by Bailey in 1967, the original Broadway production was re-invented with an all-Black cast, garnering acclaim from audiences and critics alike. By Playbill Staff
Pearl Bailey (born March 29, 1918, Newport News, Va., U.S.—died Aug. 17, 1990, Philadelphia, Pa.) was an American entertainer notable for her sultry singing and mischievous humour. Pearl Bailey in the Broadway production of Arms and the Girl, 1950.
Aug 18, 1990 · Entertainer Pearl Bailey, Enduring Star, Dies at 72. Pearl Bailey, the preacher’s daughter who sang and danced her way from Depression coal mining towns to Broadway and the hearts of...
Aug 19, 1990 · PHILADELPHIA —. Pearl Bailey, the actress and singer with the sexy, throaty drawl and droll sense of humor who once was called America’s “ambassador of love,” died Friday at age 72. An ...
Bailey, Pearl (1918–1990) African-American jazz singer, Tony Award-winning actress, author, and tireless campaigner for world peace who served as an American delegate to the United Nations. Born in Newport News, Virginia, on March 29, 1918; died on August 17, 1990; youngest of four children of Joseph James Bailey (an evangelical preacher) and ...
October 16, 2015. Singer, actress, humorist and humanitarian Pearl Mae Bailey was born in Newport News, Virginia, the daughter of a Pentecostal preacher in whose church she began singing at an early age. She moved to Washington, D.C., with her family when she was three.
