Pearl Bailey
Sign in to saveAmerican actress and singer (1918–1990)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1918-03-29
- Died
- 1990-08-17
- Works
- 24
Top works
- A study of personality characteristics predictive of social recovery in schizophrenia
- Pearl's Kitchen
- Pearl's pearls
- Pearl Bailey
- Hello, Dolly!
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Newport News, Virginia, USA
Known for
- Bing Crosby: Rediscovered — Self (archive footage)2014
- Satan Claus — Animal2010
- TV in Black: The First Fifty Years — Self (archive footage)2004
- The World of Nat King Cole — Self2004
- Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show — Self2003
- Passing the Baton: The Making of The Fox and the Hound — Self2003
- The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s2002
- Peter Gunn — Mother1989
- Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale — Martha Dermody1985
- The Member of the Wedding — Bernice Sadie Brown1982
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 69,504
- Total plays
- 271,980
Tags
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Pearl Mae Bailey ( 29/3 /1918 to 17/08/1990) American singer and actress. Pearl made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946. She won a Tony Award for the title role in Hello, Dolly! in 1968. Her rendition of "Takes Two to Tango" hit the top ten in 1952. She was born in Southampton County, Virginia, to Rev. Joseph & Ella Mae Bailey. In 1954, she took the role of Frankie in the film version of Carmen Jones, and her rendition of "Beat Me That Rhythm on the Drum" is one of the highlights o
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
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- MEME SUITE: tools for motif discovery and searching
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- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
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Key facts
- Born
- Pearl Mae Bailey , ( 1918-03-29 ) March 29, 1918, Newport News, Virginia , U.S.
- Died
- August 17, 1990 (1990-08-17) (aged 72), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Occupations
- Actress singer comedian author
- Years active
- 1936–1989
- Spouses
- John Randolph Pinkett ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1948 – 1952 ) Louie Bellson ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1952 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 29 March 1918
- Died
- 17 August 1990
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Bailey
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Newport News
- Place of death
- Philadelphia
- Spouse
- Louie Bellson
- Occupation
- musician
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
Article
Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American actress, singer, comedian and author. After appearing in vaudeville, she made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946. She received a Special Tony Award for the title role in the all-Black production of Hello, Dolly! in 1968. In 1986, she won a Daytime Emmy award for her performance as a fairy godmother in the ABC Afterschool Special Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale. Her rendition of "Takes Two to Tango" hit the top ten in 1952.
In 1976, she became the first African American to receive the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on October 17, 1988.
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