# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pearl-bailey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:56:32.435Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pearl-bailey"
name: "Pearl Bailey"
slug: "pearl-bailey"
description: "Pearl Mae Bailey 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."
tagline: "American actress and singer (1918–1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pearl_Bailey_-_publicity.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1918-03-29"
deathDate: "1990-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.2581
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0047440/"
    handle:    "nm0047440"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "پرل بیلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Perl Beyli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pearl Bailey"
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    title: "Pearl Bailey"
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    title: "Pearl Bailey"
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    title: "Pearl Bailey"
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    title: "პერლ ბეილი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pearl Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pearl Bailey"
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    title: "Pearl Bailey"
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    title: "Pearl Bailey"
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    title: "Бэйли, Перл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pearl Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Bailey"
    title: "Pearl Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pearl_Bailey"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump