Pearl Bailey
American actress and singer (1918-1990) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 72
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.
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Peter GunnFilm, Mother1988Presidential Medal of FreedomAward1985
Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy TaleFilm, Martha Dermody1982
Silver SpoonsSeries, Lulu Baker1981
Disney Animation: The Illusion of LifeFilm1976Coretta Scott King AwardAward
Donny & MarieSeries, 1976
Norman... Is That You?Film, 1976Beatrice Chambers1974One More TimeFilm1971The Pearl Bailey ShowSeries1970
The LandlordFilm, Marge1968
The Dick Cavett ShowSeries1966
Hollywood SquaresSeries1963
The Danny Kaye ShowSeries1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1960
All the Fine Young CannibalsFilm, Ruby1959
Porgy and BessFilm, Maria1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSeries
That Certain FeelingFilm, 1956Gussie1954
Carmen JonesFilm, Frankie1953
The OscarsSeries1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1947
Variety GirlFilm, Pearl Bailey1918Born29 March 1918People around Pearl
Otto Preminger Produced Carmen Jones (1954)
Barbra Streisand Duets: Dolly Gallagher Levi
Bob Hope Also in Variety Girl and That Certain Feeling
Shirley Booth Duets: Dolly Gallagher Levi
Blake Edwards Directed Peter Gunn (1989)
Veronica Lake Also in Variety Girl and Isn't It Romantic?
Samuel Goldwyn Produced Porgy and Bess (1959)
Ruth Gordon Duets: Dolly Gallagher Levi
Carol Channing Duets: Dolly Gallagher Levi
Dorothy Dandridge Also in Porgy and Bess and Carmen Jones
Rouben Mamoulian Directed Porgy and Bess (1959)
Mary Martin Duets: Dolly Gallagher Levi
Michael Anderson Directed All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960)
Hal Ashby Directed The Landlord (1975)
Brock Peters Also in Carmen Jones and Porgy and Bess
Mona Freeman Also in Variety Girl and Isn't It Romantic?
Melvin Frank Directed That Certain Feeling (1956)- Norman Z. McLeod Directed Isn't It Romantic? (1948)
Richard Webb Also in Variety Girl and Isn't It Romantic?
Patric Knowles Also in Variety Girl and Isn't It Romantic?
Roy Glenn Also in Porgy and Bess and Carmen Jones
Billy De Wolfe Also in Variety Girl and Isn't It Romantic?
Joseph J. Lilley Wrote Variety Girl and Isn't It Romantic?
Mary Hatcher Also in Variety Girl and Isn't It Romantic?
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The Fox and the Hound 1981
Carmen Jones 1954
The Landlord 1970
Filmography 25
48 credits on file
Television 20
Media & music
Photos 8
Portrait of Pearl Bailey (1960)
Pearl Bailey, c. 1960
Bailey, costumed in the role of Butterfly, gauges the applause following her performance of the song "It's a Woman's Prerogative" on July 5, 1946. Sustained applause required her to take another bow.
Bailey on The Ed Sullivan Show performing "Before the Parade Passes By" during her run in Hello, Dolly! on Broadway (1968)
Pearl Bailey and Nanette Fabray in the Broadway musical Arms and the Girl (1950)
Perry Como and Pearl Bailey (1971)
With Carol Channing on a TV special One More Time (1974)Awards
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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.
