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Overview
Mini Biography:
Her father Joseph was a minister and her mother was named Ella Mae. Her... moreAwards:
3 wins & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Photo Flash: 'An Evening with Phyllis Diller' At The Magic Castle (From BroadwayWorld.com. 26 June 2009, 8:42 PM, PDT)
'Hello Dolly!' Masterpiece Plays Jerry Herman Ring Theatre
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 29 March 2009, 12:52 PM, PDT)
Filmography
Actress:
- Peter Gunn (1989) (TV) .... Mother
- "ABC Afterschool Specials" .... Martha Dermody (1 episode, 1985)
- Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale (1985) TV episode .... Martha Dermody - "Silver Spoons" .... Lulu Baker (2 episodes, 1984-1985)
- What's Cookin'? (1985) TV episode .... Lulu Baker
- Lulu's Back in Town (1984) TV episode .... Lulu Baker - "As the World Turns" (1956) TV series .... Corinne Bailey (unknown episodes, 1982)
- The Member of the Wedding (1982) (TV) .... Bernice Sadie Brown
- The Fox and the Hound (1981) (voice) .... Big Mama
- "The Love Boat" .... Millie Washington (1 episode, 1978)
- Isaac's Double Standard/One More Time/Chimpanzeeshines (1978) TV episode .... Millie Washington - Norman... Is That You? (1976) .... Beatrice Chambers
- Tubby the Tuba (1975) (voice) .... Mrs. Elephant
- "Love, American Style" .... (segment "Love and High Spirits") (1 episode, 1973)
- Love and the Games People Play/Love and High Spirits/Love and the Memento/Love and the Single Husband/Love and the Stutter (1973) TV episode .... (segment "Love and High Spirits") - The Landlord (1970) .... Marge, Tenant
- All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960) .... Ruby
- Porgy and Bess (1959) .... Maria
- St. Louis Blues (1958) .... Aunt Hagar
- That Certain Feeling (1956) .... Augusta aka Gussie
- Carmen Jones (1954) .... Frankie
... aka Oscar Hammerstein's Carmen Jones (USA: complete title) - "Your Show of Shows" (2 episodes, 1951)
... aka "Sid Caesar's Show of Shows" (UK: rerun title)
- Episode dated 24 February 1951 (1951) TV episode
- Episode dated 17 February 1951 (1951) TV episode - Isn't It Romantic? (1948) .... Addie
Soundtrack:
- Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (2003) (TV) (performer: "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" (originally "Moritat vom Mackie Messer"))
- The Fox and the Hound (1981) (performer: "Best of Friends", "Lack of Education", "Appreciate The Lady")
- Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway (1969) (TV) (performer: "A Little Girl From Little Rock", "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home", "If My Friends Could See Me Now", "Little Green Apples", "Wives and Lovers", "The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York)", "Seventy-Six Trombones", "There is Nothin' Like a Dame", "The Two of Us", "Elegance", "Hello Dolly", "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free")
- The 22nd Annual Tony Awards (1968) (TV) (performer: "Put on Your Sunday Clothes/So Long, Dearie")
- "Toast of the Town" (1 episode, 1961)
... aka "The Ed Sullivan Show" (USA: new title)
- Episode #14.27 (1961) TV episode (performer: "Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree") - Porgy and Bess (1959) (performer: "Oh, I Can't Sit Down")
- St. Louis Blues (1958) (performer: "Hush the Wind", "Saint Louis Blues")
- That Certain Feeling (1956) (performer: "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart") ("That Certain Feeling")
- Carmen Jones (1954) (performer: "BEAT OUT DAT RHYTHM ON A DRUM", "WHIZZIN' AWAY ALONG DE TRACK", "CARD SONG")
... aka Oscar Hammerstein's Carmen Jones (USA: complete title) - "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (1 episode, 1954)
... aka "Colgate Summer Comedy Hour" (USA: summer title)
... aka "Colgate Variety Hour" (USA: sixth season title)
... aka "Michael Todd Revue" (USA: subtitle)
- Episode #4.42 (1954) TV episode (performer: "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)", "He's Gone") - Isn't It Romantic? (1948) (performer: "I Shoulda Quit When I Was Ahead")
- Variety Girl (1947) (performer: "TIRED")
Self:
- In Performance at the White House: A Salute to Broadway - The Shows (1988) (TV) .... Herself
- Broadway Plays Washington on Kennedy Center Tonight (1982) (TV) .... Herself
- Night of 100 Stars (1982) (TV) .... Herself
- Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982) (TV) .... Herself
... aka Bob Hope's Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (USA: complete title) - "Signature" .... Herself - Guest (2 episodes, 1982)
- Pearl Bailey: Part 1 (1982) TV episode .... Herself - Guest
- Pearl Bailey: Part 2 (1982) TV episode .... Herself - Guest - All-Star Celebration Opening the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum (1981) (TV) .... Herself
... aka Bob Hope's All-Star Celebration Opening the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum (USA: complete title) - "The John Davidson Show" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1981)
- Episode dated 14 September 1981 (1981) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 5 February 1981 (1981) TV episode .... Herself - "Disneyland" .... Herself (1 episode, 1981)
... aka "Disney's Wonderful World" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Disney Sunday Movie" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Magical World of Disney" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Wonderful World of Disney" (USA: new title)
... aka "Walt Disney Presents" (USA: new title)
... aka "Walt Disney" (USA: new title)
... aka "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" (USA: new title)
- Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life (1981) TV episode .... Herself - "Horas doradas" .... Herself (1 episode, 1980)
- Episode dated 16 May 1980 (1980) TV episode .... Herself - All-Star Salute to Pearl Bailey (1979) (TV) .... Herself
... aka The Third Annual Kraft All Star Salute: Pearl Bailey (USA: long title) - Happy Birthday, Bob (1978) (TV) .... Herself
- "The Muppet Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1978)
- Episode #3.5 (1978) TV episode .... Herself - Music My Way (1977) (TV) .... Herself - Cameo
- The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
- "Captain Kangaroo" .... Herself (1 episode, 1976)
- Episode dated 22 October 1976 (1976) TV episode .... Herself - "Donny and Marie" .... Herself (1 episode, 1976)
... aka "The Osmond Family Show"
- Episode #1.7 (1976) TV episode .... Herself - "The Merv Griffin Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1975)
- Salute to Tony Bennett (1975) TV episode .... Herself - "The Hollywood Squares" .... Semi-Regular / ... (35 episodes, 1966-1975)
- Episode dated 6 January 1975 (1975) TV episode .... Semi-Regular
- Episode dated 30 September 1974 (1974) TV episode .... Semi-Regular
- Episode dated 2 September 1974 (1974) TV episode .... Semi-Regular
- Episode dated 19 August 1974 (1974) TV episode .... Semi-Regular
- Episode dated 5 August 1974 (1974) TV episode .... Semi-Regular
(30 more) - "The Dean Martin Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1974)
... aka "The Dean Martin Comedy Hour" (USA: new title)
- Celebrity Roast: Jack Benny (1974) TV episode .... Herself - "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Herself / ... (5 episodes, 1964-1973)
... aka "The Best of Carson" (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 27 April 1973 (1973) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 17 October 1972 (1972) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 27 September 1965 (1965) TV episode .... Herself - Guest
- Episode dated 21 September 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 27 July 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Herself - "The Flip Wilson Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1972)
- Episode #2.27 (1972) TV episode .... Herself - Bing Crosby and His Friends (1972) (TV) .... Herself
- "The Mike Douglas Show" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1967-1971)
- Episode dated 22 October 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 1 June 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself - "The Pearl Bailey Show" .... Herself - Host (1 episode, 1971)
- Episode dated 13 February 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Herself - Host - "This Is Your Life" .... Herself (1 episode, 1971)
- Pearl Bailey (1971) TV episode .... Herself - "The Dick Cavett Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1970)
- Episode dated 24 November 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Herself - The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (1969) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter
- Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway (1969) (TV) .... Herself
- "Personality" .... Herself (1 episode, 1968)
- Episode dated 18 November 1968 (1968) TV episode .... Herself - "Toast of the Town" .... Herself / ... (21 episodes, 1949-1968)
... aka "The Ed Sullivan Show" (USA: new title)
- Episode #22.3 (1968) TV episode .... Singer
- Episode #21.14 (1967) TV episode .... Singer
- Episode #20.24 (1967) TV episode .... Herself - Singer
- Episode #19.26 (1966) TV episode .... Herself - Singer
- Episode #16.10 (1962) TV episode .... Singer
(16 more) - The 22nd Annual Tony Awards (1968) (TV) .... Herself - Performer
- "I've Got a Secret" .... Guest star (1 episode, 1967)
- Episode dated 23 January 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Guest star - "What's My Line?" .... Mystery Guest (3 episodes, 1955-1966)
- Episode dated 28 August 1966 (1966) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
- Episode dated 5 January 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
- Episode dated 6 February 1955 (1955) TV episode .... Mystery Guest - "The Danny Kaye Show" .... Herself-Guest (1 episode, 1965)
- Episode dated 19 May 1965 (1965) TV episode .... Herself-Guest - "The Andy Williams Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1963)
- Episode dated 28 February 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Herself - "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1960)
... aka "The Dinah Shore Show" (USA: sixth season title)
- Episode #4.17 (1960) TV episode .... Herself - "The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom" .... Herself (1 episode, 1958)
- Episode #1.27 (1958) TV episode .... Herself - "The Perry Como Show" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1956-1958)
... aka "Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Chesterfield Supper Club"
- Episode dated 15 February 1958 (1958) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 8 December 1956 (1956) TV episode .... Herself - "The Steve Allen Show" .... Herself - Singer (3 episodes, 1957)
... aka "The Steve Allen Plymouth Show" (USA: new title)
- Episode #2.46 (1957) TV episode .... Herself - Singer
- Episode #2.30 (1957) TV episode .... Herself - Singer
- Episode #2.17 (1957) TV episode .... Herself - Singer - "The Nat King Cole Show" .... Herself - Singer (1 episode, 1957)
- Episode #2.3 (1957) TV episode .... Herself - Singer - "The Arthur Murray Party" .... Herself (1 episode, 1957)
... aka "Arthur Murray Party Time"
... aka "The Arthur Murray Show"
- Episode dated 21 May 1957 (1957) TV episode .... Herself - "The Name's the Same" .... Herself - Contestant (1 episode, 1955)
- Episode dated 21 February 1955 (1955) TV episode .... Herself - Contestant - "The Colgate Comedy Hour" .... Herself - Singer (1 episode, 1954)
... aka "Colgate Summer Comedy Hour" (USA: summer title)
... aka "Colgate Variety Hour" (USA: sixth season title)
... aka "Michael Todd Revue" (USA: subtitle)
- Episode #4.42 (1954) TV episode .... Herself - Singer - "The George Jessel Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1954)
- Episode #1.18 (1954) TV episode .... Herself - "Songs for Sale" .... Herself (1 episode, 1951)
- Episode dated 3 November 1951 (1951) TV episode .... Herself - "The Milton Berle Show" .... Herself - Singer (1 episode, 1948)
... aka "Texaco Star Theater" (USA)
... aka "The Buick-Berle Show" (USA: new title)
- Episode #1.1 (1948) TV episode .... Herself - Singer - Variety Girl (1947) .... Herself (specialty singer)
Archive Footage:
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"The Bronx Is Burning"
- Past Combatants (2007) TV episode (uncredited) .... Herself -
"American Masters"
- The World of Nat King Cole (2006) TV episode .... Herself -
"Broadway: The American Musical"
- Tradition: 1957-1979 (2004) TV episode .... Dolly Levi (in 'Hello, Dolly!') - Andy Williams: My Favorite Duets (2004) (TV) .... Herself
- TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004) (V) .... Herself
- Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (2003) (TV) .... Herself
- Passing the Baton (2003) (V) .... Herself
- The Best of Disney Music: A Legacy in Song - Part I (1993) (TV) .... Herself
- The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion (1993) (TV) .... Herself
- Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America (1993) (TV) .... Herself
- Johnny Carson's 29th Anniversary (1991) (TV) .... Herself
- Muppet Video: Muppet Moments (1985) (V) .... Herself
- The Last Generation (1971)
Additional Details
Other Works:
1967: Replaced Carol Channing in a recast, all-black Broadway stage production of "Hello, Dolly!". Pearl won a special Tony Award that year for her performance. morePublicity Listings:
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