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Pearl Bailey (1918–1990)

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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). She spent her early life in Washington DC where she received her early education... See full bio »

Born:

Pearl Mae Bailey
in Newport News, Virginia, USA

Died:

(age 72) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Pearl Bailey and her husband Louie Bellson backstage at Pearl Bailey and Jackie Cooper
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Hide HideActress (19 titles)
1989 Peter Gunn (TV movie)
Mother
 
1985 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series)
Martha Dermody
– Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale (1985) … Martha Dermody
 
1984-1985 Silver Spoons (TV series)
Lulu Baker
– What's Cookin'? (1985) … Lulu Baker
– Lulu's Back in Town (1984) … Lulu Baker
 
1982 As the World Turns (TV series)
Corinne Bailey
 
1982 The Member of the Wedding (TV movie)
Bernice Sadie Brown
 
1981 The Fox and the Hound
Big Mama (voice)
 
1978 The Love Boat (TV series)
Millie Washington
– Isaac's Double Standard/One More Time/Chimpanzeeshines (1978) … Millie Washington
 
1976 Norman... Is That You?
Beatrice Chambers
 
1975 Tubby the Tuba
Mrs. Elephant (voice)
 
1973 Love, American Style (TV series)
(segment "Love and High Spirits")
– Love and the Games People Play/Love and High Spirits/Love and the Memento/Love and the Single Husband/Love and the Stutter (1973) … (segment "Love and High Spirits")
 
1970 The Landlord
Marge
 
1966 ABC Stage 67 (TV series)
– The People Trap (1966)
 
1960 All the Fine Young Cannibals
Ruby
 
1959 Porgy and Bess
Maria
 
1958 St. Louis Blues
Aunt Hagar
 
1956 That Certain Feeling
Augusta aka Gussie
 
1954 Carmen Jones
Frankie
 
1948 Isn't It Romantic?
Addie
 
1947 Variety Girl
Pearl Bailey - Singer
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (18 titles)
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary) (performer: "Something's Gotta Give")
 
2003 Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (TV documentary) (performer: "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" originally "Moritat vom Mackie Messer")
 
1981 The Fox and the Hound (performer: "Best of Friends" 1981, "Lack of Education" 1981, "Appreciate the Lady" 1981)
 
1978 The Muppet Show (TV series)
– Pearl Bailey (1978) (performer: "My Soul Is a Witness", "In the Good Old Summertime", "Everything's Coming Up Roses" / performer: "Hello, Dolly!" / as "Hello, Fellas!")
 
1971 The Pearl Bailey Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.4 (1971) (performer: "When the Trumpet Sounds" - uncredited)
 
1969 Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway (TV movie) (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")
 
1968 The 22nd Annual Tony Awards (TV special) (performer: "Put on Your Sunday Clothes/So Long, Dearie")
 
1964 The Danny Kaye Show (TV series)
– Episode #2.11 (1964) (performer: "Who Cares?", "Personality", "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?")
 
1961 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
– Episode #14.27 (1961) (performer: "Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree")
 
1959 Porgy and Bess (performer: "Oh, I Can't Sit Down")
 
1958 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
– Episode dated 26 April 1958 (1958) (performer: "It Figures" - uncredited, "Watchin' the Trains Go By" - uncredited, "Chattanooga Choo Choo" - uncredited)
 
1958 St. Louis Blues (performer: "Hush the Wind" - uncredited, "Saint Louis Blues")
 
1957 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
– Episode #2.30 (1957) (performer: "Sweet Georgia Brown" - uncredited, "The Mambo, Tango, Samba, Calypso, Rhumba Blues" - uncredited)
 
1956 That Certain Feeling (performer: "That Certain Feeling", "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart")
 
1954 Carmen Jones (performer: "BEAT OUT DAT RHYTHM ON A DRUM", "WHIZZIN' AWAY ALONG DE TRACK", "CARD SONG")
 
1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
– Episode #4.42 (1954) (performer: "Toot, Toot, Tootsie Goo' Bye!", "He's Gone")
 
1948 Isn't It Romantic? (performer: "I Shoulda Quit When I Was Ahead")
 
1947 Variety Girl (performer: "TIRED")
 
Show ShowSelf (72 titles)
1989 Today (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 5 September 1989 (1989) … Herself
 
1988 In Performance at the White House: A Salute to Broadway - The Shows (TV movie)
Herself
 
1985 50th Presidential Inaugural Gala (TV movie)
Herself
 
1982 Broadway Plays Washington on Kennedy Center Tonight (TV movie)
Herself
 
1982 Night of 100 Stars (TV special)
Herself
 
1982 Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (TV movie)
Herself
 
1982 Great Vibes! Lionel Hampton & Friends (TV movie)
Herself
 
1982 Signature (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Pearl Bailey: Part 1 (1982) … Herself - Guest
– Pearl Bailey: Part 2 (1982) … Herself - Guest
 
1981 All-Star Celebration Opening the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum (TV movie)
Herself
 
1981 The John Davidson Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 14 September 1981 (1981) … Herself
– Episode dated 5 February 1981 (1981) … Herself
 
1981 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Herself
– Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life (1981) … Herself
 
1980 Horas doradas (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 16 May 1980 (1980) … Herself
 
1979 All-Star Salute to Pearl Bailey (TV movie)
Herself
 
1978 Happy Birthday, Bob (TV special)
Herself
 
1978 The Muppet Show (TV series)
Herself
– Pearl Bailey (1978) … Herself
 
1966-1977 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 1 August 1977 (1977) … Herself
– Episode dated 25 July 1977 (1977) … Herself
– Episode dated 23 May 1977 (1977) … Herself
– Episode dated 21 February 1977 (1977) … Herself
– Episode dated 14 February 1977 (1977) … Herself
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1977 Music My Way (TV movie)
Herself - Cameo
 
1977 The 49th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
 
1976 Captain Kangaroo (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 22 October 1976 (1976) … Herself
 
1976 The Redd Foxx Becomes a Movie Star (documentary short)
Herself
 
1976 Donny and Marie (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.7 (1976) … Herself
 
1975 The Bob Braun Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 16 April 1975 (1975) … Herself
 
1975 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself
– Salute to Tony Bennett (1975) … Herself
 
1965-1974 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself
– Celebrity Roast: Jack Benny (1974) … Herself
– Episode dated 14 October 1965 (1965) … Herself
 
1967-1973 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Co-Host / Herself - Guest Hostess / …
– Episode dated 17 August 1973 (1973) … Herself - Singer
– Episode dated 4 December 1972 (1972) … Herself - Co-Host
– Episode dated 22 October 1971 (1971) … Herself
– Episode dated 15 September 1971 (1971) … Herself - Guest Hostess
– Episode dated 1 June 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1964-1973 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 27 April 1973 (1973) … Herself
– Episode dated 17 October 1972 (1972) … Herself
– Episode dated 27 September 1965 (1965) … Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 21 September 1964 (1964) … Herself
– Episode dated 27 July 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1973 Hollywood's Talking (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.1 (1973) … Herself
 
1972 The Carol Burnett Show (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode #6.7 (1972) … Herself - Guest
 
1972 Flip (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.27 (1972) … Herself
 
1972 Bing Crosby and His Friends (TV movie)
Herself
 
1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Guest Host / Herself - Guest Hostess
– Episode #4.27 (1971) … Herself
– Episode #3.247 (1971) … Herself - Guest Hostess
– Episode #3.246 (1971) … Herself - Guest Host
– Episode #3.245 (1971) … Herself - Guest Host
– Episode #3.243 (1971) … Herself
See all 6 episodes »
 
1971 The Irv Kupcinet Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 28 August 1971 (1971) … Herself
 
1971 The Pearl Bailey Show (TV series)
Herself - Host / Singer
– Episode #1.15 (1971) … Herself - Host/Singer
– Episode #1.14 (1971) … Herself - Host/Singer
– Episode #1.13 (1971) … Herself - Host/Singer
– Episode #1.12 (1971) … Herself - Host/Singer
– Episode #1.11 (1971) … Herself - Host/Singer
See all 15 episodes »
 
1971 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
– Pearl Bailey (1971) … Herself
 
1970 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 24 November 1970 (1970) … Herself
 
1969 The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1969 Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway (TV movie)
Herself
 
1968 Personality (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 18 November 1968 (1968) … Herself
– Episode dated 15 October 1968 (1968) … Herself - Guest
 
1949-1968 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Singer
– Episode #22.3 (1968) … Herself - Singer
– Episode #21.14 (1967) … Herself - Singer
– Episode #20.24 (1967) … Herself - Singer
– Episode #19.26 (1966) … Herself - Singer
– Episode #16.10 (1962) … Herself - Singer
See all 21 episodes »
 
1968 The 22nd Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer
 
1967 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.98 (1967) … Herself
– Episode #1.76 (1967) … Herself
 
1967 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Guest star
– Episode dated 23 January 1967 (1967) … Guest star
 
1966 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #3.3 (1966) … Herself
 
1955-1966 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 28 August 1966 (1966) … Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 5 January 1964 (1964) … Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 6 February 1955 (1955) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1966 The Face Is Familiar (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 22 July 1966 (1966) … Herself - Guest
 
1966 The Jimmy Dean Show (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 21 January 1966 (1966) … Herself - Guest
 
1966 Hollywood Talent Scouts (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 3 January 1966 (1966) … Herself
 
1964 The Danny Kaye Show (TV series)
Herself - Singer
– Episode #2.11 (1964) … Herself - Singer
 
1963-1964 The Jack Paar Program (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Guest
– Episode #2.16 (1964) … Herself - Guest
– Episode #2.5 (1963) … Herself
– Episode #1.32 (1963) … Herself
– Episode #1.20 (1963) … Herself
 
1963 The Andy Williams Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.22 (1963) … Herself
 
1960 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.17 (1960) … Herself
 
1959 The Big Party (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.3 (1959) … Herself
 
1956-1958 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Herself / Guest
– Episode dated 26 April 1958 (1958) … Herself
– Episode dated 15 February 1958 (1958) … Herself
– Episode dated 11 January 1958 (1958) … Guest
– Episode dated 8 December 1956 (1956) … Herself
 
1958 The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.27 (1958) … Herself
 
1958 The Big Record (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.26 (1958) … Herself
 
1957 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Herself - Singer
– Episode #2.46 (1957) … Herself - Singer
– Episode #2.30 (1957) … Herself - Singer
– Episode #2.17 (1957) … Herself - Singer
 
1957 The Nat King Cole Show (TV series)
Herself - Singer
– Episode #2.3 (1957) … Herself - Singer
 
1957 The Arthur Murray Party (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 21 May 1957 (1957) … Herself
 
1957 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.27 (1957) … Herself
 
1955 The Name's the Same (TV series)
Herself - Contestant
– Episode dated 21 February 1955 (1955) … Herself - Contestant
 
1954 The Blue Angel (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.12 (1954) … Herself
– Episode #1.11 (1954) … Herself
 
1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself - Singer
– Episode #4.42 (1954) … Herself - Singer
 
1954 The George Jessel Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.18 (1954) … Herself
 
1952 All Star Summer Revue (TV series)
Herself - Guest Vocalist
– Episode #1.5 (1952) … Herself - Guest Vocalist
 
1952 The Fred Waring Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 6 January 1952 (1952) … Herself
 
1951 Songs for Sale (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 3 November 1951 (1951) … Herself
 
1949-1951 Cavalcade of Stars (TV series)
Herself - Guest Vocalist
– Bread (1951) … Herself - Guest Vocalist
– Episode #1.7 (1949) … Herself - Guest Vocalist
 
1951 Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.3 (1951) … Herself
 
1950-1951 All Star Revue (TV series)
Herself - Guest Vocalist
– Episode #1.38 (1951) … Herself - Guest Vocalist
– Episode #1.11 (1950) … Herself - Guest Vocalist
 
1951 Your Show of Shows (TV series)
Herself - Guest Performer
– Episode #2.25 (1951) … Herself - Guest Performer
– Episode #2.24 (1951) … Herself - Guest Performer
 
1948-1951 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Herself - Singer
– Episode #3.16 (1951) … Herself - Singer
– Episode #2.25 (1950) … Herself - Singer
– Episode #2.21 (1950) … Herself - Singer
– Episode #1.1 (1948) … Herself - Singer
 
1949 Sugar Hill Times (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.4 (1949) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (17 titles)
2006-2012 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2008 Mike Douglas: Moments & Memories (video)
Herself
 
2007 The Bronx Is Burning (TV series)
 
2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Andy Williams: My Favorite Duets (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2004 TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (video documentary)
Herself
 
2003 Passing the Baton (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2003 Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1993 The Best of Disney Music: A Legacy in Song - Part I (TV movie)
Herself
 
1993 The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1993 Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1992 The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song (video documentary)
Big Mama (voice)
 
1991 Johnny Carson's 29th Anniversary (TV special)
Herself
 
1985 Muppet Video: Muppet Moments (video)
Herself
 
1974 Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (TV movie)
Herself
 
1971 The Last Generation
 

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Trivia:

Won a Special Tony Award in 1968 for her performance as a replacement in the lead in "Hello, Dolly!". RCA released a new version of the Broadway Cast Recording with Bailey, the first time this was done during a Broadway show's original run. (Carol Channing had originated the role in 1964.). See more »

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