Pearl Bailey

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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.

Career

1. 1918
   Born
2. 1976
   Won Coretta Scott King Award
3. 1988
   Won Presidential Medal of Freedom
4. 1990
   Passed away
5. Won Daytime Emmy Award
6. Won Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
7. Won star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
8. Notable work: Carmen Jones
9. Notable work: Porgy and Bess
10. Notable work: Pearl's kitchen : an extraordinary cookbook

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Newport News
• •Citizenship: United States
• •Known as: singer, stage actor, film actor, voice actor
• •Plays: voice
• •Spouse: Louie Bellson