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Mar 29, 1918 Newport News, Virginia, United States Died on 17 Aug 1990 (aged 72)

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About Pearl Bailey

  • Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American actress and singer.
  • After appearing in vaudeville she made her Broadway debut in St.
  • Louis Woman in 1946.
  • She won a 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.
  • She received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1976 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom on October 17, 1988.

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