She settled in Los Angeles, where she never became a star but did rub shoulders with some of the elites of old Hollywood, including backing up singer Pearl Bailey, being an extra in a scene with ...

Pearl Mae Bailey was born March 29 th, 1918 and died on August 17 th, 1990. When she was 15 years old Pearl took first prize singing a song at an amateur contest held at the Pearl Theatre in ...

Bailey was born in Newport News, Va. in 1917. In the 1930s, she moved to North Philadelphia’s 1946 N. 23rd Street — a blue ...

When Tony Award winner and variety show host Pearl Bailey wasn’t enthralling audiences with her throaty voice and down home charm, she must have been working on her scrapbooks. Bailey ...

opening at the St. James Theatre on January 16, 1964. A few years later, Pearl Bailey played Dolly on that same stage and brought her own magical personality to the role. On March 16, 1969 ...