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Pearl Bailey (1918–1990)
Soundtrack | Actress | Writer
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". ...
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Known for
The Fox and the Hound (1981),
Porgy and Bess (1959),
Variety Girl (1947),
The Landlord (1970)
Details
Mar
29,
1918 (died Aug
17,
1990)
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5' 6½"
(1.69m)
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Awards
Filmography | Edit filmography
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Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Friend Like Me (1993)
(Video) - Big Mama (archive footage), Performer ("Best of Friends") |
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The Fox and the Hound (1981)
Big Mama (voice), Performer ("Best of Friends" (1981), "Lack of Education" (1981), "Appreciate the Lady" (1981)) |
$12MM
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$63MM
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That Certain Feeling (1956)
Augusta aka Gussie, Performer ("That Certain Feeling", "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart") |
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Carmen Jones (1954)
Frankie, Performer ("BEAT OUT DAT RHYTHM ON A DRUM", "WHIZZIN' AWAY ALONG DE TRACK", "CARD SONG") (uncredited) |
$750K
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Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009)
(TV Movie) - Herself (archive footage), Performer ("Something's Gotta Give") |
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Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (2003)
(TV Special) - Herself (archive footage), Performer ("The Ballad of Mack the Knife" (originally "Moritat vom Mackie Messer")) |
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In Performance at the White House: A Salute to Broadway - The Shows (1988)
(TV Special) - Herself, Performer ("Before the Parade Passes By", "Legalize My Name", "Something Wonderful", "Hello, Dolly!") |
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The Muppet Show (1978)
(TV Series) - Performer ("Hello, Dolly!") (1 episode, 1978), Performer ("My Soul Is a Witness", "In the Good Old Summertime", "Everything's Coming Up Roses") (1 episode, 1978), Herself - Special Guest Star (1 episode, 1978)
Pearl Bailey (Nov
11,
1978)
Season 3,
Episode 5
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Herself - Special Guest Star,
Performer ("Hello, Dolly!") (as "Hello, Fellas!"),
Performer ("My Soul Is a Witness", "In the Good Old Summertime", "Everything's Coming Up Roses")
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The Love Boat (1978)
(TV Series) - Millie Washington (1 episode, 1978)
Isaac's Double Standard/One More Time/Chimpanzeeshines (Jan
14,
1978)
Season 1,
Episode 14
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Love, American Style (1973)
(TV Series) - (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 (Oct
5,
1973)
Season 5,
Episode 4
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(segment "Love and High Spirits")
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The Pearl Bailey Show (1971)
(TV Series) - Herself - Hostess / Singer (2 episodes, 1971), Performer ("When the Trumpet Sounds") (1 episode, 1971), Writer (1 episode, 1971)
Ethel Waters/Robert Goulet/Hines, Hines and Dad (Feb
13,
1971)
Season 1,
Episode 4
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Herself - Hostess / Singer,
Performer ("When the Trumpet Sounds") (uncredited)
Louis Armstrong/Bing Crosby/Andy Williams (Jan
23,
1971)
Season 1,
Episode 1
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Herself - Hostess / Singer,
Writer
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Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway (1969)
(TV Movie) - Herself, 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") |
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The 22nd Annual Tony Awards (1968)
(TV Special) - Herself - Special Award Recipient & Performer, Performer ("Put on Your Sunday Clothes/So Long, Dearie") |
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The Danny Kaye Show (1964)
(TV Series) - Performer ("Who Cares?", "Personality", "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?") (1 episode, 1964), Herself (1 episode, 1964)
Episode #2.11 (Dec
2,
1964)
Season 2,
Episode 11
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Herself,
Performer ("Who Cares?", "Personality", "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?")
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Toast of the Town (1949–1961)
(TV Series) - Herself / Herself - Singer (2 episodes, 1949), Performer ("Baby, It's Cold Outside", "The Hucklebuck") (1 episode, 1949), Performer ("Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree") (1 episode, 1961)
Episode #14.27 (Apr
16,
1961)
Season 14,
Episode 27
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Herself,
Performer ("Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree")
Episode #3.4 (Oct
9,
1949)
Season 3,
Episode 4
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Herself - Singer,
Performer ("Baby, It's Cold Outside", "The Hucklebuck") (uncredited)
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The Perry Como Show (1958)
(TV Series) - Performer ("It Figures", "Watchin' the Trains Go By", "Chattanooga Choo Choo") (1 episode, 1958), Herself (1 episode, 1958)
Pearl Bailey, Lily Pons, Gertrude Berg (Apr
26,
1958)
Season 10,
Episode 32
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Herself,
Performer ("It Figures", "Watchin' the Trains Go By", "Chattanooga Choo Choo") (uncredited)
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The Steve Allen Show (1957)
(TV Series) - Herself - Singer (1 episode, 1957), Performer ("Sweet Georgia Brown", "The Mambo, Tango, Samba, Calypso, Rhumba Blues") (1 episode, 1957)
Episode #2.30 (May
12,
1957)
Season 2,
Episode 30
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Herself - Singer,
Performer ("Sweet Georgia Brown", "The Mambo, Tango, Samba, Calypso, Rhumba Blues") (uncredited)
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The Colgate Comedy Hour (1954)
(TV Series) - Performer ("Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)", "He's Gone") (1 episode, 1954), Herself - Singer (1 episode, 1954)
Episode #4.42 (Jul
25,
1954)
Season 4,
Episode 42
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Herself - Singer,
Performer ("Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)", "He's Gone")
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Texaco Star Theatre Starring Milton Berle (1948)
(TV Series) - Performer ("Tired", "Good Enough For Me") (1 episode, 1948), Herself - Singer (1 episode, 1948)
Pearl Bailey, Senor Wences, Al Kelly (Jun
8,
1948)
Season 1,
Episode 1
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Herself - Singer,
Performer ("Tired", "Good Enough For Me") (uncredited)
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Hollywood Connection (1977)
(TV Series) - Herself (5 episodes, 1977)
Buddy Hackett, Pearl Bailey, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Madlyn Rhue, Jan Murray, Anson Williams (Nov
28,
1977)
Season 1,
Episode 61
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Herself
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The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1975)
(TV Series) - Herself - Vocalist / Herself - Co-Hostess / Herself - Guest Hostess / Herself / Herself - Co-Host / Herself - Co-host (42 episodes, 1965) |
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1964–1973)
(TV Series) - Herself / Herself - Guest Hostess / Herself - Guest (12 episodes, 1964) |
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The Pearl Bailey Show (1971)
(TV Series) - Herself - Hostess / Singer / Herself - Hostes (15 episodes, 1971) |
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Toast of the Town (1949–1968)
(TV Series) - Herself - Singer / Herself (21 episodes, 1949)
The Beach Boys, Pearl Bailey, Richard Pryor, Jackie Wilson, Jane Morgan, Colleen Dewhurst, Denny McLain, Bob Gibson, the Muppets (Oct
13,
1968)
Season 22,
Episode 3
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Herself - Singer
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The Jimmy Dean Show (1966)
(TV Series) - Herself - Guest (1 episode, 1966)
Pearl Bailey, Wilma Burgess, Buck Owens & The Buckaroos (Jan
21,
1966)
Season 3,
Episode 17
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Herself - Guest
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The Arthur Murray Party (1953–1957)
(TV Series) - Herself / Herself - Singer / Herself - Special Guest / Herself - Guest (6 episodes, 1953) |
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Texaco Star Theatre Starring Milton Berle (1948–1951)
(TV Series) - Herself - Singer (4 episodes, 1948) |
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Broadway: The American Musical (2004)
(TV Mini-series) - Dolly Levi (in 'Hello, Dolly!') (1 episode, 2004)
Tradition: 1957-1979 (Oct
21,
2004)
Season 1,
Episode 5
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Dolly Levi (in 'Hello, Dolly!') (archive footage)
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Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (2003)
(TV Movie) - Frankie (clip from Carmen Jones (1954)) (archive footage) |
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Biography (1999)
(TV Series) - Frankie (clip from Carmen Jones (1954)) (1 episode, 1999)
Dorothy Dandridge: Little Girl Lost (Aug
23,
1999)
Frankie (clip from Carmen Jones (1954)) (archive footage)
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