PEARL BAILEY  

WOMEN IN JAZZ SITE CONTENTS

1. Toshiko Akiyoshi
2. Geri Allen
3. Andrews Sisters
4. Angela Andrews
5. Lil Harden Armstrong
6. Dorothy Ashby
7. Pearl Bailey
8. Beverly Barkley
9. Karen Briggs
10. Ruth Brown
11. Diane Cameron
12. Betty Carter
13. Joan Cartwright
14. Kim Clarke
15. Gloria Coleman
16. Alice Coltrane
17. Dorothy Donegan
18. Ella Fitzgerald
19. Rita Graham
20. Jace Harnage
21. Billie Holiday
22. Bertha Hope
23. Shirley Horn
24. Lena Horne
25. Alberta Hunter
26. Jus' Cynthia
27. Sandra Kaye
28. Emme Kemp
29. Vinnie
30. Lavelle
31. Peggy Lee
32. Abbey Lincoln
33. Melba Liston
34. Gloria Lynne
35. Tania Maria
36. Marian McPartland
37. Carmen McRae
38. Mabel Mercer
39. M'zuri
40. Sandy Patton
41. Trudy Pitts
42. Cheryl Porter
43. Shirley Scott
44. Nina Simone
45. Bessie Smith
46. Carol Sudhalter
47. Sarah Vaughn
48. Dinah Washington
49. Ethel Waters
50. Mary Lou Williams

Pearl Mae Bailey

Born: March 29, 1918
Birthplace: Newport News, VA
Died: August 17, 1990
Location of death: Philadelphia, PA
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Singer

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Appointed by Nixon as Ambassador of Love

Husband: Louie Bellson (3rd, drummer, m. 1952, until her death, 1 son and 1 daughter adopted)
University: BA Theology, Georgetown University (1985, at age 67)

    Presidential Medal of Freedom 1988
    Tony 1967 for the black version of Hello, Dolly!
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 7080 Hollywood Blvd

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale (9-Oct-1985)
    The Fox and the Hound (10-Jul-1981) [VOICE]
    Norman... Is That You? (1976)
    The Landlord (20-May-1970)
    All the Fine Young Cannibals (22-Sep-1960)
    Porgy and Bess (24-Jun-1959)
    St. Louis Blues (7-Apr-1958)
    Carmen Jones (5-Oct-1954)