Pearl Mae Bailey was an American actress, singer, and author.
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25 Facts About Pearl Bailey
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Pearl Bailey was born in Newport News, Virginia to the Reverend Joseph James and Ella Mae Ricks Pearl Bailey.
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Pearl Bailey's was raised in the Bloodfields neighborhood of Newport News and graduated from Booker T Washington High School in nearby Norfolk, the first city in the region to offer higher education for black students.
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Pearl Bailey won and was offered $35 a week to perform there for two weeks.
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Pearl Bailey's later won a similar competition at Harlem's famous Apollo Theater and decided to pursue a career in entertainment.
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Pearl Bailey's was known to have performed in the church choir at St Peter Claver Catholic Church in Brooklyn, at the behest of Msgr Bernard J Quinn.
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Pearl Bailey began by singing and dancing in Philadelphia's black nightclubs in the 1930s, and soon started performing in other parts of the East Coast.
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In 1941, during World War II, Pearl Bailey toured the country with the USO, performing for American troops.
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Pearl Bailey continued to tour and record albums along with her stage and screen performances.
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Early in the television medium, Pearl Bailey guest starred on CBS's Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town.
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Pearl Bailey was given a special Tony Award for her role, and RCA Victor released a second original-cast album, the only recording of the score to have an overture written especially for the recording.
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Passionate fan of the New York Mets, Pearl Bailey sang the national anthem at Shea Stadium prior to Game 5 of the 1969 World Series, and appears in the World Series highlight film showing her support for the team.
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Pearl Bailey's sang the national anthem prior to Game 1 of the 1981 World Series between the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers at Yankee Stadium.
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Bailey hosted her own variety series on ABC, The Pearl Bailey Show, which featured many notable guests, including Lucille Ball, Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong .
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Pearl Bailey's earned a degree in theology from Georgetown University in Washington, D C in 1985 at age 67.
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In 1988, Pearl Bailey received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Reagan.
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Pearl Bailey went through a number of failed marriages in her earlier adult years.
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Pearl Bailey's married John Randolph Pinkett, either her third or fourth husband, when she was 30 years old, and divorced him four years later, accusing him of physical abuse.
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Pearl Bailey's attended several meetings of the United Nations and later appeared in a campaign ad for President Gerald Ford in the 1976 election.
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Pearl Bailey's was awarded the Bronze Medallion in 1968, the highest award conferred upon civilians by New York City.
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In 1969, Crawford and Pearl Bailey joined fellow friend Gypsy Rose Lee in accepting a USO award.
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Pearl Bailey had suffered from heart problems for over thirty years.
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Pearl Bailey is buried at Rolling Green Memorial Park in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
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Dress owned by Pearl Bailey is at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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