Pearl Mae Bailey, born in Virginia on March 29, 1918, was an American actress and singer. Bailey began by singing and dancing in Philadelphia’s black nightclubs in the 1930s, and soon started ...
I’d known for years the jazz singer and Tony award-winning actress Pearl Bailey performed early in her career in Pottsville. I knew because she told me. When I was a reporter at The Morning Call, she ...
UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: Photo of Pearl BAILEY; Posed studio portrait of Pearl Bailey (Photo by Gilles Petard/Redferns) (Gilles Petard, Getty Images 2025) NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – To call Pearl Bailey ...