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Date of Birth
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29-March-1918
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Place of Birth
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Southampton County
(Virginia, United States of America)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Pearl Mae Bailey, Pearly Mae, Dickie, Pearl Mae Bailey, Dickie
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Profession
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Singer, Actor, Voice Actor
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Quotes
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- Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be the first.
- You never find yourself until you face the truth.
- What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.
- A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.
- The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.
- There is a period of life when we swallow knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.
- There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you -- if you don't repeat it.
- The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.
- There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while.
- People see God every day; they just don't recognize Him.
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Pearl Mae Bailey was an American actress and singer. After appearing in vaudeville, she made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946. She won a Tony Award for the title role in the all-black production of Hello, Dolly! in 1968. In 1986, she won a Daytime Emmy award for her performance as a fairy godmother in the ABC Afterschool Special, Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale.
Her rendition of "Takes Two to Tango" hit the top ten in 1952.
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