Pearl bailey biography childhood rashes

The Celebrated film, television, and theatre star Pearl Bailey was on March 29, 1918. Bailey gained fame for her work in Broadway, cabaret, and Hollywood.

Pearl bailey biography childhood rashes

Over the course of her long career, Bailey won both an Emmy and Tony Award.

The daughter of a preacher, Bailey began singing at the age of three, by the time she was 15 she was wowing the audience at the Apollo Theater. Her professional career began soon after this, singing and dancing with jazz bands led by Edgar Hayes, Noble Sissle, and Cootie Williams.

Bailey began performing as a solo act in 1944. She charmed night club audiences with her easygoing stage presence and humorous comments. During the mid-‘40s she briefly replaced Sister Rosetta Tharpein Cab Calloway’s Orchestra, then went on to debut on Broadway in the musical St.

Louis Woman alongside Mahalia Jackson, Eartha Kitt, and Nat King Cole. Bailey earned an award for the most promising newcomer, and made her first film, Variety Girl, in 1947.

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