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Pearl Bailey

1918 - 1990

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Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American actress, singer, comedian and author. After appearing in vaudeville, she made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946. She received a Special Tony Award for the title role in the all-black production of Hello, Dolly! Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pearl Bailey is the 6,808th most popular actor (up from 6,855th in 2019), the 10,559th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,117th in 2019) and the 3,147th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Pearl Bailey ranks 6,808 out of 13,578Before her are Adriana Ozores, Prunella Scales, Seohyun, George E. Stone, Marie Prevost, and Kaitlin Olson. After her are Heiner Lauterbach, Yu Menglong, Susan Dey, Patricia Belcher, Richard Harmon, and Michael Bates.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Pearl Bailey ranks 295Before her are Gersh Budker, Anne Gwynne, Tony Rolt, Ntsu Mokhehle, Yelizaveta Chaikina, and Mrinalini Sarabhai. After her are Dusty Anderson, Elaine de Kooning, Balasaraswati, Dick Esser, Albertina Sisulu, and James Daly. Among people deceased in 1990, Pearl Bailey ranks 287Before her are Çetin Zeybek, Mike Mazurki, József Moravetz, Ed Czerkiewicz, Spark Matsunaga, and Bob Gerard. After her are David Hampshire, Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan, Donald A. Wollheim, Juan Manuel Bordeu, Dries van der Lof, and Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pearl Bailey ranks 10,561 out of 20,380Before her are William Glackens (1870), Brad Wilk (1968), Peggy Fleming (1948), John Bell Hatcher (1861), Thelma Kalama (1931), and Kaitlin Olson (1975). After her are Butch Otter (1942), Susan Dey (1952), Patricia Belcher (1954), Roderick Thorp (1936), Amy Klobuchar (1960), and Robinson Jeffers (1887).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Pearl Bailey ranks 3,148Before her are Kelly Slater (1972), Ann Sothern (1909), Devin Ratray (1977), Sam Bottoms (1955), Mark Feuerstein (1971), and Kaitlin Olson (1975). After her are Susan Dey (1952), Patricia Belcher (1954), Ben Platt (1993), Jack Wagner (1959), Bill Erwin (1914), and Mackenyu (1996).