Pearl Bailey Actor
- Gender: Female
- Citizenship: United States
- Born: Mar 29, 1918
- Died: Aug 17, 1990
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.
I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever way God turns my feet, I go.
morning
Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.
learning
People see God every day, they just don't recognize him.
God
There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.
knowledge
What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.
love & work
You never find yourself until you face the truth.
truth
You must change in order to survive.
change