In truth man is polluted river. one must be a sea to receive a polluted river without becoming defiled.

Singer and actor                          

Selected Works:

Film:

Variety Girl - 1947
Isn't It Romantic? - 1948
Carmen Jones - 1954
That Certain Feeling - 1956
St. Louis Blues - 1958
Porgy and Bess - 1959
All the Fine Young Cannibals - 1960
The Landlord - 1970
Tubby the Tubba - 1975 - voice
Norman... Is That You? - 1976
The Fox and the Hound - 1981 - voice

Television work:

Mike and Pearl - 1968
Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway - 1969
The Pearl Bailey Show - 1971 - midseason replacement series
All-Star Salute to Pearl Bailey - 1979
The Member of the Wedding - 1982
As the World Turns - cast member in 1982
Peter Gunn - 1989 - unsold pilot

Theater work:

St. Louis Woman - March 30 - July 6, 1946 - Broadway
Arms and the Girl - February 2 - May 27, 1950 - Broadway
Bless You All - December 13, 1950 - February 24, 1951 - Broadway
House of Flowers - December 30, 1954 - May 21, 1955 - Broadway
Call Me Madam - 1966 - Melodyland Theater
Hello, Dolly! - November 21, 1967 - 1969 - Broadway and national tour
Hello, Dolly! - November 6 - December 28, 1975 - Broadway

Discography:

Pearl Bailey Entertains - 1950
Birth of the Blues - 1952
Cultured Pearl - 1952
I'm with You - 1953
Say Si Si - 1953
Carmelina - 1955
The Intoxicating Pearl Bailey - 1956
The One and Only Pearl Bailey Sings - 1956
Gems by Pearl Bailey - 1958
Pearl Bailey A-Broad - 1959
Pearl Bailey Sings for Adults Only - 1959
More Songs for Adults Only - 1960
Naughty But Nice - 1960
Songs of the Bad Old Days - 1960
Pearl Bailey Sings the Songs of Harold Arlen - 1961
Come On, Let's Play with Pearlie Mae - 1962
Happy Sounds - 1962
All About Good Little Girls and Bad Little Boys - 1963
C'est La Vie - 1963
Les Poupées de Paris - 1964
Songs By James Van Heusen - 1964
The Risque World of Pearl Bailey - 1964
For Women Only - 1965
The Jazz Singer - 1965
After Hours - 1969
Pearl's Pearls - 1971

Bibliography:

The Raw Pearl - 1968 - autobiography
Talking to Myself - 1971 - autobiography
Pearl's Kitchen: An Extraordinary Cookbook - 1973
Duey's Tale - 1975
Hurry Up America and Spit - 1976
Between You and Me: A Heartfelt Memoir on Learning, Loving, and Living - 1989.                          

Mother Ella Mae Bailey
Father  Rev. Joseph Bailey
First husband John Randolph Pinkett
Second husband Louie Bellson, one daughter  Dee Dee J. Bellson                          

A Republican, was appointed by President Richard Nixon as America's "Ambassador of Love" in 1970.
Took part in a campaign ad for President Gerald Ford in the 1976 election.