Pearl Bailey being toasted by Gloria Vanderbilt and Truman Capote at the Blue Angel in Manhattan in celebration of her 20th anniversary in show business on April 4, 1955. Ms. Bailey starred as Madame Fleur in the Broadway version of Mr. Capote’s “House of Flowers.” Photo: Bettman/Corbis
Pearl Bailey photographed by Carl Van Vechten in 1946. Did you know that Ms. Bailey earned a B.A. in Theology from Georgetown University in 1985 at the age of 67? Initially, she majored in French, but she switched to theology “Because it’s easier to know the Lord that it is to know French.” Photo: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Pearl Bailey in her dressing room, 1946. Photo by Paul S. Henderson, a photographer for the Richmond Afro-American newspaper. Via the Maryland Historical Society.
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Pearl Bailey with Gloria Vanderbilt and Truman Capote on April 4, 1955. Ms. Bailey starred as Madame Fleur in the Broadway version of Mr. Capote’s “House of Flowers”.
Pearl Bailey with Gloria Vanderbilt and Truman Capote on April 4, 1955. Ms. Bailey starred as Madame Fleur in the Broadway version of Mr. Capote’s “House of Flowers”.
Pearl Bailey in her dressing room
ca. 1946
Paul S. Henderson (d. 1966)
4x5 inch black and white negative
Henderson Collection, Maryland Historical Society
HEN.00.A2-247Pearl Bailey (1918-1990) was an actress and singer who made her Broadway debut in 1946. Bailey’s title role in the all-African American production of Hello Dolly! in 1968 won her a Tony Award.
Pearl Bailey in her dressing room, 1946. Photo by Paul S. Henderson via the Maryland Historical Society.
Pearl Bailey as Madame Fleur in the 1954 Broadway musical, House of Flowers, with her “flowers”, Josephine Premice (Tulip), Enid Mosier (Pansy) and Enid Moore (Gladiola). Image via Corbis.
