Pearl Bailey Autographs
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! 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.
In 1976, she became the first African American to receive the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on October 17, 1988.
Bailey was born in Newport News, Virginia to the Reverend Joseph James and Ella Mae Ricks Bailey. When she was very young, the family moved to Washington, D.C. After her parents' divorce, Bailey moved to Philadelphia to live with her mother.
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Current items with a signature of Pearl Bailey
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Traded items with a signature of Pearl Bailey
The most expensive item with a signature of Pearl Bailey (Pearl Bailey Signed Book Talking to Myself 1st Ed DOUBLE Inscribed Autograph) was sold in May 2026 for $1,295.00 while the cheapest item (Pearl Bailey Photo Signed Autographed 8x10 Autograph Actress Singer Sept 1981) found a new owner for $0.99 in August 2023. The month with the most items sold (16) was January 2026 with an average selling price of $52.25 for an autographed item of Pearl Bailey. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2020 with $180.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was October 2022. In average, an autographed item from Pearl Bailey is worth $22.50.
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