Over 40 years ago I had the pleasure to sit down and talk with Miss Bailey after a dinner speech she gave to us at the Las Vegas Hilton. My girlfriend's father was the guest of honor and I had the opportunity to speak with her after her speech. We sat and talked for over 30 minutes, everyone else left the room. We spoke of the old family core values, just as she speaks in her interview here. I was a young man of 26 and she respected my youth and values taught by my parents of the Great Depression, Appalachian Generation (KY hollers). She mailed an autographed picture and a copy of her book "Hurry up America and Spit". Very lovely woman, kind and considerate. Later that week I did spend time have another dinner with Dick/Pat Van Patten and Lyle , wife, but nothing compared to the Pearl Bailey conversation.
No communication, no authority, no obedience, no compromise, no family ....so true, even more so now in 2021. "You must stand like an Oak and bend like a Willow".....such wise words. I miss the older generation of people from way back.
Pearlie Mae was an ambassador for all of human kind. The idea that she is forgotten today is a loss for all of us. Listen to her words and the love and hope in them and you will see the truth.
What a extraordinary woman, she is a legendary icon. It makes me sad she died later that year on August 17, 1990 of Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease at age 72. She was so amazing and full of wisdom. RIP Miss Pearl Mae Bailey🌹🌟👠👡💐 (1918-1990)💐🌹
Loved Miss Bailey! When I was 14 years old my grandfather took the family to see Pearl Bailey in Hello Dolly. That was in May 1968. That was my first Bway show and the beginning of a life long passion.
Amazing! A friend of my mother's, more like an older aunt to her really, was in the chorus of that very show. Last year, I helped her sort through her things, and I found a signed picture of Ms. Pearl Bailey from the show--and she let me have it. It's now one of my most prized possessions! Wish I coulda been there in '68 to see!
@@mishlake1 In 1975 Pearl Bailey was passing out autographed photos of herself on the 5th. floor at Saks Fifth Avenue. I was staff & didn't think of asking her for one. I can still see her & hear her from that time. Such personality, ETC.
Pearl was an upbeat very great actress, singer and comedienne that excluded love for everyone. A great little book on her life is The Raw Pearl. She had many obstacles in her life but managed to overcome them and remain positive throughout her life. Greatly missed.
So sad, he lost his love . She was so optimistic. I wonder was her knee operation had anything to do with it.. was she doing it and passed from complications??? I am so mad at that... She needed to go on... Sad
I loved her when I was a kid. Listening to this interview, I now know WHY I loved Ms. Bailey--I caught her beauty and her inner spirit. Both spoke volumes to me--even as a little child.
Preach Ms. Bailey. Wow she had so much wisdom I've always liked her read her Autobio and cook book. She w as s full of wisdom and it is true of children today not having breakfast or dinner at the table with their parent it's other distractions, cell phine, video games. God Bless Ms Bailey and her husband Mr Louis Bellson they made a great couple it was beyond black and white it was mutual understanding, musically, professional and just love.
Wow. Pearl Bailey talking about treating people nicely. Well...Diahann Carroll said she wasn't so nice to her. And...Maya Angelou's son said Pearl Bailey wasn't so nice to his mom. Interestingly
I miss this. And I was born this year. But I do. Dick Cavett ALWAYS struck me as the most respectful interviewer of this century. He had a way of speaking with people that made them open up about the most personal of things. Even Edward Murrow on Person2Person didn’t have that kind of connection....
Love Pearl Bailey amazing woman American treasure.💜inspertional.For all people. Will for ever be miss .Much love always. You earn heavenly wings .Rest in Jesus.
That marriage advice she gave is a GEM! It would be even easier to apply today in this Information Age. You wouldn't even need to take a class in a building! You could both take a separate class online and share that experience with each other every night just to have something to talk about! That was rich what she said! I'll be using that one if I ever decide to stop being single. 😉
PEARL BAILEY was a talented singer and actress but she talked too much on her ABC show "THE PEARL BAILEY SHOW" and got it cancelled ... she needed to be controlled and was not near the end. Her solo performance on "THE BOSTON POPS" was perfect ... no talking.
I knew her when I was a kid, long story. She sent me books, including a children's story called "Dewey's Tale" and her autobiographical stuff, but NOT "Raw Pearl" or the cookbook she wrote. She really was an egomaniac, but a character, and I didn't understand what she was going on about at the time, the politics, religion etc. What I know now is that she's not given tribute whenever black entertainment history is being chronicled because she was a staunch Republican, so she gets buried.
@@divingduck1970 I'm sure being married interracialy angered those same folks. I think she is a hero, and wish I found out about her while she was alive. I find her most Fascinating and modern
No! She was born in Newport News Va. ( Sebrill/Courtland) Pearl Bailey is my Mother's Cousin. I never met Pearl Bailey Herself but I did meet Her Sister Virgie @ Davis Family Reunion in Virginia when I was about 9 or 10. Virgie was very close with my Mother's Sisters in Virginia.
