Pearl Bailey Quotes
Sometimes I would almost rather have people take away years of my life than take away a moment.
Citations
Bailey, Pearl. Talking to Myself. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971.
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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.