Her father Joseph was a minister and her mother was named Ella Mae. Her real name was Pearly Mae but her parents anticipated she would be a boy and when a girl was born she was nicknamed Dickie. She spent her early life in Wash. DC where she received her early education. Bailey frequently appeared in the Old Howard theater in downtown Wash. As a young woman she toured the Pennsylvania mining towns as a dancer and later as a singer in Vaudeville. She starred in the film St. Louis Blues opposi ...[Read Story]
The 23rd Annual Tony Awards
(1969)
The 22nd Annual Tony Awards
(1968)
