The Resume

(March 29, 1918-August 17, 1990)
Starred on Broadway in 'Hello Dolly'
Host of the 'Pearl Bailey Show'
Appeared in 'Carmen Jones,' 'St. Louis Blues,' 'That Certain Feeling,' 'Cindy Eller,' 'Norman... Is that You?' and 'All the Fine Young Cannibals'
Won the WIC Living Legacy Award (1989)
Awarded Medal of Freedom (1988)
Won a TONY (1967)

Why she might be annoying:

She has a heart tattoo on her thigh.
She claimed: 'I am not a liberated woman...I want to keep my right to blush.'

Why she might not be annoying:

She loved baseball, especially the New York Mets.
She adopted a son and a daughter.
President Nixon appointed her 'Ambassador of Love to the Entire World' (1970).
She was also appointed US Goodwill Ambassador to the UN.
She got involved in many causes, especially children benefits.
At her funeral, Rabbi Harold White eulogized her by saying that she recently had decided to get a degree in French but gave it up.
He continued: 'She said she found it easier to speak to the Lord than to speak French.'

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Andy Williams Show Guests [1962-71]
• Black Heavyweights
• Bob Hope's Leading Ladies
• Carol Burnett Show Guests
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [March] (Ranked: 3291918)
• Celebrity New York Met Fans
• Dean Martin Show Guests [A-K]
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Fag Hags [Women Loved by Gay Men]
• Flip Wilson Show Guests
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Women [1970]
• Garrett Morris Impersonations
• Gong Show Panelists
• Hamilton College's Most Admired Women [1977] (Ranked: 18)
• Huge Eye Wear
• I Adopted a Child
• I Am Vaudeville [A-L]
• I Appeared on Jerry Lewis' MDA Telethon [A-B]
• I Attended Georgetown
• I Boarded the Love Boat [A-D]
• I Covered 'Frankie and Johnny'
• I Did Not Graduate High School [A-B]
• I Died in 1990 (Ranked: 72)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[A-B]
• I Married Outside My Race
• I Portrayed Dolly Levi in Broadway's Hello Dolly
• I Portrayed Myself
• I've Got a Secret - Guests [1952-67]
• Las Vegas Walk of Stars Honorees
• Look at My Turban
• More Chins than are in a Chinese Phone Book
• Muppet Show Guests
• Night of 100 Stars [March 8, 1982]
• Porgy and Bess [1959]
• Profiles 1501-1750 (Ranked: 1663)
• Sploshers [Overweight Women]
• Stars of 20th Century-Fox Musicals
• This is Your Life Honorees [L-Z]
• U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
• Variety Show Hosts
• Voices of Disney
• We Covered/Parodied 'Baby Its Cold Outside' (Ranked: 45)
• What's My Line - Mystery Guests [1950-1967]
• Women With Deep Voices

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 78 Votes: 43.59% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 29 Votes: 96.55% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 43 Votes: 46.51% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 75 Votes: 37.33% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 37 Votes: 45.95% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 95 Votes: 48.42% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 178 Votes: 41.57% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 276 Votes: 44.20% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 317 Votes: 44.79% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 623 Votes: 46.39% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1973 Votes: 50.13% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 5236 Votes: 61.10% Annoying