Sunday, May 23, 2010

Pearl Bailey and Louis Bellson

Pearl Mae Bailey was an actress and singer, who married Louis Bellson (Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni ) an Italian American jazz composer, arranger, bandleader and drummer, in 1952. They had two children, Tony and Dee Dee. All four of them have passed on.

Pearl's Wiki
Louis' Wiki

2 comments:

Esho Woman said...

I see you are including old school couples. Here are two for you

Lena Horne and Lennie Hayton
Lorraine Hansberry and Robert Nemiroff
Dorothy Dandridge also married inter-racially but he was a bastard who bankrupted her.

PurpleNepenthe said...

Thanks! :)