Minnie Pearl Net Worth
Is $6 Million Minnie Pearl Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family Sarah Colley Studied Dramatics in Belmont College in Nashville, Intending to Be a...
Minnie Pearl net worth is
Minnie Pearl net worth is
$6 Million
Minnie Pearl Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Sarah Colley studied dramatics in Belmont College in Nashville, intending to be a serious actress, but while touring with an Atlanta company, she created the Minnie Pearl character that became her life's work. Her first Grand Old Opry appearance was on the radio show in 1940, followed by 27 years of touring. She was diagnosed with cancer in 1985, ... | Full Name | Minnie Pearl |
| Net Worth | $6 Million |
| Date Of Birth | October 25, 1912 |
| Died | March 4, 1996, Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Centerville, Tennessee, USA |
| Occupation | Country comedian |
| Profession | Actor, Comedian |
| Education | Belmont University, Ward–Belmont College |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Henry Cannon |
| Parents | Thomas K. Colley, Fannie Tate Colley |
| Nicknames | Minnie Pearl, Pearl, Minnie |
| IMDB | |
| Awards | Academy of Country Music Awards Cliffie Stone Icon Award |
| Movies | That Tennessee Beat |
| TV Shows | Hee Haw, The Jonathan Winters Show, Grand Ole Opry |
| Star Sign | Scorpio |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kissing a fella with a beard is like a picnic. You don't mind going through a little brush to get there. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Named by Arthur Godfrey as one of the ten greatest television performers of all time for the book "The Book of Lists". |
| 2 | First country music performer to be surprised with their life story on the 1950's series "This Is Your Life". Though stunned by the surprise, Minnie Pearl knew this was her big chance on network television and milked her appearance for all the comedy she could muster, leading to a highly active career as a guest performer on scores of non-country variety programs and talk shows. |
| 3 | Appeared weekly on The Nashville Network's "Nashville Now" from 1984 to 1991 in a Friday night segment called "Let Minnie Steal Your Joke" in which Pearl would read gags submitted by viewers to the studio audience and the most popular by the audience's response would receive a prize. |
| 4 | Profiled in book "Funny Ladies" by Stephen Silverman. [1999] |
| 5 | Good friend of Steve Wariner. |
| 6 | She was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1992 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington, DC. |
| 7 | Minnie Pearl had two fast food chains in the southern United States during the 1960s and 1970s. They were "Minnie Pearl's Roast Beef" and "Minnie Pearl's Chicken." The slogan for both chains was "Howww-deeee-licious!" |
| 8 | Until his death in 1958, was frequently teamed with actor/comedian Rod Brasfield on the Grand Ole Opry. |
| 9 | Biography in: "American National Biography." Supplement 1, pp. 476-478. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. |
| 10 | The costume she wore on stage (red and white checkered dress, straw hat with price tag still on it, etc.) was based on clothes she herself had picked out from a thrift store. |
| 11 | Though not a country hitmaker, she did place a song in the top 10 of Billboard magazine's country singles chart in 1966 -- "Giddyup Go Answer," a recited answer song offering a different perspective to Red Sovine's No. 1 hit "Giddyup Go." |
| 12 | In 1991 was one of 13 recipients of the National Medal of Art. |
| 13 | Received the American Cancer Society's Courage Award in 1987. |
| 14 | Voted Country Music Woman of the Year in 1996. |
| 15 | Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1975. |
| 16 | Interred at Mount Hope Cemetery in Franklin, TN. |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas the Cowboy Way | 1990 | TV Movie | |
| The Love Boat | 1979-1983 | TV Series | Aunt Effie / Molly |
| Coal Miner's Daughter | 1980 | Minnie Pearl (uncredited) | |
| That Tennessee Beat | 1966 | Rev. Rose Conley | |
| Forty Acre Feud | 1965 | Ma Culpepper | |
| Grand Ole Opry | 1955 | TV Series |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country's Greatest Stars Live: Vol. 1 | 2010 | Video performer: "Comedy Routine" | |
| Dolly | 1988 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The Porter Wagoner Show | 1976 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | 1957-1960 | TV Series performer - 3 episodes | |
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | 1959 | TV Series performer - 1 episode |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hee Haw | 1969-1991 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Comedienne |
| Grand Ole Opry 65th Anniversary | 1991 | TV Special | Herself |
| Night of 100 Stars III | 1990 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Nashville Now | 1990 | TV Series | Herself |
| An All Star Salute to Country Music | 1990 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Loretta Lynn: Honky Tonk Girl | 1990 | Herself | |
| 22nd Annual Country Music Association Awards | 1988 | TV Special | Herself (uncredited) |
| Dolly | 1988 | TV Series | Herself |
| Opryland Celebrates 200 Years of American Music | 1988 | TV Movie | Herself |
| This Is Your Life | 1987 | TV Special | Herself |
| 20th Annual Music City News Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| Nashville Story | 1986 | Video | Herself |
| Grand Ole Opry | 1985 | TV Series | Herself |
| Salute! | 1983 | TV Series | Herself |
| Roy Acuff... 50 Years the King of Country Music | 1982 | TV Special | Herself - Host |
| Good Morning America | 1981 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Nashville Palace | 1981 | TV Series | Herself |
| Johnny Cash and the Country Girls | 1981 | TV Movie | Herself (uncredited) |
| Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters | 1981 | TV Series | Herself |
| George Burns in Nashville | 1980 | TV Special | Herself |
| 14th Annual Music City News Awards | 1980 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| Johnny Cash: The First 25 Years | 1980 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Hollywood Squares | 1980 | TV Series | Herself |
| 12th Annual Music City News Awards | 1978 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| The 20th Annual Grammy Awards | 1978 | TV Special | Herself |
| 50 Years of Country Music | 1978 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Super Night at the Super Bowl | 1978 | TV Movie | Herself |
| 11th Annual Country Music Association Awards | 1977 | TV Special | Herself |
| That's Country | 1977 | Herself | |
| Match Game 73 | 1977 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1965-1977 | TV Series | Herself |
| Ann-Margret: Rhinestone Cowgirl | 1977 | TV Movie | Herself |
| All You Need Is Love | 1977 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Dinah! | 1976 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Porter Wagoner Show | 1976 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Donny and Marie | 1976 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1970-1976 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Guest |
| Tony Orlando and Dawn | 1975 | TV Series | Herself |
| 9th Annual Country Music Association Awards | 1975 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter / Hall Of Fame Honoree |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1969-1975 | TV Series | Herself - Co-Host / Herself / Herself - Country Comedienne / ... |
| In Concert | 1975 | TV Series | Herself |
| Como Country: Perry and His Nashville Friends | 1975 | TV Special | Herself |
| Burt Reynolds' Late Show | 1973 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The Johnny Cash Show | 1969-1971 | TV Series | Herself - Comedian / Herself |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1970 | TV Series | Herself - Singer / Herself - Comedian |
| The Jim Nabors Hour | 1969-1970 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1970 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Kraft Music Hall | 1969-1970 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Bob Hope Show | 1970 | TV Series | Herself |
| This Is Tom Jones | 1969 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Hollywood Palace | 1969 | TV Series | Herself - Comedian |
| The Joey Bishop Show | 1967-1969 | TV Series | Herself |
| Della | 1969 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Liberace Show | 1969 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Dean Martin Show | 1967-1969 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Jonathan Winters Show | 1968 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Carol Burnett Show | 1968 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Woody Woodbury Show | 1968 | TV Series | Herself |
| Operation: Entertainment | 1968 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Pat Boone Show | 1967 | TV Series | Herself |
| Everybody's Talking | 1967 | TV Series | Herself |
| Swingin' Country | 1966 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Steve Lawrence Show | 1965 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Guest |
| Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar | 1965 | Herself | |
| Fanfare | 1965 | TV Series | Herself - Comedienne |
| The Jimmy Dean Show | 1964 | TV Series | Herself |
| Country Music Caravan | 1964 | Herself | |
| The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | 1957-1961 | TV Series | Herself - Actress / Herself - Comedian / Singer |
| The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1958-1959 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | 1957-1959 | TV Series | Herself - Singer / Dancer / Herself |
| Country Style, U.S.A. | 1957-1958 | TV Series short | Herself - Comedian |
| This Is Your Life | 1957 | TV Series | Herself |
| Grand Ole Opry | 1956 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Comedian |
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