Minnie Pearl (fictitious character)
Variant names
English
Biographical notes:
Country comedy performer. Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon (October 25, 1912 – March 4, 1996), known professionally as her stage character Minnie Pearl, was an American comedian who appeared at the Grand Ole Opry for more than 50 years (1940–1991) and on the television show Hee Haw from 1969 to 1991. Recognized for her knee-length dresses and straw hat with the $1.98 price tag. Star of Grand Ole Opry from the early 1940s-1991. Popular stage and television performer. Regular cast member of the Hee Haw television show. Member, Country Music Hall of Fame.
Links to collections
Minnie Pearl. Celebrity pesticide spots phonograph records : manuscript collections, 1970.
National Agricultural Library, NAL
Minnie Pearl;. Oral history interview with Minnie Pearl; 1984 October 19; interview conducted by Kristine Fredricksson.
Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center
Eugene Earle Collection, 1939-1980s
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
Southern Folklife Collection posters, 1847-2008.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Southern Folklife Collection artist name files, 1940-2005 (artists L-P).
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Don Sturkey Photographic Materials, 1951-2007, (bulk 1951-1989)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection.
Minnie Pearl;. Oral history interview with Minnie Pearl; 1984 October 19; interview conducted by Kristine Fredricksson.
Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center
Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
Irving Berlin collection of non-commercial sound recordings [sound recording]
The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Tennessee State Planning Office. Homecoming '86, 1984-1985.
Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
Related names in SNAC
associatedWith
Acuff, Roy
associatedWith
Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989
associatedWith
Earle, Eugene.
associatedWith
Fredricksson, Kristine;
associatedWith
Minnie Pearl;
memberOf
Country Music Hall of Fame
associatedWith
Grand Ole Opry (Radio show : Nashville, Tn.)
associatedWith
Tennessee State Planning Office.
almaMaterOf
Ward-Belmont College (Nashville, Tenn.)
Collection Locations
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Information
Subjects:
- Country music
- Women comedians
Occupations:
- Comedian
- Entertainer
- Radio Personality
Places:
- Tennessee, TN, US
- Nashville, TN, US
Variant Names
Pearl, Minnie
Cannon, Sarah Ophelia Colley, 1912-1996
Cannon, Sarah Ophelia
Minnie Pearl 1912-1996