Minnie Pearl
Variant namesCountry comedy performer. Born October 25, 1912. Died March 4, 1996. Real name: Sarah Opehlia Colley Cannon. Country music's best-known female comedian. 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.
From the description of Oral history interview with Minnie Pearl; 1984 October 19; interview conducted by Kristine Fredricksson. 1984 October 19. (Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center). WorldCat record id: 62297612
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| referencedIn | Eugene Earle Collection, 1939-1980s | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. | |
| referencedIn | Irving Berlin collection of non-commercial sound recordings [sound recording] | The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. | |
| referencedIn | Southern Folklife Collection posters, 1847-2008. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| referencedIn | Southern Folklife Collection artist name files, 1940-2005 (artists L-P). | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| creatorOf | Minnie Pearl;. Oral history interview with Minnie Pearl; 1984 October 19; interview conducted by Kristine Fredricksson. | Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center | |
| creatorOf | Minnie Pearl. Celebrity pesticide spots phonograph records : manuscript collections, 1970. | National Agricultural Library, NAL | |
| referencedIn | Don Sturkey Photographic Materials, 1951-2007, (bulk 1951-1989) | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection. | |
| referencedIn | Tennessee State Planning Office. Homecoming '86, 1984-1985. | Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA | |
| referencedIn | Minnie Pearl;. Oral history interview with Minnie Pearl; 1984 October 19; interview conducted by Kristine Fredricksson. | Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center | |
| referencedIn | Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
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| associatedWith | Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989 | person |
| associatedWith | Earle, Eugene. | person |
| associatedWith | Fredricksson, Kristine; | person |
| associatedWith | Minnie Pearl; | person |
| associatedWith | Sturkey, Don. | person |
| associatedWith | Tennessee State Planning Office. | corporateBody |
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| Women comedians |
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Birth 1912-10-25
Death 1996-03-04
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