MINNIE PEARL

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Minnie Pearl – IMDb: Minnie Pearl, Actress: That Tennessee Beat. 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, …

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My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon was an american country comedian . known professionally as her stage character Minnie Pearl . appeared at the grand opry for more than 50 years (from 1940 to 1991) minnie pearl’s first stage performance as Minnie Pearl was in 1939 in Aiken, South Carolina . her now-famous hat was purchased downtown at Surasky Bros. department store before the show pearl’s greeting became a call-and-response with audiences everywhere . her often self-deprecating humor involved her unsuccessful attempts to attract “a feller’s” attention . she also spun minnie pearl drew much of her comic material from her hometown of Centerville . the characters were largely based on actual Centerville residents . Cannon portrayed Minnie Pearl for many years on television . her last regular performances on national television were on Ralph Emery’s Nashville Now talk show . she performed in a weekly feature “Let Minnie Steal Your Joke” in the Minnie Pearl character . after the marriage the couple had no children . in 1969 they purchased a large estate home in Nashville next door to the Tennessee Governor’s mansion . after initially reporting good results and enjoying a public stock worth $64 million, the venture collapse the ensuing investigation cleared both Cannon and Jackson of financial wrongdoings . both were embarrassed by the negative publicity . she took on this role as herself, Sarah Ophelia Cannon, not Minnie Pearl she was friends with Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, and Paul Reubens . in 1992, she made what would be his last appearance as Pee-wee Herman for 15 years . a museum dedicated to minnie pearl was situated just outside the Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland USA . the museum closed along with the theme park in 1997 . many of its artifacts were moved to the Pearl was back on RCA in 1974 when Archie Campbell and she released a parody record of Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty’s hit “As Soon As I Hang Up the Phone” which received airplay, In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. Pearl, Minnie with Joan Dew (1980). Minnie Pearl: An Autobiography. New York: Simon & Schuster.