99 Reasons ‘To Stay Positive and Appreciate All You Have’
September 12, 2025 by agutting@reviewjournal.com
Filed under Celebrations
Las Vegas icon Anna Bailey marks a milestone birthday!
There was an enormous milestone celebrated on August 26: Las Vegas icon Anna Bailey celebrated her 99th birthday.
She is admired for her many accomplishments, which include being: one of the original dancers at the historic Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino, the first integrated hotel in the country; the first Black woman dancer on Las Vegas Strip, having also performed at the historic Apollo Theater; a businesswoman, landowner, and Girl Scouts leader for one of the first all-Black troops in Las Vegas; an original founder of the local Links organization chapter; a producer of the first dance TV show in Las Vegas, “Disco Express”; and so much more.
She was married to Dr. William H. “Bob” Bailey before his passing in 2014, and mother to Kimberly Bailey Tureaud and John Bailey.
Born in Savannah, Georgia in 1926, Bailey grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York. She has appeared in Oprah’s Daily Magazine and recently danced in the Follies Stage Production honoring historic showgirls of Las Vegas.
According to Bailey, her secret to longevity is, “To stay positive and appreciate all you have.”
Happy birthday, Anna Bailey!
