Taylor appeared as the character Pearl in three episodes of the US television program The Jeffersons - The Arrival (Part 1) and The Arrival (Part 2)[5] in 1980 and Men of the Cloth in 1982 She was the lead in the 1979 women's professional basketball comedy Scoring, as well as supporting roles in Suspect, Crossing Delancey, Lasse Hallström's Once Around, and Ron Howard's The Paper.

She moved to Chicago in 1937 and worked with Warren "Baby" Dodds, Lonnie Johnson, Roy Eldridge and Lil Hardin Armstrong.

Taylor wrote the song Dig It, and Leonard claimed co-writing credit, later omitting her name and denying her royalties.

She then returned to Kansas City to sing with the Jimmy Keith Orchestra, and in 1946 they had a hit with Spider and the Fly on Mercury Records.

[6] She began touring in Europe, and in 1965 moved to Frankfurt, Germany, and started to work at the music club named Down by the Riverside.

[13] A CD is available from the venue, featuring tracks including Sentimental Journey, What a Wonderful World, and Minnie the Moocher.