Peggy Lee
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 26, 1920
- Died
- January 21, 2002 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- Jamestown, New York, USA
Biography
Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer and actress, in a career spanning six decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, she forged a sophisticated persona, evolving into a multi-faceted artist and performer. She wrote music for films, acted, and created conceptual record albums—encompassing poetry, jazz, chamber pop, and art songs. In 1952 Lee starred in The Jazz Singer, a Technicolor remake of the early Al Jolson part-talkie 1927 film of the same name. In 1955, she played an alcoholic blues singer in Pete Kelly's Blues, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. In 1955 she did the speaking and singing voices for several characters in Disney's Lady and the Tramp: she played the human "Darling", the dog "Peg", and the two Siamese cats "Si and Am". In 1957, Lee guest starred on the short-lived ABC variety program, The Guy Mitchell Show. Lee continued to perform into the 1990s, sometimes using a wheelchair. After years of poor health, she died of complications from diabetes and a heart attack at the age of 81.
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Filmography
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Peggy Lee: Things Are Swingin'
Movie · as Singer
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
…Sings Musicals
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee
Movie
Dean Martin: That's Amore
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Man and Cat
Movie · as Poor Old Woman
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie · as Self
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
Movie · as (voice) (archive footage)
Disney's Halloween Treat
Movie · as Si / Am (voice) (archive footage)
Wogan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Lady and the Tramp: A Lesson in Sharing Attention
Movie · as Darling (voice)
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Julie's Christmas Special
Movie · as Self / Sugar Plum Fairy
The Bobby Darin Show
TV · 1 ep
The Julie Andrews Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Pearl Bailey Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Petula
Movie · as Self
The Johnny Cash Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Carol Burnett Show
TV · as Self, Self - Guest, Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest / Various Characters · 1 ep
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Packer Jo · 1 ep
The Hollywood Palace
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Judy Garland Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Danny Kaye Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
Movie · as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Big Night Out: The Peggy Lee Show
Movie
The Big Party
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Bob Crosby Show
TV · 1 ep
DuPont Show of the Month
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jazz Ball
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Steve Allen Show
TV · as Self, Self - Singer · 2 eps
Lady and the Tramp
Movie · as Darling / Si / Am / Peg (voice)
Pete Kelly's Blues
Movie · as Rose Hopkins
The George Gobel Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Jazz Singer
Movie · as Judy Lane
General Electric Theater
TV · as Natalia Cory · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mr. Music
Movie · as Peggy Lee
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 8 eps
Cavalcade of Bands
TV · 9 eps
The Bob Hope Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Cavalcade of Stars
TV · 49 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 10 eps
Jasper in a Jam
Movie · as Harp (singing voice)
Jasper and the Beanstalk
Movie · as Harp
The Powers Girl
Movie · as Peggy Lee - Goodman Band Vocalist (uncredited)
Stage Door Canteen
Movie · as Benny Goodman Orchestra Singer (uncredited)