Peggy Lee
- Acting
- May 26, 1920 · Jamestown, New York, USA
- January 21, 2002
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Peggy Lee: Things Are Swingin' · Singer
- Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas · Self
- …Sings Musicals · Self
- Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2 · Self
- Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook · (archive footage)
- Judy Garland Duets · Self
- Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee
- Man and Cat · Poor Old Woman
- Dean Martin: That's Amore · Self
- Full Throttle · Production Manager
- Night of 100 Stars III · Self
- Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2 · (voice) (archive footage)
- Disney's Halloween Treat · Si / Am (voice) (archive footage)
- Wogan · Self
- Lady and the Tramp: A Lesson in Sharing Attention · Darling (Voice)
- Dinah! · Self
- Julie's Christmas Special · Self / Sugar Plum Fairy
- The Bobby Darin Show
- The Julie Andrews Hour · Self
- The Pearl Bailey Show · Self
- Petula · Self
- The Johnny Cash Show · Self
- The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour · Self
- The Carol Burnett Show · Self
- The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. · Packer Jo
- The Hollywood Palace · Self
- The Judy Garland Show · Self
- The Danny Kaye Show · Self
- The Merv Griffin Show · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Self
- President Kennedy's Birthday Salute · Self
- Big Night Out: The Peggy Lee Show
- The Big Party · Self
- Tom Thumb · Songs
- The Bob Crosby Show
- DuPont Show of the Month · Self
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show · Self
- The Steve Allen Show · Self
- Jazz Ball · Self
- Pete Kelly's Blues · Rose Hopkins
- Lady and the Tramp · Darling / Si / Am / Peg (Voice), Lyricist
- The George Gobel Show · Self
- The Oscars · Self
- The Jazz Singer · Judy Lane
- General Electric Theater · Natalia Cory
- Mr. Music · Peggy Lee
- The Colgate Comedy Hour · Self
- The Bob Hope Show · Self
- What's My Line? · Self
- Cavalcade of Bands
- Cavalcade of Stars
- The Ed Sullivan Show · Self
- Jasper in a Jam · Harp (singing voice)
- Jasper and the Beanstalk · Harp
- Stage Door Canteen · Benny Goodman Orchestra Singer (uncredited)
- The Powers Girl · Peggy Lee - Goodman Band Vocalist (uncredited)
- Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits · Self