Peggy Lee
Actor
Born May 26, 1920 in Jamestown, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
Self (archive footage)
Peggy Lee: Things Are Swingin'
Singer
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Self (archive footage)
…Sings Musicals
Self (archive footage)
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
Self (archive footage)
Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook
(archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets
Self (archive footage)
Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee
Dean Martin: That's Amore
Self (archive footage)
Full Throttle
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
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
Tom Thumb
DuPont Show of the Month
Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
The Steve Allen Show
Self
Jazz Ball
Self (archive footage)
Pete Kelly's Blues
Rose Hopkins
Lady and the Tramp
Darling / Si / Am / Peg (voice)
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
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Jasper and the Beanstalk
Harp
Stage Door Canteen
Benny Goodman Orchestra Singer (uncredited)
The Powers Girl
Peggy Lee - Goodman Band Vocalist (uncredited)