Peggy Lee
Acting
1920-05-26 · 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. 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.
Filmography
Peggy Lee: Things Are Swingin'
2021 · Movie
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
2013 · Movie
…Sings Musicals
2012 · Movie
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
2006 · Movie
Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook
2005 · Movie
Judy Garland Duets
2005 · Movie
Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee
2004 · Movie
Man and Cat
2001 · Movie
Dean Martin: That's Amore
2001 · Movie
Full Throttle
1995 · Movie
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 · Movie
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
1986 · Movie
Disney's Halloween Treat
1982 · Movie
Wogan
1982 · Series
Lady and the Tramp: A Lesson in Sharing Attention
1978 · Movie
Dinah!
1974 · Series
Julie's Christmas Special
1973 · Movie
The Bobby Darin Show
1973 · Series
The Julie Andrews Hour
1972 · Series
The Pearl Bailey Show
1971 · Series
Petula
1970 · Movie
The Johnny Cash Show
1969 · Series
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969 · Series
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Series
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 · Series
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · Series
The Judy Garland Show
1963 · Series
The Danny Kaye Show
1963 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
1962 · Movie
Big Night Out: The Peggy Lee Show
1961 · Movie
The Big Party
1959 · Series
Tom Thumb
1958 · Movie
The Bob Crosby Show
1958 · Series
DuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Series
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Series
Jazz Ball
1956 · Movie
Pete Kelly's Blues
1955 · Movie
Lady and the Tramp
1955 · Movie
The George Gobel Show
1954 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
The Jazz Singer
1953 · Movie
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
Mr. Music
1950 · Movie
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Series
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · Series
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
Cavalcade of Bands
1950 · Series
Cavalcade of Stars
1949 · Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
Jasper in a Jam
1946 · Movie
Jasper and the Beanstalk
1945 · Movie
Stage Door Canteen
1943 · Movie
The Powers Girl
1943 · Movie
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
Movie