Peggy Lee
ActingAlso Known As
Norma Deloris Egstrom
Biography
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 Lee 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.
Movies
(27 total)
Lady and the Tramp
as Darling / Si / Am / Peg (voice)
Pete Kelly's Blues
as Rose Hopkins
Stage Door Canteen
as Benny Goodman Orchestra Singer (uncredited)
The Jazz Singer
as Judy Lane
Disney's Halloween Treat
as Si / Am (voice) (archive footage)
The Powers Girl
as Peggy Lee - Goodman Band Vocalist (uncredited)
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
as (voice) (archive footage)
Mr. Music
as Peggy Lee
…Sings Musicals
as Self (archive footage)
Jazz Ball
as Self (archive footage)
Dean Martin: That's Amore
as Self (archive footage)
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
as Self (archive footage)
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets
as Self (archive footage)
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
as Self (archive footage)
TV Shows
(32 total)
The Oscars
as Self
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Musical Guest
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as Packer Jo
Wogan
as Self
General Electric Theater
as Natalia Cory
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
