Peggy Lee
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.
Known For
Darling / Si / Am / Peg (voice)
Lady and the Tramp
Rose Hopkins
Pete Kelly's Blues
Self (archive footage)
Dean Martin: That's Amore
Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee
Big Night Out: The Peggy Lee Show
Peggy Lee
Mr. Music
Self (archive footage)
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
Judy Lane
The Jazz Singer
Harp (singing voice)
Jasper in a Jam
Peggy Lee - Goodman Band Vocalist (uncredited)
The Powers Girl
Self (archive footage)
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
Self
Night of 100 Stars III
Self (archive footage)
…Sings Musicals
Benny Goodman Orchestra Singer (uncredited)
Stage Door Canteen
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets
Poor Old Woman
Man and Cat
Self (archive footage)
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Harp
Jasper and the Beanstalk
Self
Petula
Self / Sugar Plum Fairy
Julie's Christmas Special
Self (archive footage)
Jazz Ball
(archive footage)
Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook
Darling (voice)
Lady and the Tramp: A Lesson in Sharing Attention
(voice) (archive footage)
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
Si / Am (voice) (archive footage)
Disney's Halloween Treat
Self
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
Singer
Peggy Lee: Things Are Swingin'
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
27
Gender
Female
Birthday
1920-05-26
Place of Birth
Jamestown, New York, USA
Also Known As
Norma Deloris Egstrom