Peggy Lee
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
Wogan
Self
1982
Series
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
1967
Series
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest
1967
Series
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Musical Guest
1967
Series
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
The Steve Allen Show
Self
1956
Series
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Singer
1956
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Dinah!
Self
1974
Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Film
Lady and the Tramp
Darling / Si / Am / Peg (voice)
1955
Series
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
1963
Series
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Packer Jo
1966
Series
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self
1969
Series
DuPont Show of the Month
Self
1957
Series
The Hollywood Palace
Self
1964
The George Gobel Show
Self
1954
Series
The Johnny Cash Show
Self
1969
Series
The Julie Andrews Hour
Self
1972
Series
The Judy Garland Show
Self
1963
The Big Party
Self
1959
Cavalcade of Stars
1949
The Pearl Bailey Show
Self
1971
Series
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
Series
General Electric Theater
Natalia Cory
1953
Film
Stage Door Canteen
Benny Goodman Orchestra Singer (uncredited)
1943
Film
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990
The Bob Crosby Show
1958
Film
Mr. Music
Peggy Lee
1950
Cavalcade of Bands
1950
Film
Judy Garland Duets
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
The Powers Girl
Peggy Lee - Goodman Band Vocalist (uncredited)
1943
Film
Pete Kelly's Blues
Rose Hopkins
1955
Film
Disney's Halloween Treat
Si / Am (voice) (archive footage)
1982
Jasper in a Jam
Harp (singing voice)
1946
Film
The Jazz Singer
Judy Lane
1953
Film
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
(voice) (archive footage)
1986
Film
Jazz Ball
Self (archive footage)
1956
Film
Dean Martin: That's Amore
Self (archive footage)
2001
Film
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
Self
1962
Film
Lady and the Tramp: A Lesson in Sharing Attention
Darling (voice)
1978
Film
Julie's Christmas Special
Self / Sugar Plum Fairy
1973
Film
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
Self (archive footage)
2006
Man and Cat
Poor Old Woman
2001
Film
Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook
(archive footage)
2005
Film
…Sings Musicals
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
Big Night Out: The Peggy Lee Show
1961
Film
Jasper and the Beanstalk
Harp
1945
Film
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
Self (archive footage)
Film
Petula
Self
1970
Film
Peggy Lee: Things Are Swingin'
Singer
2021
Film
Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee
2004