Peggy Lee
Born: 1920-05-26 in Jamestown, New York, USA
Died: 2002-01-21
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2021
- Peggy Lee: Things Are Swingin' as Singer
2013
- Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas as Self (archive footage)
2012
- …Sings Musicals as Self (archive footage)
2006
- Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2 as Self (archive footage)
2005
- Judy Garland Duets as Self (archive footage)
- Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook as (archive footage)
2001
- Man and Cat as Poor Old Woman
- Dean Martin: That's Amore as Self (archive footage)
1995
- Full Throttle ... (Production Manager)
1990
- Night of 100 Stars III as Self
1986
- Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2 as (voice) (archive footage)
1982
- Wogan as Self
- Disney's Halloween Treat as Si / Am (voice) (archive footage)
1978
- Lady and the Tramp: A Lesson in Sharing Attention as Darling (voice)
1974
- Dinah! as Self
1973
- The Bobby Darin Show
- Julie's Christmas Special as Self / Sugar Plum Fairy
1972
- The Julie Andrews Hour as Self
1971
- The Pearl Bailey Show as Self
1970
- Petula as Self
1969
- The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self
- The Johnny Cash Show as Self
1967
- The Carol Burnett Show as Self
1966
- The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as Packer Jo
1964
- The Hollywood Palace as Self
1963
- The Danny Kaye Show as Self
- The Judy Garland Show as Self
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- President Kennedy's Birthday Salute as Self
1959
- The Big Party as Self
1958
- The Bob Crosby Show
- Tom Thumb ... (Songs)
1957
- DuPont Show of the Month as Self
1956
- The Steve Allen Show as Self
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- Jazz Ball as Self (archive footage)
1955
- Lady and the Tramp as Darling / Si / Am / Peg (voice)
- Pete Kelly's Blues as Rose Hopkins
1954
- The George Gobel Show as Self
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- The Jazz Singer as Judy Lane
- General Electric Theater as Natalia Cory
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- The Bob Hope Show as Self
- Mr. Music as Peggy Lee
- Cavalcade of Bands
1949
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1946
- Jasper in a Jam as Harp (singing voice)
1945
- Jasper and the Beanstalk as Harp
1943
- Stage Door Canteen as Benny Goodman Orchestra Singer (uncredited)
- The Powers Girl as Peggy Lee - Goodman Band Vocalist (uncredited)