Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1920-05-26
Day of Death
2002-01-21
Place of Birth
Jamestown, New York, USA
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.
Filmography (26)
Peggy Lee: Things Are Swingin'
2021
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
2013
…Sings Musicals
2012
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
2006
Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook
2005
Judy Garland Duets
2005
Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee
2004Man and Cat
2001
Dean Martin: That's Amore
2001
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
1986
Disney's Halloween Treat
1982
Lady and the Tramp: A Lesson in Sharing Attention
1978
Julie's Christmas Special
1973
