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Peggy Lee
Jamestown, New York, USA
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 c…
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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.
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2021
Peggy Lee: Things Are Swingin'
Movie Singer
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2013
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2012
…Sings Musicals
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2006
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2005
Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook
Movie (archive footage)
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2005
Judy Garland Duets
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2004
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2001
Man and Cat
Movie Poor Old Woman
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2001
Dean Martin: That's Amore
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1995
Full Throttle
Movie Production Manager
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1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie Self
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1986
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
Movie (voice) (archive footage)
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1982
Disney's Halloween Treat
Movie Si / Am (voice) (archive footage)
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1982
Wogan
TV show Self
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1978
Lady and the Tramp: A Lesson in Sharing Attention
Movie Darling (voice)
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1974
Dinah!
TV show Self
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1973
Julie's Christmas Special
Movie Self / Sugar Plum Fairy
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1973
The Bobby Darin Show
TV show
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1972
The Julie Andrews Hour
TV show Self
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1971
The Pearl Bailey Show
TV show Self
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1970
Petula
Movie Self
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1969
The Johnny Cash Show
TV show Self
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1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TV show Self
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1967
The Carol Burnett Show
TV show Self
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1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TV show Packer Jo
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1964
The Hollywood Palace
TV show Self
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1963
The Judy Garland Show
TV show Self
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1963
The Danny Kaye Show
TV show Self
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1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV show Self
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1962
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
Movie Self
- 1961
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1959
The Big Party
TV show Self
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1958
Tom Thumb
Movie Songs
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1958
The Bob Crosby Show
TV show
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1957
DuPont Show of the Month
TV show Self
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1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV show Self
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1956
The Steve Allen Show
TV show Self
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1956
Jazz Ball
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1955
Pete Kelly's Blues
Movie Rose Hopkins
