Peggy Lee

Known for ActingBorn 1920-05-26Died 2002-01-21Jamestown, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2

The Bobby Darin Show

Dean Martin: That's Amore

The Judy Garland Show

The Julie Andrews Hour

The Pearl Bailey Show

Jazz Ball

The Carol Burnett Show

President Kennedy's Birthday Salute

The George Gobel Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

…Sings Musicals

Man and Cat

DuPont Show of the Month

Dinah!

Lady and the Tramp

The Danny Kaye Show

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

What's My Line?

The Oscars

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

Cavalcade of Bands

The Bob Hope Show

Full Throttle

The Powers Girl

The Colgate Comedy Hour

General Electric Theater

The Ed Sullivan Show

Disney's Halloween Treat

The Merv Griffin Show

The Johnny Cash Show

Jasper and the Beanstalk

Jasper in a Jam

Mr. Music

Tom Thumb

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Pete Kelly's Blues

The Steve Allen Show

Stage Door Canteen

The Jazz Singer

Wogan

The Hollywood Palace

Night of 100 Stars III

Peggy Lee: Things Are Swingin'

Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas

Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2

Judy Garland Duets

Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook