Peggy Lee
Actor
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
Pete Kelly's Blues
as Rose Hopkins 1955
Stage Door Canteen
as Benny Goodman Orchestra Singer (uncredited) 1943
Jasper in a Jam
as Harp (singing voice) 1946
The Jazz Singer
as Judy Lane 1953
Disney's Halloween Treat
as Si / Am (voice) (archive footage) 1982
The Powers Girl
as Peggy Lee - Goodman Band Vocalist (uncredited) 1943
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
as Self 1962
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self 1990
Jasper and the Beanstalk
as Harp 1945
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
as (voice) (archive footage) 1986
Mr. Music
as Peggy Lee 1950
…Sings Musicals
as Self (archive footage) 2012
Man and Cat
as Poor Old Woman 2001
Jazz Ball
as Self (archive footage) 1956
Dean Martin: That's Amore
as Self (archive footage) 2001
Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee
2004