Born Norma Dolores Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota, sultry song stylist Peggy Lee was the product of a troubled, abusive childhood, who used singing as an escape. She found work on a radio station as a teenager in Fargo and quickly changed her name to Peggy Lee. An early move to Hollywood at age 17 proved disappointing...See full bio »
2001Dean Martin: That's Amore
(TV movie)
(writer: "I Love Being Here with You", "Mañana Is Soon Enough for Me", "It's a Good Day" / performer: "I Love Being Here with You", "Mañana Is Soon Enough for Me", "It's a Good Day")
2000What Women Want
(performer: "I've Got The World On A String")
1988Gorillas in the Mist
(writer: "It's A Good Day" / performer: "September in the Rain", "It's A Good Day", "Sugar")
1988Monkey Shines
(writer: "There'll Be Another Spring" / performer: "There'll Be Another Spring", "Ain't We Got Fun", "That's All", "The Glory of Love")
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Episode dated 25 June 1984
(1984)
(writer: "I Love Being Here with You" / performer: "I Love Being Here with You", "I Got it Bad And That Ain't Good")
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Episode dated 3 August 1978
(1978)
(writer: "Los Angeles Forevermore" / performer: "Goin' to Chicago Blues", "Los Angeles Forevermore", "Send in the Clowns")
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Episode dated 13 November 1969
(1969)
(performer: "Is That All There Is?" - uncredited, "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" - uncredited, "I Got Rhythm" - uncredited, "Beer Barrel Polka" - uncredited)
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Episode dated 9 March 1967
(1967)
(performer: "Walking Happy" - uncredited, "Little Girl Blue" - uncredited, "Just You, Just Me" - uncredited, "Exactly Like You" - uncredited, "For You" - uncredited, "The Very Thought of You" - uncredited, "You're Driving Me Crazy What Did I Do?" - uncredited, "Then I'll Be Happy" - uncredited, "Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore" - uncredited, "Three Little Fishes" - uncredited)
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Episode #21.4
(1967)
(performer: "I Feel It" - uncredited, "The More I See You" - uncredited, "Just One of Those Things" - uncredited, "Why Don't You Do Right?" - uncredited, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" - uncredited, "Falling Leaves" - uncredited, "Milord" - uncredited)
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Episode #16.6
(1962)
(performer: "Mountain Greenery", "Manhattan", "It Might As Well Be Spring")
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Episode #13.11
(1960)
(performer: "I'm Sorry" umcredited, "Gonna Get Along Without You Now" - uncredited)
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Episode dated 25 January 1958
(1958)
(writer: "Mañana Is Soon Enough for Me" - uncredited / performer: "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street" - uncredited, "Jump for Joy" - uncredited, "A Shine on Your Shoes" - uncredited, "Get Out Those Old Records" - uncredited, "Golden Earrings" - uncredited, "Taking a Chance on Love" - uncredited, "April Love" - uncredited, "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" - uncredited, "Mañana Is Soon Enough for Me" - uncredited, "It Ain't Necessarily So" - uncredited, "'A' - You're Adorable" - uncredited, "Lover" - uncredited, "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" - uncredited)
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A 70th Birthday Salute to Paul Whiteman
(1960)
(performer: "Rockin' Chair" - uncredited, "The Gypsy in My Soul" - uncredited, "Georgia on My Mind" - uncredited, "It's So Peaceful in the Country" - uncredited, "Hold On" - uncredited, "Jeepers Creepers" - uncredited, "Them There Eyes" - uncredited, "Christmas Night in Harlem" - uncredited)
1958tom thumb
(music: "tom thumb's Tune" - uncredited, "Are You a Dream" - uncredited / lyrics: "tom thumb's Tune" - uncredited, "Are You a Dream" - uncredited)
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Dateline II
(1955)
(performer: "You're My Thrill", "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", "How About You?")
1955Pete Kelly's Blues
(performer: "Sugar That Sugar Baby of Mine" - uncredited, "Somebody Loves Me" - uncredited, "He Needs Me", "Sing a Rainbow")
1955Lady and the Tramp
(writer: "He's a Tramp" - uncredited, "La La Lu" - uncredited, "The Siamese Cat Song" - uncredited, "Bella Notte This Is the Night" - uncredited, "Peace on Earth" - uncredited, "What Is a Baby?" - uncredited / performer: "He's a Tramp" - uncredited, "La La Lu" - uncredited, "The Siamese Cat Song" - uncredited, "What Is a Baby?" - uncredited)
1947Midnight Serenade
(short)
(writer: "It's A Good Day", "You Was Right Baby" / performer: "It's A Good Day", "You Was Right Baby", "Sugar", "I'm in the Mood For Love")
1956The 28th Annual Academy Awards
(TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Co-Presenter: Art Direction-Set Decoration Awards
I loved acting, but my agents never brought me scripts. I was worth a lot more to them on the road.
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Trivia:
A diabetic, Lee was often troubled by weight and glandular problems. In 1961, she was felled by double pneumonia and in 1976, she had a near-fatal fall in a New York hotel. She was again seriously injured in another fall in Las Vegas in 1987. In early 1985, she underwent four angioplasties - balloon surgery to open clogged arteries - and resumed her singing tour...
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