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Peggy Lee (I) (1920–2002)
Peggy Lee was Born Norma Dolores Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota, on May 26, 1920. At age four her mother died. Peggy's father, a railroad station agent, remarried but later left home, leaving Peggy's care entrusted to a stepmother who physically abused her. Peggy later memorialized this in the calypso number "One Beating a Day", one of 22 ...
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Born:in Jamestown, North Dakota, USADied:(age 81) in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA |
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Soundtrack (170 credits)
2015
Please Like Me
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Christmas Trifle
(2015)
... (performer: "Winter Wonderland")
2015
Stalker
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Love Hurts
(2015)
... (performer: "It's a Wonderful World" - uncredited)
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Scott Eastwood/Flo Rida
(2015)
... (writer: "Bella Notte (This Is the Night)" - uncredited)
2012-2015
Mad Men
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Severance
(2015)
... (performer: "Is That All There Is?" - uncredited)
- Christmas Waltz
(2012)
... (performer: "Christmas Waltz" - uncredited)
2015
Agent Carter
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Valediction
(2015)
... (performer: "I Got it Bad (And that Ain't Good)" (uncredited), "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)")
2015
Call the Midwife
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #4.4
(2015)
... (performer: "Fever" - uncredited)
Helix
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2014) (writer - 1 episode, 2014)
- Survivor Zero
(2014)
... (performer: "Fever") / (writer: "Fever")
2013
The Great Train Robbery
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- A Robber's Tale
(2013)
... (writer: "Who's Gonna Pay The Check")
2011-2013
Glee
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Shooting Star
(2013)
... (writer: "Bella Notte" - uncredited)
- New York
(2011)
... (writer: "Bella Notte" - uncredited)
2013
Gangster Squad
(performer: "Bless You (For the Good That's in You)") / (writer: "Bless You (For the Good That's in You)")
2005-2012
Weeds
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- It's Time, Part 2
(2012)
... (performer: "A Doodlin' Song" - uncredited)
- You Can't Miss the Bear
(2005)
... (performer: "A Doodlin Song")
2011
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
(Documentary) (performer: "Sans Souci") / (writer: "Sans Souci")
2011
So You Think You Can Dance Canada
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Top 10 Performance
(2011)
... (performer: "Fever")
2011
Queens of Pop
(TV Series documentary) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Madonna
(2011)
... (lyrics: "Fever")
2011
Timeshift
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Hotel DeLuxe
(2011)
... (performer: "Is That All There Is" - uncredited)
2011
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #19.156
(2011)
... (writer: "Bella Notte" - uncredited)
2010
Call Me Fitz
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Loco
(2010)
... (writer: "I Don't Know Enough About You")
2010
Mafia II
(Video Game) (performer: "HAPPINESS IS A THING CALLED JOE", "WHY DON'T YOU DO RIGHT (GET ME SOME MONEY TOO)")
Doctors
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2009) (writer - 1 episode, 2009)
- O Christmas Tree
(2009)
... (performer: "It's Christmas Time Again" - uncredited) / (writer: "It's Christmas Time Again" - uncredited)
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
(Video documentary) (performer: "Why Don't You Do Right?" - uncredited)
2009
Chuck
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Chuck Versus the Suburbs
(2009)
... (performer: "Fever" - uncredited)
2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(performer: "MANANA (IS SOON ENOUGH FOR ME)") / (writer: "MANANA (IS SOON ENOUGH FOR ME)")
Sex: The Revolution
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2008) (performer - 1 episode, 2008)
- Tainted Love
(2008)
... (lyrics: "Fever" - uncredited) / (performer: "Fever" - uncredited)
2008
The Cleaner
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Pilot
(2008)
... (performer: "Passenger Fever Peggy Lee vs. Iggy Pop" - uncredited)
2007
Bones
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Santa in the Slush
(2007)
... (performer: "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" - uncredited)
2006
Bernard and Doris
(performer: "Somebody Nobody Loves", "The Best Is Yet to Come", "I Love the Way You're Breaking My Heart")
Cold Case
(TV Series) (1 episode, 2006) (performer - 1 episode, 2004)
- The Hen House
(2006)
... ("I Don't Know Enough About You")
- Factory Girls
(2004)
... (performer: "Waiting for the Train to Come In")
2005
Las Vegas
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Everything Old Is You Again
(2005)
... (performer: "Fever")
2005
The Notorious Bettie Page
(performer: "Goody Goody", "It's a Good Day") / (writer: "It's a Good Day")
2004/I
Floating
(Short) (performer: "I Love Being Here With You") / (writer: "I Love Being Here With You")
Six Feet Under
(TV Series) (1 episode, 2001) (performer - 6 episodes, 2001 - 2004) (writer - 2 episodes, 2001 - 2004)
- Grinding the Corn
(2004)
... (performer: "Take a Little Time to Smile" - uncredited) / (writer: "Take a Little Time to Smile" - uncredited)
- Perfect Circles
(2003)
... (performer: "Santa Claus is Coming to Town")
- In the Game
(2002)
... (performer: "I Love Being Here with You")
- A Private Life
(2001)
... (performer: "Everything's Moving Too Fast")
- The Foot
(2001)
... (performer: "Things Are Swinging")
2003
The O.C.
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Best Chrismukkah Ever
(2003)
... (performer: "Winter Wonderland")
2003
Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show
(TV Movie documentary) (performer: "I Got Rhythm") / (writer: "It's a Good Day")
2002
Sinatra: The Classic Duets
(TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Nice Work If You Can Get It" - uncredited)
2001
Dean Martin: That's Amore
(TV Movie) (performer: "I Love Being Here with You", "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)", "It's a Good Day") / (writer: "I Love Being Here with You", "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)", "It's a Good Day")
2001
Night Visions
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Hate Puppet
(2001)
... (performer: "Fever")
1997
Seinfeld
(TV Series) (1 episode)
- The Blood
(1997)
... ("Mañana (Is Soon Enough For Me)", uncredited)
1995
Fallen Angels
(TV Series) (arranger - 1 episode)
- The Professional Man
(1995)
... (arranger: "Manana")
1993
Beavis and Butt-Head
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Beavis and Butt-head Meet God
(1993)
... (lyrics: "Fever")
1993
Saturday Night Live
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Harvey Keitel/Madonna
(1993)
... (lyrics: "Fever" - uncredited)
1991
Bugsy
(performer: "WAITIN' FOR THE TRAIN TO COME IN" (1945), "WHY DON'T YOU DO RIGHT? (GET ME SOME MONEY TOO)" (1947))
1989
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Mickey's Happy Valentine Special
(1989)
... (writer: "Bella Notte" from tt0048280)
1988
Gorillas in the Mist
(performer: "September in the Rain", "It's A Good Day", "Sugar") / (writer: "It's A Good Day")
1988
Monkey Shines
(performer: "There'll Be Another Spring", "Ain't We Got Fun", "That's All", "The Glory of Love") / (writer: "There'll Be Another Spring")
1988
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: You Can Fly
(Video short) (lyrics: "He's a Tramp") / (music: "He's a Tramp")
1987
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Heigh-Ho
(Video short) (lyrics: "The Siamese Cat Song") / (music: "The Siamese Cat Song")
1987
DTV 'Doggone' Valentine
(TV Movie) (performer: "We Are Siamese" (aka "The Siamese Cat Song")) / (writer: "We Are Siamese" (aka "The Siamese Cat Song"))
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(TV Series) (performer - 8 episodes, 1974 - 1984) (writer - 2 episodes, 1978 - 1984) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1974)
- Episode dated 25 June 1984
(1984)
... (performer: "I Love Being Here with You", "I Got it Bad (And That Ain't Good)") / (writer: "I Love Being Here with You")
- Episode dated 29 October 1979
(1979)
... (performer: "Alright, Okay, You Win", "Rain Sometimes")
- Episode dated 3 August 1978
(1978)
... (performer: "Goin' to Chicago Blues", "Los Angeles Forevermore", "Send in the Clowns") / (writer: "Los Angeles Forevermore")
- Episode dated 19 April 1978
(1978)
... (performer: "Just the Way You Are", "The More I See You")
- Episode dated 30 December 1977
(1977)
... (performer: "When I Need You")
Today
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1983) (writer - 1 episode, 1983)
- Episode dated 1 December 1983
(1983)
... (performer: "Daddy Was A Railroad Man") / (writer: "Daddy Was A Railroad Man")
1977
M*A*S*H
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Merchant of Korea
(1977)
... (writer: "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)")
1972
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Smiles from Yesterday
(1972)
... (performer: "Smiles from Yesterday")
1970
The Johnny Cash Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.5
(1970)
... (performer: "For the Good Times")
1970
Pieces of Dreams
(performer: "Pieces of Dreams" - as Miss Peggy Lee) / (performer: "The Pied Piper" - uncredited)
The Dean Martin Show
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 1967 - 1969) (writer - 1 episode, 1970)
- Episode #5.19
(1970)
... (writer: "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" - uncredited)
- Episode #5.9
(1969)
... (performer: "Is That All There Is?", "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", "I Got Rhythm", "Beer Barrel Polka" - uncredited)
- Episode #2.25
(1967)
... (performer: "Walking Happy", "Little Girl Blue", "Just You, Just Me", "Exactly Like You", "For You", "The Very Thought of You", "You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?)", "Then I'll Be Happy", "Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore", "Three Little Fishes" - uncredited)
1968
The Jonathan Winters Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.15
(1968)
... (performer: "The Lonesome Road", "The More I See You" - uncredited)
1962-1967
The Ed Sullivan Show
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #21.4
(1967)
... (performer: "I Feel It", "The More I See You", "Just One of Those Things", "Why Don't You Do Right?", "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", "Falling Leaves", "Milord" - uncredited)
- Episode #16.6
(1962)
... (performer: "Mountain Greenery", "Manhattan", "It Might As Well Be Spring")
The Danny Kaye Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1966) (writer - 1 episode, 1966)
- Episode #4.14
(1966)
... (performer: "So What's New?", "Here's That Rainy Day", "Jingle Bells", "Jingle Journey" - uncredited) / (writer: "So What's New?" - uncredited)
1966
The Hollywood Palace
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #3.33
(1966)
... (writer: "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" - uncredited)
1962
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Dinah Shore Show
(1962)
... (writer: "It's a Good Day" - uncredited)
1961
The DuPont Show of the Week
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Happy with the Blues
(1961)
... (writer: "Happy with the Blues")
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 1958 - 1960) (writer - 1 episode, 1958)
- Episode #13.11
(1960)
... (performer: "I'm Sorry" (umcredited), "Gonna Get Along Without You Now" (uncredited))
- Episode #10.19
(1958)
... (performer: "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street", "Jump for Joy", "A Shine on Your Shoes", "Get Out Those Old Records", "Golden Earrings", "Taking a Chance on Love", "April Love", "When You Were Sweet Sixteen", "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)", "It Ain't Necessarily So", "'A' - You're Adorable", "Lover", "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" - uncredited) / (writer: "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" - uncredited)
1958-1960
Make Room for Daddy
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Linda, the Performer
(1960)
... (writer: "This Is A Very Special Day" - uncredited)
- Rusty, the Ward-Heeler
(1958)
... (writer: "This Is A Very Special Day" - uncredited)
1960
The Revlon Revue
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- A 70th Birthday Salute to Paul Whiteman
(1960)
... (performer: "Rockin' Chair", "The Gypsy in My Soul", "Georgia on My Mind", "It's So Peaceful in the Country", "Hold On", "Jeepers Creepers", "Them There Eyes", "Christmas Night in Harlem" - uncredited)
1958
Tom Thumb
(lyrics: "tom thumb's Tune", "Are You a Dream" - uncredited) / (music: "tom thumb's Tune", "Are You a Dream" - uncredited)
1957
The Frank Sinatra Show
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Peggy Lee
(1957)
... (performer: "Our Love Is Here to Stay", "Nice Work If You Can Get It")
- Bob Hope, Peggy Lee and Kim Novak
(1957)
... (performer: "Listen to the Rockin' Bird", "He's My Guy" - uncredited)
1957
The Lux Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.6
(1957)
... (writer: "It's a Good Day" - uncredited)
The Nat King Cole Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1957) (writer - 1 episode, 1957)
- Episode #2.9
(1957)
... (performer: "I Took One Look at You", "Don't Get Around Much Any More", "Makin' Whoopee" - uncredited) / (writer: "It's a Good Day")
1955
Producers' Showcase
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Dateline II
(1955)
... (performer: "You're My Thrill", "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", "How About You?")
1955
Pete Kelly's Blues
(performer: "Sugar (That Sugar Baby of Mine)" (uncredited), "Somebody Loves Me" (uncredited), "He Needs Me", "Sing a Rainbow")
1955
Susi und Strolch
(performer: "He's a Tramp", "La La Lu", "The Siamese Cat Song" - uncredited) / (writer: "He's a Tramp", "La La Lu", "The Siamese Cat Song", "Bella Notte (This Is the Night)", "Peace on Earth", "What Is a Baby?" - uncredited)
1952
The Jazz Singer
(performer: "Just One of Those Things") / (writer: "This Is a Very Special Day")
1952
The Colgate Comedy Hour
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #3.13
(1952)
... (writer: "It's a Good Day")
- Episode #2.23
(1952)
... (writer: "It's a Good Day" - uncredited)
1951-1952
The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #3.25
(1952)
... (performer: "I'll Be Seeing You", "The Lady Is a Tramp")
- Episode #3.12
(1951)
... (performer: "Little David Play On Your Harp", "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart")
The Frank Sinatra Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1951) (writer - 1 episode, 1951)
- Episode #1.26
(1951)
... (performer: "Rock Me to Sleep", "Manana") / (writer: "Manana")
1947
Midnight Serenade
(Short) (performer: "It's A Good Day", "You Was Right Baby", "Sugar", "I'm in the Mood For Love") / (writer: "It's A Good Day", "You Was Right Baby")
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Unsold pilot: Starred in a pilot for a TV series to be called "The Peggy Lee Show" in which she played a music teacher. See more »Publicity Listings:
2 Biographical Movies | 4 Print Biographies | 1 Portrayal | 5 Articles | 2 Pictorials | See more »Official Sites:
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Miss Peggy LeeHeight:
5' 6" (1.68 m)
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