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Peggy Lee
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Film & TV
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 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…
Known for
- Peggy Lee: Things Are Swingin' — Singer2021
- Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas — Self (archive footage)2013
- …Sings Musicals — Self (archive footage)2012
- Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2 — Self (archive footage)2006
- Judy Garland Duets — Self (archive footage)2005
- Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook — (archive footage)2005
- Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee2004
- Dean Martin: That's Amore — Self (archive footage)2001
- Man and Cat — Poor Old Woman2001
- Night of 100 Stars III — Self1990
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Key facts
- Born
- Norma Deloris Egstrom , ( 1920-05-26 ) May 26, 1920, Jamestown, North Dakota , U.S.
- Died
- January 21, 2002 (2002-01-21) (aged 81), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Resting place
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter actress
- Known for
- The Jazz Tree Disney's Lady and the Tramp Pete Kelly's Blues The Jazz Singer
- Origin
- Valley City , Jamestown , Wimbledon , Fargo, North Dakota
- Genres
- Jazz pop big band swing blues Latin jazz
- Instrument
- Vocals ( Contralto )
- Works
- Peggy Lee discography
- Years active
- 1936–2000
- Labels
- Capitol Decca Atlantic A&M Polydor DRG Records MusicMasters Records Harbinger
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Jamestown
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Brad Dexter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Capitol Records
- Official website
- www.peggylee.com
- Image
- Peggy Lee 1950.JPG
- Number of children
- 1
- Voice type
- contralto
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- Commons gallery
- Peggy Lee
- place of burial
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
- Commons category
- Peggy Lee
- cause of death
- diabetes
- date of birth
- 1920-05-26
- date of death
- 2002-01-21
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Peggy Lee
- birth name
- Norma Deloris Egstrom
- start of work period
- 1937-00-00
- pseudonym
- Susan Melton
- end of work period
- 2000-00-00
- social media followers
- 73600
- writing language
- English language
- P12674
- Lilia Skala
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Encyclopedic overview
Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, and actress whose career spanned seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, Lee created a sophisticated persona, writing music for films, acting, and recording conceptual record albums combining poetry and music. Called the "Queen of American pop music", Lee recorded more than 1,100 masters and co-wrote more than 270 songs. She is best known for her role in the Walt Disney classic Lady and the Tramp, where she voiced Darling, Peg, and the Siamese cats, among others. In 1956, she received an Academy Award nomination for her role in the 1955 film Pete Kelly's Blues. That same year Lee was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Early life
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