Norma Deloris (Egstrom) Lee (1920 - 2002)

Born 26 May 1920 in Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Boris Michel (Soso) Dexter — married 4 Jan 1953 (to Nov 1953) in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Wife of Dewey Dallas Martin — married 28 Apr 1956 (to 1958) in Riverside, California, United States

Died 21 Jan 2002 at age 81 in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Biography

Peggy (Egstrom) Lee is Notable.

Peggy Lee was an American jazz singer, songwriter and actress whose career spanned six decades.

Family Life

Peggy was born in 1920, the daughter of Marvin Egstrom and Selma Anderson. In 1924, her mother Selma passed away. A year later, the Egstrom household in Jamestown, Stutsman, North Dakota consisted of: M O Egstrom, 50; Leonard Egstrom, 16; Clare Egstrom, 9; Milford Egstrom, 20; Marion Egstrom, 13; Norma Egstrom, 5.^[1]

Marriages

She married David Michael Barbour in 1943.^[2] They had one child, Nicki Lee (Barbour) Foster (1943-2014).

She married Boris Michel (Soso) Mitchell in 1953.^[3]

She married Dewey Dallas Martin in 1956.^[4]

Career

Peggy was discovered by Benny Goodman.

In 1942, Peggy had her first #1 hit, "Somebody Else Is Taking My Place." followed by "Why Don't You Do Right?" She then began collaborating on songs, often with her first husband, Dave Barbour, including "I Don't Know Enough About You", "Golden Earings", "It's a Good Day" and “Mañana,” and several songs for Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp.

She also had an acting career; she starred in The Jazz Singer (1952) and Pete Kelly's Blues (1955), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She provided speaking and singing voices for several characters in the Disney movie Lady and the Tramp (1955), playing the human Darling, the dog Peg, and the two Siamese cats, Si and Am.

Legacy

Among her many accolades, Peggy received 12 Grammy Awards, and in 1995 the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1999, she was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

She passed away in 2002.^[5] Her ashes were buried in Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.

Research Notes

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• PEGGY LEE Obituary Legacy.com.#sthash.qAXOrzjq.dpuf

Sources

1. ↑ "North Dakota Census, 1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9C-F4TV : 17 March 2018), Norma Egstrom in household of M O Egstrom, Jamestown, Stutsman, North Dakota, United States; citing sheet number 25, family number 277, State Historical Society of North Dakota; FHL microfilm 1,731,405.
2. ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K82X-GLW : 8 December 2017), David M Barbour and Norma D Egstrom, 08 Mar 1943; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,135,132.
3. ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8X9-J2B : 10 December 2017), Selma Andreson in entry for Boris Veljo Milanovich Mitchell and Norma Egstrom Barbour, 04 Jan 1953; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,343,075.
4. ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K86K-CZ5 : 10 December 2017), Selma Anderson in entry for Dewey Dallas Martin and Norma Delores Barbour, 28 Apr 1956; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,343,421.
5. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLYZ-T4D : 4 December 2020), Peggy Lee, 21 Jan 2002; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

See also:

• Wikipedia: Peggy Lee
• Wikidata: Item Q229139, en:Wikipedia
• https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0498007/
• http://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jan/22/guardianobituaries.johnfordham
• http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/legacy/obituary.aspx?pid=200031
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4J-83JK : accessed 8 December 2020), Norma Or Peggy Lee Egstrom, Vancouver, Washington, United States, 23 Jan 2002; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Columbian, The, born-digital text.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK2W-F3MQ : accessed 8 December 2020), Peggy Lee Sultry, Texas, United States, 23 Jan 2002; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Houston Chronicle, born-digital text.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVTG-BK5S : accessed 8 December 2020), Associated Press Peggy Lee, Pennsylvania, United States, 23 Jan 2002; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Philadelphia Inquirer, The, born-digital text.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 December 2020), memorial page for Peggy Lee (26 May 1920–21 Jan 2002), Find A Grave: Memorial #6107216, citing Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .