{"id":661,"date":"2013-01-17T17:56:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T17:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peggylee.com\/wp\/?p=661"},"modified":"2021-08-04T10:19:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T14:19:27","slug":"peggy-lee-back-to-acting-set-for-g-e-theater-stint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peggylee.com\/peggy-lee-back-to-acting-set-for-g-e-theater-stint\/","title":{"rendered":"Peggy Lee Back to Acting: Set for G. E. Theater Stint"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pl_content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">author unknown<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Singer Peggy Lee, whose acting talent went unused after a debut that earned an Oscar nomination, goes back to acting next month on TV.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pretty blonde vocalist\u2019s brush with Academy Award honors came when she played an alcoholic in Pete Kelly\u2019s Blues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But as happens in a Hollywood that often has a knack for not remembering good performances, screen roles passed Peggy by and she went on singing for her bread and butter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now, however, Peggy feels it\u2019s time for another dramatic debut, only this time the medium is TV\u2019s G. E. Theater instead of movies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Peggy talked about the dramatic part of her career at a Capitol recording studio as she prepared to join a full string orchestra cutting a new album of songs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sipping a bit of lemon juice and chewing on as throat lozenge, Peggy said she planned to follow up the TV drama with a stage show later this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I don\u2019t intend to let acting drop this time,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I should have continued it more closely after making the Kelly\u2019s picture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Miss Lee left to enter the recording booth for a rendition of &#8220;As You Desire Me,&#8221; only to take a &#8220;break&#8221; a short time later when she decided her vocal cords weren\u2019t in the mood for singing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sitting in the control room with a hot lamp placed against her throat to relax the cords, Peggy said, &#8220;I\u2019ve got more of a challenge coming from acting than from singing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;You know, I never wanted to sing just to make a living. 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Now, it\u2019s like starting all over again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Even if the reviews aren\u2019t too good this time, I\u2019ll keep trying,&#8221; adding with a wry smile as she headed back to the recording microphone, &#8220;of course if it\u2019s really bad, maybe I should leave it alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>author unknown Singer Peggy Lee, whose acting talent went unused after a debut that earned an Oscar nomination, goes back to acting next month on TV. The pretty blonde vocalist\u2019s brush with Academy Award honors came when she played an alcoholic in Pete Kelly\u2019s Blues. 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