Brenda Lee
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 11, 1944, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Movies
- 16
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Brenda Lee (born Brenda Mae Tarpley; December 11, 1944) is an American performer and the top-charting solo female vocalist of the 1960s. She sang rockabilly, pop and country music, and had 47 US chart hits during the 1960s, and is ranked fourth in that decade surpassed only by Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Ray Charles. She is known for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry", and 1958's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", which has become a Christmas standard.
At 4 feet 9 inches tall (approximately 145 cm), she received the nickname "Little Miss Dynamite" in 1957, after recording the song "Dynamite" when she was 12, and was one of the earliest pop stars to have a major contemporary international following.
Best-Known Movies
Smokey and the Bandit II
1980
Country: Portraits of an American Sound
2015
Dick Clark's Good Old Days Part II
1978
The Two Little Bears
1961
Welcome to the Club: The Women of Rockabilly
2001
My Music: A Classic Christmas
2019
Disneyland's Summer Vacation Party
1986
Women in Rock
1986
Legends in Concert - Brenda Lee: Coming On Strong
2010
Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits
2003
Filmography
| 2025 | Ringo & Friends at the Ryman | Self |
| 2024 | Brenda Lee: Rockin' Around | |
| 2023 | Christmas at the Opry | Self |
| 2019 | My Music: A Classic Christmas | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Country: Portraits of an American Sound | Self |
| 2010 | Legends in Concert - Brenda Lee: Coming On Strong | Self |
| 2007 | Brenda Lee: In Concert | Self |
| 2003 | Christmas at Belmont | Self - Host |
| 2003 | Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits | Self (archive footage) |
| 2001 | Welcome to the Club: The Women of Rockabilly | Self |
| 1993 | The Women of Country | Self |
| 1986 | Disneyland's Summer Vacation Party | Self |
| 1986 | Women in Rock | Self |
| 1980 | Smokey and the Bandit II | Nice Lady |
| 1978 | Dick Clark's Good Old Days Part II | |
| 1961 | The Two Little Bears | Tina Davis |
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