---
name: "Brenda Lee"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brenda-lee"
fi1m_id: "brenda-lee"
imdb_id: "nm0496909"
tmdb_id: 1238838
wikidata_id: "Q230925"
roles: []
born: "11 December 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T16:43:48.325771+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brenda Lee

## Identity

Brenda Lee

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brenda-lee
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brenda-lee
- **IMDb ID:** nm0496909
- **TMDB ID:** 1238838
- **Wikidata ID:** Q230925
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Lee, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230925, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0496909/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1238838

Actor. Born 11 December 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 11 December 1944, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- **Also known as:** Brenda Mae Tarpley, Little Miss Dynamite
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Lee, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230925, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0496909/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1238838

## Biography

Brenda Lee (born Brenda Mae Tarpley) is an American singer and actress. Born on 11 December 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia, she began performing as a child and became one of the most successful solo female vocalists of the 1960s, with numerous chart hits in pop, rockabilly and country styles.

She is known for recordings including "I'm Sorry" (1960) and the Christmas standard "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (1958). Lee has also appeared as an actress, including as Nice Lady in the 1980 film *Smokey and the Bandit II*. She is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Smokey and the Bandit II* (1980), Fi1m 44, as Nice Lady — [page](https://film.one/film/smokey-and-the-bandit-ii.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Brenda Lee: Rockin' Around* (2024), Actor
- *Smokey and the Bandit II* (1980), as Nice Lady — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/smokey-and-the-bandit-ii.md)
- *Dick Clark's Good Old Days Part II* (1978), Actor
- *The Two Little Bears* (1961), as Tina Davis
- *Navy Log* (1955), series, as Korean Girl

## Gallery

- ![Brenda Lee](https://film.one/media/person/5539066/gallery-52eefa753a8a.jpg) Brenda Lee — MCA Records/Billy Smith-management, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Brenda_Lee_1977.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Brenda Lee, 1960](https://film.one/media/person/5539066/gallery-e37ceca2149e.jpg) Brenda Lee, 1960 — Dell Publishing, 1960. Photographer not credited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Brenda_Lee_1960.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Brenda Lee al centro con Gilbert Becaud alla Rai di Milano (1959)](https://film.one/media/person/5539066/gallery-14aa37c1f5ea.jpg) Brenda Lee al centro con Gilbert Becaud alla Rai di Milano (1959) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Brenda_Lee59.jpg/1280px-Brenda_Lee59.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Brenda Lee with Elvis Presley in 1957](https://film.one/media/person/5539066/gallery-a4124b73d989.webp) Brenda Lee with Elvis Presley in 1957 — The University of Georgia's Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Brenda_Lee_with_Elvis_Presley_in_1957.webp?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Brenda Lee, kissed by Fabian Forte, 1961](https://film.one/media/person/5539066/gallery-46cf3a61afd5.jpg) Brenda Lee, kissed by Fabian Forte, 1961 — Photographer not credited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Brenda_Lee%2C_kissed_by_Fabian_Forte%2C_1961.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Brenda Lee featured on the cover of Cash Box magazine, 27 August 1960.](https://film.one/media/person/5539066/gallery-f8a7f792c884.jpg) Brenda Lee featured on the cover of Cash Box magazine, 27 August 1960. — Decca Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Brenda_Lee_-_Cash_Box_1960.jpg/1280px-Brenda_Lee_-_Cash_Box_1960.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2002: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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