aisy Tormé, actress, TV and radio host, is the multi-faceted daughter of Jazz legend Mel Tormé and British actress Janette Scott. Very early on, Daisy saw her career path as quite plainly following on with the family business, having almost everyone from brothers to great-grandparents in he also knew for the start that her one true love was performing. Her professional career started at the tender age of 8 when she sang along side her famous dad in “The Christmas Songs.”(PBS) A couple of years later, after the split of her parents, came a big move across the Atlantic with her mother and brother James to live in England . There, her crafts were honed under the guidance of Dennis Wicks of the English National Opera, and her own grandmother, legendary English actress Dame Thora Hird. The work paid off in a two year residency and starring roles with the New Sussex Opera Company her junior and senior years in high school, and a Gold Medal with honors in acting from London’s famed Guildhall. After finishing several years in a traditional British all-girls boarding school, Daisy headed back to the U.S. to spend when she calls her favorite years at UCLA, graduating with a BA in English. A self-admitted sports junkie, she continues to cheer loudly for all of her favorite teams, but especially the Bruins! It was at UCLA that Daisy booked her first voice-over job, recording the in-store commercials for Ralph’s supermarkets chain. That was the beginning of a love affair Daisy continues to have with the microphone. Since then, Daisy voice has appeared not only on her own daily radio show, but in Syriana, Rambo 2008, ER, Austin Powers: Goldmember, Bobby, Desperate Housewives, The West Wing, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, Dawson’s Creek, Supernatural, Sliders (her brother Tracy‘s creation), Beverly Hills 90210 and Click, to name but a few! She has also voiced two radio campaigns for the Armed Services Radio Network and the complete anime series, Ninja Scroll, where Daisy stars as the Light Maiden Shigure.
Daisy has worked in almost every corner of the performing arts. She has done film, television and radio, stage, opera and much voice-over and animation. From playing Peggy Lee and Frank Sinatra on the radio airwaves to voicing the British BBC-type news report in ‘Syriana,” from touting Tony Bennett on KCET to singing standards at the Las Vegas Hilton alongside brother James. Since the sad sale of radio’s “Fabulous Lounge“, Daisy has maintained her strong ties to classic American culture. She has been KCET’s jazz and standards-singers’ favorite spokesperson for the past five years, and is passionate and determined to get great music played in every household and car in America. She has also branched out into other areas for KCET, including hosting An Evening with Dr. Wayne Dyer, and most recently hosting an Antiques Roadshow Live Auction TV Event alongside the Roadshow’s host, Mark L. Walberg.
Along with KCET, Daisy donates her time to many non-profit and charitable causes. She has hosted several events for the Wellness Community and YWCA, worked on the jazz-fundraiser committee at the Stroke Association of Southern California, hosted a telethon for Pet-Place (an animal shelter support network), celebrity-bowled (very badly!) for AIDS research and voiced the Free Arts For Abused Children campaign . To cap her philanthropic efforts, in June 2007, Daisy was an Honoree at the Annual Women of Action luncheon, honoring women who achieve both high standards in their chosen careers and in charity work, all benefiting cancer research.
She is a news-addict who loves hiking, sports (watching and playing) cooking, doing something (or nothing) with friends and dogs, old movies, bad TV and long visits to England.
