Doris Day
Acting
Doris Day (born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 - May 13, 2019) was an American actress and singer, and an outspoken animal rights activist since her retirement from show business. Her entertainment career began in the 1940s as a big band singer. In 1945 she had her first hit recording, "Sentimental Journey". In 1948, she appeared in her first film, Romance on the High Seas. During her entertainment career, she appeared in 39 films, recorded more than 650 songs, received an Academy Award nomination, won a Golden Globe and a Grammy Award, and, in 1989, received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures. As of 2009, she was the top-ranking female box office star of all time and ranked sixth among the top ten box office performers (male and female).
Known for
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movieChaos: The Manson Murders
2025
Self - Actress & Mother of Terry Melcher (archive footage)
movieRock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023
Self (archive footage)
movieCommitment to Life
2023
Self (archive footage)
movieWaking Sleeping Beauty
2009
Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
Self (archive)
tvLegends
2006
Various Roles (archive footage)
movieHollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
2000
Self (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
(archive footage)
movieHollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
(archive footage)
movieI Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
1989
Self - Interviewee
movieHollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
(archive footage) (uncredited)
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
(archive footage)
tvThe Doris Day Show
1968
Doris Martin
movieWith Six You Get Eggroll
1968
Abby McClure
movieWhere Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968
Margaret Garrison
movieRowan & Martin at the Movies
1968
Self (archive footage)
movieCaprice
1967
Patricia Foster
movieLionpower from MGM
1967
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Glass Bottom Boat
1966
Jennifer Nelson
NASA
1966
herself
movieDo Not Disturb
1965
Janet Harper
movieSend Me No Flowers
1964
Judy Kimball
movieMove Over, Darling
1963
Ellen Wagstaff Arden
movieThe Thrill of It All
1963
Beverly Boyer
movieBilly Rose's Jumbo
1962
Kitty Wonder
movieThat Touch of Mink
1962
Cathy Timberlake
movieLover Come Back
1961
Carol Templeton
movieMidnight Lace
1960
Kit Preston
moviePlease Don't Eat the Daisies
1960
Kate Mackay
moviePillow Talk
1959
Jan Morrow
movieIt Happened to Jane
1959
Jane Osgood
movieThe Tunnel of Love
1958
Isolde Poole
movieTeacher's Pet
1958
Erica Stone
movieThe Pajama Game
1957
Katherine 'Babe' Williams
movieJulie
1956
Julie Benton
movieThe Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
Jo McKenna
movieLove Me or Leave Me
1955
Ruth Etting
movieYoung at Heart
1954
Laurie Tuttle
movieLucky Me
1954
Candy Williams
movieCalamity Jane
1953
Calamity Jane
So You Want a Television Set
1953
Doris Day (uncredited)
movieBy the Light of the Silvery Moon
1953
Marjorie Winfield
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
movieApril in Paris
1952
Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson
movieThe Winning Team
1952
Aimee Alexander
movieStarlift
1951
Doris Day
movieI'll See You in My Dreams
1951
Grace LeBoy Kahn
movieOn Moonlight Bay
1951
Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield
movieLullaby of Broadway
1951
Melinda Howard
movieStorm Warning
1951
Lucy Rice
movieThe West Point Story
1950
Jan Wilson
movieTea for Two
1950
Nanette Carter
movieYoung Man with a Horn
1950
Jo Jordan
movieIt's a Great Feeling
1949
Judy Adams
movieMy Dream Is Yours
1949
Martha Gibson
movieRomance on the High Seas
1948
Miss Georgia Garrett
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee
Once Over, Lightly
1941
Self, Singer
movieIs It Love or Is It Conscription?
1941
Self - Vocalist
movieMy Lost Horizon
1941
Self - Vocalist
With Love, Doris!
Self (archive footage/audio)