About
Doris Day
Overview
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
Acting |
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| 2023 | Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2021 | The Sparks Brothers | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Waking Sleeping Beauty | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 61 Fair |
| 2009 | What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar | Actor | Self (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical | Actor | Self (archive) | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | Doris Day: Virgin Territory | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2004 | 'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2000 | Hollywood Musicals of the 40's | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2000 | The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Doris Day: It's Magic | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III | Actor | (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1991 | Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths | Actor | (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Volunteers | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | Actor | (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1975 | Doris Day Today | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1971 | The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1968 | The Doris Day Show | Actor | Doris Martin | 67 Fair |
| 1968 | With Six You Get Eggroll | Actor | Abby McClure | 59 Average |
| 1968 | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | Actor | Margaret Garrison | 58 Average |
| 1968 | The Ballad of Josie | Actor | Josie | 59 Average |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin at the Movies | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1967 | Caprice | Actor | Patricia Foster | 58 Average |
| 1966 | NASA | Actor | herself | N/A N/A |
| 1966 | Catalina Island | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1966 | The Glass Bottom Boat | Actor | Jennifer Nelson | 59 Average |
| 1966 | Every Girl's Dream | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1965 | Do Not Disturb | Actor | Janet Harper | 58 Average |
| 1964 | Send Me No Flowers | Actor | Judy Kimball | 60 Fair |
| 1963 | Move Over, Darling | Actor | Ellen Wagstaff Arden | 59 Average |
| 1963 | The Thrill of It All | Actor | Beverly Boyer | 60 Fair |
| 1962 | Billy Rose's Jumbo | Actor | Kitty Wonder | 58 Average |
| 1962 | That Touch of Mink | Actor | Cathy Timberlake | 60 Fair |
| 1961 | Lover Come Back | Actor | Carol Templeton | 61 Fair |
| 1960 | Midnight Lace | Actor | Kit Preston | 60 Fair |
| 1960 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Actor | Kate Mackay | 59 Average |
| 1959 | Pillow Talk | Actor | Jan Morrow | 63 Fair |
| 1959 | It Happened to Jane | Actor | Jane Osgood | 59 Average |
| 1958 | The Tunnel of Love | Actor | Isolde Poole | 59 Average |
| 1958 | Teacher's Pet | Actor | Erica Stone | 60 Fair |
| 1957 | The Pajama Game | Actor | Katherine 'Babe' Williams | 59 Average |
| 1956 | Julie | Actor | Julie Benton | 58 Average |
| 1956 | The Man Who Knew Too Much | Actor | Jo McKenna | 70 Good |
| 1955 | Love Me or Leave Me | Actor | Ruth Etting | 59 Average |
| 1954 | Young at Heart | Actor | Laurie Tuttle | 58 Average |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born World Premiere | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1954 | Lucky Me | Actor | Candy Williams | 59 Average |
| 1953 | Calamity Jane | Actor | Calamity Jane | 61 Fair |
| 1953 | So You Want a Television Set | Actor | Doris Day (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1953 | By the Light of the Silvery Moon | Actor | Marjorie Winfield | 58 Average |
| 1952 | April in Paris | Actor | Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson | 58 Average |
| 1952 | The Winning Team | Actor | Aimee Alexander | 59 Average |
| 1952 | Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1951 | Starlift | Actor | Doris Day | 58 Average |
| 1951 | I'll See You in My Dreams | Actor | Grace LeBoy Kahn | 58 Average |
| 1951 | On Moonlight Bay | Actor | Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield | 59 Average |
| 1951 | Lullaby of Broadway | Actor | Melinda Howard | 59 Average |
| 1951 | Storm Warning | Actor | Lucy Rice | 59 Average |
| 1950 | The West Point Story | Actor | Jan Wilson | 58 Average |
| 1950 | Tea for Two | Actor | Nanette Carter | 59 Average |
| 1950 | Young Man with a Horn | Actor | Jo Jordan | 59 Average |
| 1949 | It's a Great Feeling | Actor | Judy Adams | 58 Average |
| 1949 | My Dream Is Yours | Actor | Martha Gibson | 59 Average |
| 1948 | Romance on the High Seas | Actor | Miss Georgia Garrett | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Once Over, Lightly | Actor | Self, Singer | N/A N/A |
| 1941 | Is It Love or Is It Conscription? | Actor | Self - Vocalist | N/A N/A |
| 1941 | My Lost Horizon | Actor | Self - Vocalist | N/A N/A |