Doris Day
Biography
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).
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Acting History
2023
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed as Self (archive footage)
2022Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions
2017I Am Not Your Negro as Self (archive footage)
2009Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
2009What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar as Self (voice)
2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical as Self (archive)
2007Doris Day: Virgin Territory as Self
2006Legends as Various Roles (archive footage)
2004'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration as Self
2000Hollywood Musicals of the 40's as Self (archive footage)
2000The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' as Self (archive footage)
1998Doris Day: It's Magic as Self
1996E! True Hollywood Story
1994That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)
1991Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey as Self
1990Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths as (archive footage)
1988Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1975Doris Day Today as Self
1971The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special as Self
1971The Pet Set as Self
1968The Doris Day Show as Doris Martin
1968With Six You Get Eggroll as Abby McClure
1968Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? as Margaret Garrison
1968The Ballad of Josie as Josie
1968Rowan & Martin at the Movies as Self (archive footage)
1967Caprice as Patricia Foster
1967Lionpower from MGM
1966The Glass Bottom Boat as Jennifer Nelson
1966Catalina Island as Self
1966NASA as herself
1966Every Girl's Dream as Self
1965Do Not Disturb as Janet Harper
1964Send Me No Flowers as Judy Kimball
1963Move Over, Darling as Ellen Wagstaff Arden
1963The Thrill of It All as Beverly Boyer
1962Billy Rose's Jumbo as Kitty Wonder
1962The Beverly Hillbillies
1962That Touch of Mink as Cathy Timberlake
1961Lover Come Back as Carol Templeton
1960Midnight Lace as Kit Preston
1960Please Don't Eat the Daisies as Kate Mackay
1959Pillow Talk as Jan Morrow
1959It Happened to Jane as Jane Osgood
1958The Tunnel of Love as Isolde Poole
1958Teacher's Pet as Erica Stone
1957The Pajama Game as Katherine 'Babe' Williams
1956Julie as Julie Benton
1956The Man Who Knew Too Much as Jo McKenna
1955Love Me or Leave Me as Ruth Etting
1954Young at Heart as Laurie Tuttle
1954A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self
1954Lucky Me as Candy Williams
1953Calamity Jane as Calamity Jane
1953So You Want a Television Set as Doris Day (uncredited)
1953By the Light of the Silvery Moon as Marjorie Winfield
1953The Oscars as Self
1952April in Paris as Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson
1952The Winning Team as Aimee Alexander
1952Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball as Self
1951Starlift as Doris Day
1951I'll See You in My Dreams as Grace LeBoy Kahn
1951On Moonlight Bay as Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield
1951Lullaby of Broadway as Melinda Howard
1951Storm Warning as Lucy Rice
1950The West Point Story as Jan Wilson
1950Tea for Two as Nanette Carter
1950Young Man with a Horn as Jo Jordan
1950What's My Line? as Self
1949It's a Great Feeling as Judy Adams
1949My Dream Is Yours as Martha Gibson
1948Romance on the High Seas as Miss Georgia Garrett
1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
1941Once Over, Lightly as Self, Singer
1941Is It Love or Is It Conscription? as Self - Vocalist
1941My Lost Horizon as Self - Vocalist
—With Love, Doris! as Self (archive footage/audio)