- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 3, 1922
- Place of Birth
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Died
- May 13, 2019
Doris Day
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).
Filmography
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)
movieGrace Kelly: The Missing Millions
2022
movieHollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
movieWaking Sleeping Beauty
2009 · Self (archive footage)
movieWhat a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
2009 · Self (voice)
movieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009 · Self (archive)
movieDoris Day: Virgin Territory
2007 · Self
tvLegends
2006 · Various Roles (archive footage)
movie'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
2004 · Self
movieHollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
2000 · Self (archive footage)
movieDoris Day: It's Magic
1998 · Self
tvE! True Hollywood Story
1996
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage)
movieDoris Day: A Sentimental Journey
1991 · Self
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)
movieDoris Day Today
1975 · Self
movieThe Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special
1971 · Self
tvThe Pet Set
1971 · Self
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
movieThe Ballad of Josie
1968 · Josie
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
Catalina Island
movieCatalina Island
1966 · Self
NASA
movieNASA
1966 · herself
movieEvery Girl's Dream
1966 · Self
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
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
tvThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962
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
movieA Star Is Born World Premiere
1954 · Self
movieLucky Me
1954 · Candy Williams
movieCalamity Jane
1953 · Calamity Jane
So You Want a Television Set
movieSo 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
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball
movieScreen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball
1952 · Self
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
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self
movieIt's a Great Feeling
1949 · Judy Adams
movieMy Dream Is Yours
1949 · Martha Gibson
movieRomance on the High Seas
1948 · Miss Georgia Garrett
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee
Once Over, Lightly
movieOnce Over, Lightly
1941 · Self, Singer
movieIs It Love or Is It Conscription?
1941 · Self - Vocalist
movieMy Lost Horizon
1941 · Self - Vocalist
With Love, Doris!
movieWith Love, Doris!
— · Self (archive footage/audio)