Doris Day
Acting • Born 1922-04-03 – Died 2019-05-13
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).
Filmography
81 credits
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Movie • 1956
Jo McKenna
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Movie • 1990
(archive footage)
Send Me No Flowers
Movie • 1964
Judy Kimball
Pillow Talk
Movie • 1959
Jan Morrow
Move Over, Darling
Movie • 1963
Ellen Wagstaff Arden
The Thrill of It All
Movie • 1963
Beverly Boyer
My Dream Is Yours
Movie • 1949
Martha Gibson
It's a Great Feeling
Movie • 1949
Judy Adams
Tea for Two
Movie • 1950
Nanette Carter
Midnight Lace
Movie • 1960
Kit Preston
Lucky Me
Movie • 1954
Candy Williams
The Glass Bottom Boat
Movie • 1966
Jennifer Nelson
That Touch of Mink
Movie • 1962
Cathy Timberlake
Young Man with a Horn
Movie • 1950
Jo Jordan
Storm Warning
Movie • 1951
Lucy Rice
The Pajama Game
Movie • 1957
Katherine 'Babe' Williams
Lover Come Back
Movie • 1961
Carol Templeton
It Happened to Jane
Movie • 1959
Jane Osgood
Love Me or Leave Me
Movie • 1955
Ruth Etting
April in Paris
Movie • 1952
Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson
Calamity Jane
Movie • 1953
Calamity Jane
On Moonlight Bay
Movie • 1951
Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Movie • 1968
Margaret Garrison
Billy Rose's Jumbo
Movie • 1962
Kitty Wonder
Young at Heart
Movie • 1954
Laurie Tuttle
Teacher's Pet
Movie • 1958
Erica Stone
I'll See You in My Dreams
Movie • 1951
Grace LeBoy Kahn
Lullaby of Broadway
Movie • 1951
Melinda Howard
Romance on the High Seas
Movie • 1948
Miss Georgia Garrett
Caprice
Movie • 1967
Patricia Foster
Do Not Disturb
Movie • 1965
Janet Harper
The Tunnel of Love
Movie • 1958
Isolde Poole
Julie
Movie • 1956
Julie Benton
With Six You Get Eggroll
Movie • 1968
Abby McClure
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Movie • 1960
Kate Mackay
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Movie • 1953
Marjorie Winfield
The Ballad of Josie
Movie • 1968
Josie
The West Point Story
Movie • 1950
Jan Wilson
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
The Winning Team
Movie • 1952
Aimee Alexander
Doris Day: It's Magic
Movie • 1998
Self
Catalina Island
Movie • 1966
Self
Starlift
Movie • 1951
Doris Day
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
Movie • 2009
Self (voice)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
My Lost Horizon
Movie • 1941
Self - Vocalist
Is It Love or Is It Conscription?
Movie • 1941
Self - Vocalist
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
Movie • 1991
Self
NASA
Movie • 1966
herself
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Movie • 1968
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
Movie • 1994
(archive footage)
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special
Movie • 1971
Self
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
Movie • 2004
Self
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Movie • 1954
Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
Doris Day Today
Movie • 1975
Self
Every Girl's Dream
Movie • 1966
Self
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball
Movie • 1952
Self
So You Want a Television Set
Movie • 1953
Doris Day (uncredited)
Doris Day: Virgin Territory
Movie • 2007
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Movie • 2009
Self (archive)
Once Over, Lightly
Movie • 1941
Self, Singer
With Love, Doris!
Movie
Self (archive footage/audio)
Lionpower from MGM
Movie • 1967
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Movie • 1988
Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions
Movie • 2022
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
Movie • 2018
Chaos: The Manson Murders
Movie • 2025
Self - Actress & Mother of Terry Melcher (archive footage)
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The Doris Day Show
TV • 1968
Doris Martin
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Legends
TV • 2006
Various Roles (archive footage)
The Pet Set
TV • 1971
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self