Doris Day
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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
Credits
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
as Jo McKenna
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Calamity Jane (1953)
as Calamity Jane
That Touch of Mink (1962)
as Cathy Timberlake
Pillow Talk (1959)
as Jan Morrow
Send Me No Flowers (1964)
as Judy Kimball
Hollywood: No Sex, Please! (2018)
Actor
The Thrill of It All (1963)
as Beverly Boyer
Commitment to Life (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Rowan & Martin at the Movies (1968)
as Self (archive footage)
Chaos: The Manson Murders (2025)
as Self - Actress & Mother of Terry Melcher (archive footage)
Do Not Disturb (1965)
as Janet Harper
The Ballad of Josie (1967)
as Josie
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
as Kate Mackay
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
as Jennifer Nelson
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration (2004)
as Self
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
as Miss Georgia Garrett
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
as Ruth Etting
Storm Warning (1951)
as Lucy Rice
Young at Heart (1954)
as Laurie Tuttle
Lullaby of Broadway (1951)
as Melinda Howard
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... (1989)
as Self - Interviewee
Teacher's Pet (1958)
as Erica Stone
Lionpower from MGM (1967)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Move Over, Darling (1963)
as Ellen Wagstaff Arden
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
as Jo Jordan
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
It Happened to Jane (1959)
as Jane Osgood
My Dream Is Yours (1949)
as Martha Gibson
Lover Come Back (1961)
as Carol Templeton
With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
as Abby McClure
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Doris Day: Virgin Territory (2007)
as Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
as Judy Adams
Midnight Lace (1960)
as Kit Preston
On Moonlight Bay (1951)
as Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield
Tea for Two (1950)
as Nanette Carter
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)
as Margaret Garrison
The Pajama Game (1957)
as Katherine 'Babe' Williams
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
as Kitty Wonder
Julie (1956)
as Julie Benton
April in Paris (1952)
as Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
as Marjorie Winfield
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
Doris Day Today (1975)
as Self
I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)
as Grace LeBoy Kahn
The Tunnel of Love (1958)
as Isolde Poole
The Winning Team (1952)
as Aimee Alexander
Caprice (1967)
as Patricia Foster
The West Point Story (1950)
as Jan Wilson
Doris Day: It's Magic (1998)
as Self
Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions (2022)
Actor
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954)
as Self
So You Want a Television Set (1953)
as Doris Day (uncredited)
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey (1991)
as Self
The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special (1971)
as Self
Starlift (1951)
as Doris Day
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009)
as Self (archive)
Lucky Me (1954)
as Candy Williams
Every Girl's Dream (1966)
as Self
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar (2009)
as Self (voice)
With Love, Doris! (—)
as Self (archive footage/audio)
Once Over, Lightly (1941)
as Self, Singer
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball (1952)
as Self
My Lost Horizon (1941)
as Self - Vocalist
Catalina Island (1966)
as Self
NASA (1966)
as herself