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