Doris Day
Department: Acting
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).
Known For
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
Send Me No Flowers
1964
Pillow Talk
1959
Move Over, Darling
1963
The Thrill of It All
1963
My Dream Is Yours
1949
It's a Great Feeling
1949
Tea for Two
1950
Midnight Lace
1960
Lucky Me
1954
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966
That Touch of Mink
1962
Young Man with a Horn
1950
Storm Warning
1951
The Pajama Game
1957
Lover Come Back
1961
It Happened to Jane
1959
Love Me or Leave Me
1955
April in Paris
1952
Calamity Jane
1953
On Moonlight Bay
1951
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968
Billy Rose's Jumbo
1962
Young at Heart
1954
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951
Lullaby of Broadway
1951
Teacher's Pet
1958
Romance on the High Seas
1948
Caprice
1967
Do Not Disturb
1965
The Tunnel of Love
1958
Julie
1956
With Six You Get Eggroll
1968
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
1953
The Ballad of Josie
1968
The West Point Story
1950
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023
The Winning Team
1952
Doris Day: It's Magic
1998
Catalina Island
1966
Starlift
1951
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
My Lost Horizon
1941
Is It Love or Is It Conscription?
1941
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
1991
NASA
1966
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968
That's Entertainment! III
1994
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
2000
The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special
1971
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
2004
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Doris Day Today
1975
Every Girl's Dream
1966
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball
1952
So You Want a Television Set
1953
Doris Day: Virgin Territory
2007
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
Once Over, Lightly
1941
With Love, Doris!
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Lionpower from MGM
1967
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions
2022
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
Chaos: The Manson Murders
2025
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Doris Day Show
1968
The Oscars
1953
Legends
2006
The Pet Set
1971
What's My Line?
1950
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Andy Warhol Diaries
2022
The Hollywood Greats
1977