Portrait of Doris Day

Doris Day

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).

Born: April 3, 1922

Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Filmography

2023
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

as Self (archive footage)

2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Self (archive footage)

2006
Legends

as Various Roles (archive footage)

2000
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

as Self (archive footage)

2000
1994
That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1976
That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1975
1971
1968
The Doris Day Show

as Doris Martin

1968
1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies

as Self (archive footage)

1967
Caprice

as Patricia Foster

1966
The Glass Bottom Boat

as Jennifer Nelson

1965
Do Not Disturb

as Janet Harper

1964
Send Me No Flowers

as Judy Kimball

1963
Move Over, Darling

as Ellen Wagstaff Arden

1963
The Thrill of It All

as Beverly Boyer

1962
Billy Rose's Jumbo

as Kitty Wonder

1962
That Touch of Mink

as Cathy Timberlake

1961
Lover Come Back

as Carol Templeton

1960
Midnight Lace

as Kit Preston

1959
Pillow Talk

as Jan Morrow

1959
It Happened to Jane

as Jane Osgood

1958
The Tunnel of Love

as Isolde Poole

1958
Teacher's Pet

as Erica Stone

1957
The Pajama Game

as Katherine 'Babe' Williams

1956
Julie

as Julie Benton

1956
1955
Love Me or Leave Me

as Ruth Etting

1954
Young at Heart

as Laurie Tuttle

1954
Lucky Me

as Candy Williams

1953
Calamity Jane

as Calamity Jane

1953
1953
The Oscars

as Self

1952
April in Paris

as Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson

1952
The Winning Team

as Aimee Alexander

1951
Starlift

as Doris Day

1951
I'll See You in My Dreams

as Grace LeBoy Kahn

1951
On Moonlight Bay

as Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield

1951
Lullaby of Broadway

as Melinda Howard

1951
Storm Warning

as Lucy Rice

1950
1950
Tea for Two

as Nanette Carter

1950
1950
1949
1949
My Dream Is Yours

as Martha Gibson

1948
Romance on the High Seas

as Miss Georgia Garrett

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

1941
1941
My Lost Horizon

as Self - Vocalist