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