Doris Day
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self -Winner
1944
Series
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
The Doris Day Show
Doris Martin
1968
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Pet Set
Self
1971
Series
Legends
Various Roles (archive footage)
2006
Film
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Jo McKenna
1956
Series
Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes
Self - Melcher's Mom (archive footage)
2026
Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Film
Pillow Talk
Jan Morrow
1959
Film
Send Me No Flowers
Judy Kimball
1964
Film
That Touch of Mink
Cathy Timberlake
1962
Film
Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane
1953
Film
Chaos: The Manson Murders
Self - Actress & Mother of Terry Melcher (archive footage)
2025
Film
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
2010
Film
Love Me or Leave Me
Ruth Etting
1955
Film
Romance on the High Seas
Miss Georgia Garrett
1948
Film
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Kate Mackay
1960
Film
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
Film
The Glass Bottom Boat
Jennifer Nelson
1966
Film
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Film
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
Film
Storm Warning
Lucy Rice
1951
Film
It's a Great Feeling
Judy Adams
1949
Film
Billy Rose's Jumbo
Kitty Wonder
1962
Film
It Happened to Jane
Jane Osgood
1959
Film
The Pajama Game
Katherine Williams
1957
Film
Lover Come Back
Carol Templeton
1961
Film
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Midnight Lace
Kit Preston
1960
Film
The Thrill of It All
Beverly Boyer
1963
Film
Lullaby of Broadway
Melinda Howard
1951
Film
Teacher's Pet
Erica Stone
1958
Film
Do Not Disturb
Janet Harper
1965
Film
With Six You Get Eggroll
Abby McClure
1968
Film
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Film
Move Over, Darling
Ellen Wagstaff Arden
1963
Film
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
The West Point Story
Jan Wilson
1950
Film
Caprice
Patricia Foster
1967
Film
Young at Heart
Laurie Tuttle
1954
Film
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Margaret Garrison
1968
Film
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Self (archive footage)
1968
Film
April in Paris
Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson
1952
Film
Tea for Two
Nanette Carter
1950
Film
Young Man with a Horn
Jo Jordan
1950
Film
Doris Day Today
Self
1975
Film
The Ballad of Josie
Josie
1967
Film
The Tunnel of Love
Isolde Poole
1958
Film
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
Film
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
1954
Film
On Moonlight Bay
Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield
1951
Film
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Marjorie Winfield
1953
Film
My Dream Is Yours
Martha Gibson
1949
Film
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Self (archive footage)
1990
Film
Lucky Me
Candy Williams
1954
Film
I'll See You in My Dreams
Grace LeBoy Kahn
1951
Film
The Winning Team
Aimee Alexander
1952
Film
Julie
Julie Benton
1956
Film
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Self (archive footage)
2000
Film
Starlift
Doris Day
1951
Film
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
Self - Interviewee
1989
Film
Doris Day: Virgin Territory
Self
2007
Film
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive)
2009
Film
Lionpower from MGM
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1967
Film
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
Self
1991
Film
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
Self (archive footage)
2000
Film
Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions
2022
Film
Doris Day: It's Magic
Self
1998
Film
Every Girl's Dream
Self
1966
Film
The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special
Self
1971
So You Want a Television Set
Doris Day (uncredited)
1953
Film
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
Self
2004
Film
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
Self (voice)
2009
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball
Self
1952
Film
My Lost Horizon
Self - Vocalist
1941
Once Over, Lightly
Self, Singer
1941
Catalina Island
Self
1966
With Love, Doris!
Self (archive footage/audio)
NASA
herself
1966