Doris Day

Doris Day

Known for
Acting
Born
April 3, 1922
Died
May 13, 2019 (aged 97)
Birthplace
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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

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Filmography

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With Love, Doris!

With Love, Doris!

Movie · as Self (archive footage/audio)

2026
Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes poster

Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes

TV · as Self - Melcher's Mom (archive footage) · 1 ep

2025
Chaos: The Manson Murders poster

Chaos: The Manson Murders

Movie · as Self - Actress & Mother of Terry Melcher (archive footage)

2023
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed poster

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
Commitment to Life poster

Commitment to Life

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions poster

Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions

Movie

2018
Hollywood: No Sex, Please! poster

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

Movie

2010
Waking Sleeping Beauty poster

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2009
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar poster

What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar

Movie · as Self (voice)

2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical poster

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical

Movie · as Self (archive)

2007
Doris Day: Virgin Territory poster

Doris Day: Virgin Territory

Movie · as Self

2006
Legends poster

Legends

TV · as Various Roles (archive footage) · 1 ep

2004
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration poster

'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration

Movie · as Self

2000
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' poster

The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2000
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's poster

Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1998
Doris Day: It's Magic poster

Doris Day: It's Magic

Movie · as Self

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · 1 ep

1994
That's Entertainment! III poster

That's Entertainment! III

Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1991
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey poster

Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey

Movie · as Self

1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths poster

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1989
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... poster

I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies poster

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1985
Volunteers poster

Volunteers

Movie · as Self

1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage poster

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1976
That's Entertainment, Part II poster

That's Entertainment, Part II

Movie · as (archive footage)

1975
Doris Day Today poster

Doris Day Today

Movie · as Self

1971
The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special poster

The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special

Movie · as Self

1971
The Pet Set poster

The Pet Set

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1968
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? poster

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

Movie · as Margaret Garrison

1968
With Six You Get Eggroll poster

With Six You Get Eggroll

Movie · as Abby McClure

1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies poster

Rowan & Martin at the Movies

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1968
The Doris Day Show poster

The Doris Day Show

TV · as Doris Martin · 128 eps

1967
Caprice poster

Caprice

Movie · as Patricia Foster

1967
The Ballad of Josie poster

The Ballad of Josie

Movie · as Josie

1967
Lionpower from MGM poster

Lionpower from MGM

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1966
The Glass Bottom Boat poster

The Glass Bottom Boat

Movie · as Jennifer Nelson

1966
Catalina Island

Catalina Island

Movie · as Self

1966
NASA

NASA

Movie · as herself

1966
Every Girl's Dream poster

Every Girl's Dream

Movie · as Self

1965
Do Not Disturb poster

Do Not Disturb

Movie · as Janet Harper

1964
Send Me No Flowers poster

Send Me No Flowers

Movie · as Judy Kimball

1963
Move Over, Darling poster

Move Over, Darling

Movie · as Ellen Wagstaff Arden

1963
The Thrill of It All poster

The Thrill of It All

Movie · as Beverly Boyer

1962
That Touch of Mink poster

That Touch of Mink

Movie · as Cathy Timberlake

1962
Billy Rose's Jumbo poster

Billy Rose's Jumbo

Movie · as Kitty Wonder

1962
The Beverly Hillbillies poster

The Beverly Hillbillies

TV

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1961
Lover Come Back poster

Lover Come Back

Movie · as Carol Templeton

1960
Midnight Lace poster

Midnight Lace

Movie · as Kit Preston

1960
Please Don't Eat the Daisies poster

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Movie · as Kate Mackay

1959
Pillow Talk poster

Pillow Talk

Movie · as Jan Morrow

1959
It Happened to Jane poster

It Happened to Jane

Movie · as Jane Osgood

1958
Teacher's Pet poster

Teacher's Pet

Movie · as Erica Stone

1958
The Tunnel of Love poster

The Tunnel of Love

Movie · as Isolde Poole

1957
The Pajama Game poster

The Pajama Game

Movie · as Katherine Williams

1956
The Man Who Knew Too Much poster

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Movie · as Jo McKenna

1956
Julie poster

Julie

Movie · as Julie Benton

1955
Love Me or Leave Me poster

Love Me or Leave Me

Movie · as Ruth Etting

1954
Lucky Me poster

Lucky Me

Movie · as Candy Williams

1954
Young at Heart poster

Young at Heart

Movie · as Laurie Tuttle

1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere poster

A Star Is Born World Premiere

Movie · as Self

1953
Calamity Jane poster

Calamity Jane

Movie · as Calamity Jane

1953
By the Light of the Silvery Moon poster

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

Movie · as Marjorie Winfield

1953
So You Want a Television Set

So You Want a Television Set

Movie · as Doris Day (uncredited)

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1952
April in Paris poster

April in Paris

Movie · as Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson

1952
The Winning Team poster

The Winning Team

Movie · as Aimee Alexander

1952
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball

Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball

Movie · as Self

1951
Storm Warning poster

Storm Warning

Movie · as Lucy Rice

1951
On Moonlight Bay poster

On Moonlight Bay

Movie · as Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield

1951
Lullaby of Broadway poster

Lullaby of Broadway

Movie · as Melinda Howard

1951
I'll See You in My Dreams poster

I'll See You in My Dreams

Movie · as Grace LeBoy Kahn

1951
Starlift poster

Starlift

Movie · as Doris Day

1950
Tea for Two poster

Tea for Two

Movie · as Nanette Carter

1950
Young Man with a Horn poster

Young Man with a Horn

Movie · as Jo Jordan

1950
The West Point Story poster

The West Point Story

Movie · as Jan Wilson

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1949
My Dream Is Yours poster

My Dream Is Yours

Movie · as Martha Gibson

1949
It's a Great Feeling poster

It's a Great Feeling

Movie · as Judy Adams

1948
Romance on the High Seas poster

Romance on the High Seas

Movie · as Miss Georgia Garrett

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee, Self -Winner · 1 ep

1941
My Lost Horizon poster

My Lost Horizon

Movie · as Self - Vocalist

1941
Once Over, Lightly

Once Over, Lightly

Movie · as Self, Singer