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)
Jo McKenna
Pillow Talk
(1959)
Jan Morrow
Calamity Jane
(1953)
Calamity Jane
Lover Come Back
(1961)
Carol Templeton
Midnight Lace
(1960)
Kit Preston
Waking Sleeping Beauty
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
Send Me No Flowers
(1964)
Judy Kimball
The Pajama Game
(1957)
Katherine 'Babe' Williams
Teacher's Pet
(1958)
Erica Stone
Storm Warning
(1951)
Lucy Rice
That Touch of Mink
(1962)
Cathy Timberlake
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
(1960)
Kate Mackay
The Thrill of It All
(1963)
Beverly Boyer
That's Entertainment, Part II
(1976)
(archive footage)
Move Over, Darling
(1963)
Ellen Wagstaff Arden
Full Filmography
Acting
My Lost Horizon
(1941)
Self - Vocalist
Is It Love or Is It Conscription?
(1941)
Self - Vocalist
Romance on the High Seas
(1948)
Miss Georgia Garrett
My Dream Is Yours
(1949)
Martha Gibson
It's a Great Feeling
(1949)
Judy Adams
Tea for Two
(1950)
Nanette Carter
Young Man with a Horn
(1950)
Jo Jordan
The West Point Story
(1950)
Jan Wilson
Storm Warning
(1951)
Lucy Rice
On Moonlight Bay
(1951)
Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield
I'll See You in My Dreams
(1951)
Grace LeBoy Kahn
Lullaby of Broadway
(1951)
Melinda Howard
Starlift
(1951)
Doris Day
April in Paris
(1952)
Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson
The Winning Team
(1952)
Aimee Alexander
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball
(1952)
Self
Calamity Jane
(1953)
Calamity Jane
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
(1953)
Marjorie Winfield
So You Want a Television Set
(1953)
Doris Day (uncredited)
Lucky Me
(1954)
Candy Williams
Young at Heart
(1954)
Laurie Tuttle
A Star Is Born World Premiere
(1954)
Self
Love Me or Leave Me
(1955)
Ruth Etting
The Man Who Knew Too Much
(1956)
Jo McKenna
Julie
(1956)
Julie Benton
The Pajama Game
(1957)
Katherine 'Babe' Williams
Teacher's Pet
(1958)
Erica Stone
The Tunnel of Love
(1958)
Isolde Poole
Pillow Talk
(1959)
Jan Morrow
It Happened to Jane
(1959)
Jane Osgood
Midnight Lace
(1960)
Kit Preston
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
(1960)
Kate Mackay
Lover Come Back
(1961)
Carol Templeton
That Touch of Mink
(1962)
Cathy Timberlake
Billy Rose's Jumbo
(1962)
Kitty Wonder
Move Over, Darling
(1963)
Ellen Wagstaff Arden
The Thrill of It All
(1963)
Beverly Boyer
Send Me No Flowers
(1964)
Judy Kimball
Do Not Disturb
(1965)
Janet Harper
The Glass Bottom Boat
(1966)
Jennifer Nelson
Every Girl's Dream
(1966)
Self
Catalina Island
(1966)
Self
NASA
(1966)
herself
Caprice
(1967)
Patricia Foster
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
(1968)
Margaret Garrison
With Six You Get Eggroll
(1968)
Abby McClure
The Ballad of Josie
(1968)
Josie
Rowan & Martin At the Movies
(1968)
Self (archive footage)
The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special
(1971)
Self
Doris Day Today
(1975)
Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
(1976)
(archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
(1983)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
(1990)
(archive footage)
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
(1991)
Self
That's Entertainment! III
(1994)
(archive footage)
Doris Day: It's Magic
(1998)
Self
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
(2000)
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
(2000)
Self (archive footage)
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
(2004)
Self
Doris Day: Virgin Territory
(2007)
Self
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
(2009)
Self (voice)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
(2023)
Self (archive footage)