Doris Day
Actor
- Born
- April 3, 1922 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Died
- May 13, 2019 (age 97)
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
May 16, 1956
Pillow Talk
October 7, 1959
Calamity Jane
November 4, 1953
That Touch of Mink
June 14, 1962
Lover Come Back
December 20, 1961
Send Me No Flowers
October 14, 1964
Midnight Lace
October 13, 1960
Waking Sleeping Beauty
March 26, 2010
Teacher's Pet
April 1, 1958
Move Over, Darling
December 19, 1963
The Thrill of It All
July 17, 1963
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
March 31, 1960
Acting72
- 2025Chaos: The Manson Murders as Self - Actress & Mother of Terry Melcher (archive footage)
- 2023Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed as Self (archive footage)
- 2023Commitment to Life as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions
- 2018Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
- 2010Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
- 2009What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar as Self (voice)
- 2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical as Self (archive)
- 2007Doris Day: Virgin Territory as Self