Doris Day
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
Jo McKenna
The Man Who Knew Too Much
(archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Judy Kimball
Send Me No Flowers
Ellen Wagstaff Arden
Move Over, Darling
Jan Morrow
Pillow Talk
Beverly Boyer
The Thrill of It All
Martha Gibson
My Dream Is Yours
Judy Adams
It's a Great Feeling
Nanette Carter
Tea for Two
Kit Preston
Midnight Lace
Candy Williams
Lucky Me
Jennifer Nelson
The Glass Bottom Boat
Cathy Timberlake
That Touch of Mink
Jo Jordan
Young Man with a Horn
Lucy Rice
Storm Warning
Katherine 'Babe' Williams
The Pajama Game
Carol Templeton
Lover Come Back
Jane Osgood
It Happened to Jane
Ruth Etting
Love Me or Leave Me
Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson
April in Paris
Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane
Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield
On Moonlight Bay
Margaret Garrison
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Kitty Wonder
Billy Rose's Jumbo
Laurie Tuttle
Young at Heart
Erica Stone
Teacher's Pet
Melinda Howard
Lullaby of Broadway
Grace LeBoy Kahn
I'll See You in My Dreams
Miss Georgia Garrett
Romance on the High Seas
Patricia Foster
Caprice
Janet Harper
Do Not Disturb
Isolde Poole
The Tunnel of Love
Julie Benton
Julie
Abby McClure
With Six You Get Eggroll
Kate Mackay
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Marjorie Winfield
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Josie
The Ballad of Josie
Jan Wilson
The West Point Story
Self (archive footage)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Aimee Alexander
The Winning Team
Self
Doris Day: It's Magic
Self
Catalina Island
Doris Day
Starlift
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (voice)
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
Self (archive footage)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self - Vocalist
My Lost Horizon
Self - Vocalist
Is It Love or Is It Conscription?
Self
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
herself
NASA
Self (archive footage)
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
Self
The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Self
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
Self
A Star Is Born World Premiere
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Self
Doris Day Today
Self
Every Girl's Dream
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball
Doris Day (uncredited)
So You Want a Television Set
Self
Doris Day: Virgin Territory
Self (archive)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Sparks Brothers
Self, Singer
Once Over, Lightly
Self (archive footage/audio)
With Love, Doris!
Lionpower from MGM
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
70
Gender
Female
Birthday
1922-04-03
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
Doris Kappelhoff