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
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
as Jo McKenna
Pillow Talk
1959
as Jan Morrow
Lover Come Back
1961
as Carol Templeton
Teacher's Pet
1958
as Erica Stone
That Touch of Mink
1962
as Cathy Timberlake
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Midnight Lace
1960
as Kit Preston
Chaos: The Manson Murders
2025
as Self - Actress & Mother of Terry Melcher (archive footage)
Calamity Jane
1953
as Calamity Jane
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960
as Kate Mackay
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
The Pajama Game
1957
as Katherine 'Babe' Williams
Move Over, Darling
1963
as Ellen Wagstaff Arden
Young at Heart
1954
as Laurie Tuttle
The Thrill of It All
1963
as Beverly Boyer
Send Me No Flowers
1964
as Judy Kimball
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966
as Jennifer Nelson
Young Man with a Horn
1950
as Jo Jordan
Caprice
1967
as Patricia Foster
With Six You Get Eggroll
1968
as Abby McClure