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

Golden Globe Awards

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Merv Griffin Show

What's My Line?

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Oscars

The Doris Day Show

Legends

All Movies (73)

• Chaos: The Manson Murders2025 · as Self - Actress & Mother of Terry Melcher (archive footage)
• Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Commitment to Life2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions2022
• Hollywood: No Sex, Please!2018
• Waking Sleeping Beauty2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar2009 · as Self (voice)
• Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical2009 · as Self (archive)
• Doris Day: Virgin Territory2007 · as Self
• 'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration2004 · as Self
• Hollywood Musicals of the 40's2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• Doris Day: It's Magic1998 · as Self
• That's Entertainment! III1994 · as (archive footage)
• Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey1991 · as Self
• Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths1990 · as (archive footage)
• I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...1989 · as Self - Interviewee
• Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies1988 · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage1983 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• That's Entertainment, Part II1976 · as (archive footage)
• Doris Day Today1975 · as Self
• The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special1971 · as Self
• With Six You Get Eggroll1968 · as Abby McClure
• Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?1968 · as Margaret Garrison
• The Ballad of Josie1968 · as Josie
• Rowan & Martin at the Movies1968 · as Self (archive footage)
• Caprice1967 · as Patricia Foster
• Lionpower from MGM1967 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Glass Bottom Boat1966 · as Jennifer Nelson
• Catalina Island1966 · as Self
• NASA1966 · as herself
• Every Girl's Dream1966 · as Self
• Do Not Disturb1965 · as Janet Harper
• Send Me No Flowers1964 · as Judy Kimball
• Move Over, Darling1963 · as Ellen Wagstaff Arden
• The Thrill of It All1963 · as Beverly Boyer
• Billy Rose's Jumbo1962 · as Kitty Wonder
• That Touch of Mink1962 · as Cathy Timberlake
• Lover Come Back1961 · as Carol Templeton
• Midnight Lace1960 · as Kit Preston
• Please Don't Eat the Daisies1960 · as Kate Mackay
• Pillow Talk1959 · as Jan Morrow
• It Happened to Jane1959 · as Jane Osgood
• The Tunnel of Love1958 · as Isolde Poole
• Teacher's Pet1958 · as Erica Stone
• The Pajama Game1957 · as Katherine 'Babe' Williams
• Julie1956 · as Julie Benton
• The Man Who Knew Too Much1956 · as Jo McKenna
• Love Me or Leave Me1955 · as Ruth Etting
• Young at Heart1954 · as Laurie Tuttle
• A Star Is Born World Premiere1954 · as Self
• Lucky Me1954 · as Candy Williams
• Calamity Jane1953 · as Calamity Jane
• So You Want a Television Set1953 · as Doris Day (uncredited)
• By the Light of the Silvery Moon1953 · as Marjorie Winfield
• April in Paris1952 · as Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson
• The Winning Team1952 · as Aimee Alexander
• Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball1952 · as Self
• Starlift1951 · as Doris Day
• I'll See You in My Dreams1951 · as Grace LeBoy Kahn
• On Moonlight Bay1951 · as Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield
• Lullaby of Broadway1951 · as Melinda Howard
• Storm Warning1951 · as Lucy Rice
• The West Point Story1950 · as Jan Wilson
• Tea for Two1950 · as Nanette Carter
• Young Man with a Horn1950 · as Jo Jordan
• It's a Great Feeling1949 · as Judy Adams
• My Dream Is Yours1949 · as Martha Gibson
• Romance on the High Seas1948 · as Miss Georgia Garrett
• Once Over, Lightly1941 · as Self, Singer
• Is It Love or Is It Conscription?1941 · as Self - Vocalist
• My Lost Horizon1941 · as Self - Vocalist
• With Love, Doris!— · as Self (archive footage/audio)

All TV Shows (10)

• Legends2006 · as Various Roles (archive footage)
• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• The Pet Set1971 · as Self
• The Doris Day Show1968 · as Doris Martin
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Beverly Hillbillies1962
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee