Doris Day
Actor
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).
Filmography
Pillow Talk
as Jan Morrow 1959
Calamity Jane
as Calamity Jane 1953
That Touch of Mink
as Cathy Timberlake 1962
Volunteers
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1985
Lover Come Back
as Carol Templeton 1961
Send Me No Flowers
as Judy Kimball 1964
Midnight Lace
as Kit Preston 1960
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage) 2009
Teacher's Pet
as Erica Stone 1958
Move Over, Darling
as Ellen Wagstaff Arden 1963
The Thrill of It All
as Beverly Boyer 1963
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
as Kate Mackay 1960
It Happened to Jane
as Jane Osgood 1959
The Pajama Game
as Katherine 'Babe' Williams 1957
The Glass Bottom Boat
as Jennifer Nelson 1966
Chaos: The Manson Murders
as Self - Actress & Mother of Terry Melcher (archive footage) 2025