Doris Day
April 3, 1922 (103 years old) in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Doris Day (born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff) 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).
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Credits
- 2023 · Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions as
- 2009 · Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar as Self (voice)
- 2006 · Legends as Various Roles (archive footage)
- 1983 · Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1971 · The Pet Set as Self
- 1968 · The Doris Day Show as Doris Martin
- 1968 · With Six You Get Eggroll as Abby McClure
- 1968 · The Ballad of Josie as Josie
- 1966 · The Glass Bottom Boat as Jennifer Nelson
- 1963 · Move Over, Darling as Ellen Wagstaff Arden
- 1962 · Billy Rose's Jumbo as Kitty Wonder
- 1962 · The Beverly Hillbillies as
- 1962 · That Touch of Mink as Cathy Timberlake
- 1961 · Lover Come Back as Carol Templeton
- 1960 · Midnight Lace as Kit Preston
- 1959 · Pillow Talk as Jan Morrow
- 1959 · It Happened to Jane as Jane Osgood
- 1958 · The Tunnel of Love as Isolde Poole
- 1956 · Julie as Julie Benton
- 1956 · The Man Who Knew Too Much as Jo McKenna
- 1954 · Young at Heart as Laurie Tuttle
- 1954 · Lucky Me as Candy Williams
- 1953 · Calamity Jane as Calamity Jane
- 1953 · So You Want a Television Set as Doris Day (uncredited)
- 1953 · By the Light of the Silvery Moon as Marjorie Winfield
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · The Winning Team as Aimee Alexander
- 1951 · On Moonlight Bay as Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield
- 1951 · Lullaby of Broadway as Melinda Howard
- 1951 · Storm Warning as Lucy Rice
- 1950 · The West Point Story as Jan Wilson
- 1950 · Young Man with a Horn as Jo Jordan
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1948 · Romance on the High Seas as Miss Georgia Garrett
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · With Love, Doris! as Self (archive footage/audio)
- 2009 · Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical as Self (archive)
- 2007 · Doris Day: Virgin Territory as Self
- 2004 · 'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration as Self
- 2000 · Hollywood Musicals of the 40's as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 · The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' as Self (archive footage)
- 1998 · Doris Day: It's Magic as Self
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1994 · That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)
- 1991 · Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey as Self
- 1990 · Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths as (archive footage)
- 1988 · Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies as
- 1976 · That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- 1975 · Doris Day Today as Self
- 1971 · The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special as Self
- 1968 · Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? as Margaret Garrison
- 1968 · Rowan & Martin at the Movies as Self (archive footage)
- 1967 · Caprice as Patricia Foster
- 1967 · Lionpower from MGM as
- 1966 · Catalina Island as Self
- 1966 · NASA as herself
- 1966 · Every Girl's Dream as Self
- 1965 · Do Not Disturb as Janet Harper
- 1964 · Send Me No Flowers as Judy Kimball
- 1963 · The Thrill of It All as Beverly Boyer
- 1960 · Please Don't Eat the Daisies as Kate Mackay
- 1958 · Teacher's Pet as Erica Stone
- 1957 · The Pajama Game as Katherine 'Babe' Williams
- 1955 · Love Me or Leave Me as Ruth Etting
- 1954 · A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self
- 1952 · April in Paris as Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson
- 1952 · Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball as Self
- 1951 · Starlift as Doris Day
- 1951 · I'll See You in My Dreams as Grace LeBoy Kahn
- 1950 · Tea for Two as Nanette Carter
- 1949 · It's a Great Feeling as Judy Adams
- 1949 · My Dream Is Yours as Martha Gibson
- 1941 · Once Over, Lightly as Self, Singer
- 1941 · Is It Love or Is It Conscription? as Self - Vocalist
- 1941 · My Lost Horizon as Self - Vocalist