Doris Day
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 (82 titles)
6.1MovieChaos: The Manson Murders
Self - Actress & Mother of Terry Melcher (archive footage) · 2025
5.7MovieRock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Self (archive footage) · 2023
MovieCommitment to Life
Self (archive footage) · 2023
5.5MovieGrace Kelly: The Missing Millions
2022
5.5MovieHollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
7.2MovieWaking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage) · 2009
7.7MovieWhat a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
Self (voice) · 2009
MovieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive) · 2009
7.0MovieDoris Day: Virgin Territory
Self · 2007
5.0ShowLegends
Various Roles (archive footage) · 2006
Movie'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
Self · 2004
MovieHollywood Musicals of the 40's
Self (archive footage) · 2000
6.9MovieThe Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
Self (archive footage) · 2000
MovieDoris Day: It's Magic
Self · 1998
8.2ShowE! True Hollywood Story
1996
7.0MovieThat's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) · 1994
7.0MovieDoris Day: A Sentimental Journey
Self · 1991
5.7MovieHollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
(archive footage) · 1990
MovieI Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
Self - Interviewee · 1989
MovieHollywood Scandals and Tragedies
(archive footage) (uncredited) · 1988
7.0MovieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1983
7.0MovieThat's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage) · 1976
6.5MovieDoris Day Today
Self · 1975
8.0MovieThe Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special
Self · 1971
6.7ShowThe Pet Set
Self · 1971
6.2ShowThe Doris Day Show
Doris Martin · 1968
6.3MovieWith Six You Get Eggroll
Abby McClure · 1968
5.3MovieWhere Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Margaret Garrison · 1968
6.0MovieThe Ballad of Josie
Josie · 1968
4.5MovieRowan & Martin at the Movies
Self (archive footage) · 1968