Acting

Doris Day

Born 1922-04-03 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Died 2019-05-13

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).

Credits

Newest first

Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes
as Self - Melcher's Mom (archive footage)
2026
Chaos: The Manson Murders
as Self - Actress & Mother of Terry Melcher (archive footage)
2025
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions
2022
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
2010
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
as Self (voice)
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
as Self (archive)
2009
Doris Day: Virgin Territory
as Self
2007
Legends
as Various Roles (archive footage)
2006
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
as Self
2004
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
as Self (archive footage)
2000
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Doris Day: It's Magic
as Self
1998
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
as Self
1991
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as Self (archive footage)
1990
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
as Self - Interviewee
1989
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
Doris Day Today
as Self
1975
The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special
as Self
1971
The Pet Set
as Self
1971
The Doris Day Show
as Doris Martin
1968
With Six You Get Eggroll
as Abby McClure
1968
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Margaret Garrison
1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
1968
The Ballad of Josie
as Josie
1967
Caprice
as Patricia Foster
1967
Lionpower from MGM
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1967
The Glass Bottom Boat
as Jennifer Nelson
1966
Catalina Island
as Self
1966
NASA
as herself
1966
Every Girl's Dream
as Self
1966
Do Not Disturb
as Janet Harper
1965
Send Me No Flowers
as Judy Kimball
1964
Move Over, Darling
as Ellen Wagstaff Arden
1963
The Thrill of It All
as Beverly Boyer
1963
Billy Rose's Jumbo
as Kitty Wonder
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
That Touch of Mink
as Cathy Timberlake
1962
Lover Come Back
as Carol Templeton
1961
Midnight Lace
as Kit Preston
1960
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
as Kate Mackay
1960
Pillow Talk
as Jan Morrow
1959
It Happened to Jane
as Jane Osgood
1959
The Tunnel of Love
as Isolde Poole
1958
Teacher's Pet
as Erica Stone
1958
The Pajama Game
as Katherine 'Babe' Williams
1957
Julie
as Julie Benton
1956
The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Jo McKenna
1956
Love Me or Leave Me
as Ruth Etting
1955
Young at Heart
as Laurie Tuttle
1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
1954
Lucky Me
as Candy Williams
1954
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
1953
April in Paris
as Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson
1952
The Winning Team
as Aimee Alexander
1952
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball
as Self
1952
Starlift
as Doris Day
1951
I'll See You in My Dreams
as Grace LeBoy Kahn
1951
On Moonlight Bay
as Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield
1951
Lullaby of Broadway
as Melinda Howard
1951
Storm Warning
as Lucy Rice
1951
The West Point Story
as Jan Wilson
1950
Tea for Two
as Nanette Carter
1950
Young Man with a Horn
as Jo Jordan
1950
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
It's a Great Feeling
as Judy Adams
1949
My Dream Is Yours
as Martha Gibson
1949
Romance on the High Seas
as Miss Georgia Garrett
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944