Doris Day
Known for: Acting
Born: April 3, 1922
Died: May 13, 2019
Place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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).
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Filmography
73 movies · 11 TV shows, newest first
7.6
Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes
2026
6.1
Chaos: The Manson Murders
2025
5.7
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023
NR
Commitment to Life
2023
5.5
Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions
2022
5.5
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
7.2
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
7.7
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
2009
NR
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
7.0
Doris Day: Virgin Territory
2007
5.0
Legends
2006
NR
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
2004
NR
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000
6.9
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
2000
NR
Doris Day: It's Magic
1998
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
7.1
That's Entertainment! III
1994
7.0
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
1991
5.7
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
NR
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
1989
NR
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
7.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
6.5
Doris Day Today
1975
8.0
The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special
1971
6.7
The Pet Set
1971
6.2
The Doris Day Show
1968
6.4
With Six You Get Eggroll
1968
5.3
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968
4.5
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968
6.0
The Ballad of Josie
1967
5.9
Caprice
1967
6.3
Lionpower from MGM
1967
6.3
The Glass Bottom Boat
19666.0
Catalina Island
1966NR
NASA
1966
6.3
Every Girl's Dream
1966
5.4
Do Not Disturb
1965
6.8
Send Me No Flowers
1964
6.7
Move Over, Darling
1963
7.1
The Thrill of It All
1963
6.0
Billy Rose's Jumbo
1962
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
6.5
That Touch of Mink
1962
7.0
Lover Come Back
1961
6.6
Midnight Lace
1960
6.2
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960
7.1
Pillow Talk
1959
6.2
It Happened to Jane
1959
5.9
The Tunnel of Love
1958
6.8
Teacher's Pet
1958
6.3
The Pajama Game
1957
5.9
Julie
1956
7.4
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
6.9
Love Me or Leave Me
1955
6.0
Young at Heart
1954
8.0
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
6.8
Lucky Me
1954
7.0
Calamity Jane
19538.0
So You Want a Television Set
1953
6.1
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953
4.9
April in Paris
1952
6.1
The Winning Team
1952NR
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball
1952
6.6
Starlift
1951
4.9
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951
6.5
On Moonlight Bay
1951
6.0
Lullaby of Broadway
1951
6.6
Storm Warning
1951
5.8
The West Point Story
1950
6.1
Tea for Two
1950
6.4
Young Man with a Horn
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
6.0
It's a Great Feeling
1949
6.5
My Dream Is Yours
1949
6.7
Romance on the High Seas
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944NR
Once Over, Lightly
1941
7.0
Is It Love or Is It Conscription?
1941
6.5
My Lost Horizon
1941NR
With Love, Doris!
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