Acting · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA · Born April 3, 1922
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).
MovieChaos: The Manson Murders
2025
as Self - Actress & Mother of Terry Melcher (archive footage)
MovieRock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023
as Self (archive footage)
MovieCommitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive footage)
MovieGrace Kelly: The Missing Millions
2022
MovieHollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
MovieWaking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self (archive footage)
MovieWhat a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
2009
as Self (voice)
MovieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
as Self (archive)
MovieDoris Day: Virgin Territory
2007
as Self
TVLegends
2006
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Movie'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
2004
as Self
MovieHollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDoris Day: It's Magic
1998
as Self
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
MovieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
MovieDoris Day: A Sentimental Journey
1991
as Self
MovieHollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
as (archive footage)
MovieI Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
1989
as Self - Interviewee
MovieHollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
MovieDoris Day Today
1975
as Self
MovieThe Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special
1971
as Self
TVThe Pet Set
1971
as Self
TVThe Doris Day Show
1968
as Doris Martin
MovieWith Six You Get Eggroll
1968
as Abby McClure
MovieWhere Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968
as Margaret Garrison
MovieThe Ballad of Josie
1968
as Josie
MovieRowan & Martin at the Movies
1968
as Self (archive footage)
MovieCaprice
1967
as Patricia Foster
MovieLionpower from MGM
1967
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Glass Bottom Boat
1966
as Jennifer Nelson
Catalina Island
1966
as Self
NASA
1966
as herself
MovieEvery Girl's Dream
1966
as Self
MovieDo Not Disturb
1965
as Janet Harper
MovieSend Me No Flowers
1964
as Judy Kimball
MovieMove Over, Darling
1963
as Ellen Wagstaff Arden
MovieThe Thrill of It All
1963
as Beverly Boyer
MovieBilly Rose's Jumbo
1962
as Kitty Wonder
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962
MovieThat Touch of Mink
1962
as Cathy Timberlake
MovieLover Come Back
1961
as Carol Templeton
MovieMidnight Lace
1960
as Kit Preston
MoviePlease Don't Eat the Daisies
1960
as Kate Mackay
MoviePillow Talk
1959
as Jan Morrow
MovieIt Happened to Jane
1959
as Jane Osgood
MovieThe Tunnel of Love
1958
as Isolde Poole
MovieTeacher's Pet
1958
as Erica Stone
MovieThe Pajama Game
1957
as Katherine 'Babe' Williams
MovieJulie
1956
as Julie Benton
MovieThe Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
as Jo McKenna
MovieLove Me or Leave Me
1955
as Ruth Etting
MovieYoung at Heart
1954
as Laurie Tuttle
MovieA Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
as Self
MovieLucky Me
1954
as Candy Williams
MovieCalamity Jane
1953
as Calamity Jane
So You Want a Television Set
1953
as Doris Day (uncredited)
MovieBy the Light of the Silvery Moon
1953
as Marjorie Winfield
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
MovieApril in Paris
1952
as Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson
MovieThe Winning Team
1952
as Aimee Alexander
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball
1952
as Self
MovieStarlift
1951
as Doris Day
MovieI'll See You in My Dreams
1951
as Grace LeBoy Kahn
MovieOn Moonlight Bay
1951
as Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield
MovieLullaby of Broadway
1951
as Melinda Howard
MovieStorm Warning
1951
as Lucy Rice
MovieThe West Point Story
1950
as Jan Wilson
MovieTea for Two
1950
as Nanette Carter
MovieYoung Man with a Horn
1950
as Jo Jordan
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
MovieIt's a Great Feeling
1949
as Judy Adams
MovieMy Dream Is Yours
1949
as Martha Gibson
MovieRomance on the High Seas
1948
as Miss Georgia Garrett
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Once Over, Lightly
1941
as Self, Singer
MovieIs It Love or Is It Conscription?
1941
as Self - Vocalist
MovieMy Lost Horizon
1941
as Self - Vocalist
With Love, Doris!
as Self (archive footage/audio)
