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).
Acting
Movie
The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Jo McKenna
1956
Movie
Pillow Talk
as Jan Morrow
1959
Movie
Calamity Jane
as Calamity Jane
1953
Movie
That Touch of Mink
as Cathy Timberlake
1962
Movie
Lover Come Back
as Carol Templeton
1961
Movie
Send Me No Flowers
as Judy Kimball
1964
Movie
Midnight Lace
as Kit Preston
1960
TV
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Movie
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Movie
Teacher's Pet
as Erica Stone
1958
Movie
Move Over, Darling
as Ellen Wagstaff Arden
1963
Movie
The Thrill of It All
as Beverly Boyer
1963
Movie
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
as Kate Mackay
1960
TV
The Oscars
as Self
1953
TV
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Movie
Chaos: The Manson Murders
as Self - Actress & Mother of Terry Melcher (archive footage)
2025
Movie
It Happened to Jane
as Jane Osgood
1959
Movie
The Pajama Game
as Katherine 'Babe' Williams
1957
Movie
The Glass Bottom Boat
as Jennifer Nelson
1966
Movie
Young Man with a Horn
as Jo Jordan
1950
Movie
Love Me or Leave Me
as Ruth Etting
1955
Movie
Young at Heart
as Laurie Tuttle
1954
Movie
Storm Warning
as Lucy Rice
1951
Movie
With Six You Get Eggroll
as Abby McClure
1968