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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 3, 1922
Died
May 13, 2019
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Doris Kappelhoff
- Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff
Doris Day
1.0 Popularity
Biography
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).
Known For
5.7
Self (archive footage)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023
7.0
Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions
2022
7.2
Self (archive footage)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
7.7
Self (voice)
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
2009
0.0
Self (archive)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
7.0
Self
Doris Day: Virgin Territory
2007
5.0
Various Roles (archive footage)
Legends
2006
0.0
Self
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
2004
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000
6.5
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
2000
Credits
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
as Self (archive footage)
2023
5.7
Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions
2022
7.0
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
2009
7.2
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
as Self (voice)
2009
7.7
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
as Self (archive)
2009
0.0
Doris Day: Virgin Territory
as Self
2007
7.0
Legends
as Various Roles (archive footage)
2006
5.0
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
as Self
2004
0.0
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
as Self (archive footage)
2000
0.0
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
as Self (archive footage)
2000
6.5
Doris Day: It's Magic
as Self
1998
0.0
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
7.0
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
as Self
1991
0.0
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)
1990
5.7
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
0.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
6.9
Doris Day Today
as Self
1975
6.0
The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special
as Self
1971
7.0
The Pet Set
as Self
1971
5.5
The Doris Day Show
as Doris Martin
1968
5.8
With Six You Get Eggroll
as Abby McClure
1968
6.3
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Margaret Garrison
1968
4.9
The Ballad of Josie
as Josie
1968
5.9
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
1968
2.0
Caprice
as Patricia Foster
1967
5.8
Lionpower from MGM
1967
4.5
The Glass Bottom Boat
as Jennifer Nelson
1966
6.2
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Catalina Island
as Self
1966
0.0
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NASA
as herself
1966
0.0
Every Girl's Dream
as Self
1966
4.0
Do Not Disturb
as Janet Harper
1965
5.5
Send Me No Flowers
as Judy Kimball
1964
6.8
Move Over, Darling
as Ellen Wagstaff Arden
1963
6.7
The Thrill of It All
as Beverly Boyer
1963
7.0
Billy Rose's Jumbo
as Kitty Wonder
1962
5.8
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
6.9
That Touch of Mink
as Cathy Timberlake
1962
6.4
Lover Come Back
as Carol Templeton
1961
6.9
Midnight Lace
as Kit Preston
1960
6.6
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
as Kate Mackay
1960
6.1
Pillow Talk
as Jan Morrow
1959
7.1
It Happened to Jane
as Jane Osgood
1959
6.1
The Tunnel of Love
as Isolde Poole
1958
5.8
Teacher's Pet
as Erica Stone
1958
6.8
The Pajama Game
as Katherine 'Babe' Williams
1957
6.3
Julie
as Julie Benton
1956
5.8
The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Jo McKenna
1956
7.5
Love Me or Leave Me
as Ruth Etting
1955
6.7
Young at Heart
as Laurie Tuttle
1954
6.0
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
1954
8.0
Lucky Me
as Candy Williams
1954
6.7
Calamity Jane
as Calamity Jane
1953
7.0
🎬
So You Want a Television Set
as Doris Day (uncredited)
1953
6.0
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
as Marjorie Winfield
1953
5.9
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
April in Paris
as Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson
1952
4.4
The Winning Team
as Aimee Alexander
1952
5.5
🎬
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball
as Self
1952
0.0
Starlift
as Doris Day
1951
5.6
I'll See You in My Dreams
as Grace LeBoy Kahn
1951
4.7
On Moonlight Bay
as Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield
1951
6.3
Lullaby of Broadway
as Melinda Howard
1951
5.8
Storm Warning
as Lucy Rice
1951
6.6
The West Point Story
as Jan Wilson
1950
5.5
Tea for Two
as Nanette Carter
1950
6.0
Young Man with a Horn
as Jo Jordan
1950
6.4
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
It's a Great Feeling
as Judy Adams
1949
5.8
My Dream Is Yours
as Martha Gibson
1949
6.4
Romance on the High Seas
as Miss Georgia Garrett
1948
6.7
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
🎬
Once Over, Lightly
as Self, Singer
1941
0.0
Is It Love or Is It Conscription?
as Self - Vocalist
1941
0.0
My Lost Horizon
as Self - Vocalist
1941
7.0
🎬
With Love, Doris!
as Self (archive footage/audio)
N/A
0.0