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).

Filmography

• 2022Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions
• 2018Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
• Legends — Various Roles (archive footage)
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1994That's Entertainment! III — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1988Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1976That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)
• The Doris Day Show — Doris Martin
• 1968Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? — Margaret Garrison
• 1968With Six You Get Eggroll — Abby McClure
• 1967Caprice — Patricia Foster
• 1967The Ballad of Josie — Josie
• 1966The Glass Bottom Boat — Jennifer Nelson
• 1965Do Not Disturb — Janet Harper
• 1964Send Me No Flowers — Judy Kimball
• 1963Move Over, Darling — Ellen Wagstaff Arden
• 1963The Thrill of It All — Beverly Boyer
• 1962Billy Rose's Jumbo — Kitty Wonder
• 1962That Touch of Mink — Cathy Timberlake
• The Beverly Hillbillies
• 1961Lover Come Back — Carol Templeton
• 1960Midnight Lace — Kit Preston
• 1960Please Don't Eat the Daisies — Kate Mackay
• 1959It Happened to Jane — Jane Osgood
• 1959Pillow Talk — Jan Morrow
• 1958Teacher's Pet — Erica Stone
• 1958The Tunnel of Love — Isolde Poole
• 1957The Pajama Game — Katherine 'Babe' Williams
• 1956Julie — Julie Benton
• 1956The Man Who Knew Too Much — Jo McKenna
• 1955Love Me or Leave Me — Ruth Etting
• 1954Lucky Me — Candy Williams
• 1954Young at Heart — Laurie Tuttle
• 1953By the Light of the Silvery Moon — Marjorie Winfield
• 1953Calamity Jane — Calamity Jane
• 1953So You Want a Television Set — Doris Day (uncredited)
• 1952April in Paris — Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson
• 1952The Winning Team — Aimee Alexander
• 1951I'll See You in My Dreams — Grace LeBoy Kahn
• 1951Lullaby of Broadway — Melinda Howard
• 1951On Moonlight Bay — Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield
• 1951Starlift — Doris Day
• 1951Storm Warning — Lucy Rice
• 1950Tea for Two — Nanette Carter
• 1950The West Point Story — Jan Wilson
• 1950Young Man with a Horn — Jo Jordan
• 1949It's a Great Feeling — Judy Adams
• 1949My Dream Is Yours — Martha Gibson
• 1948Romance on the High Seas — Miss Georgia Garrett
• 1941Once Over, Lightly — Self, Singer

Appearances as themselves (33)

• Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes — Self - Melcher's Mom (archive footage)
• 2025Chaos: The Manson Murders — Self - Actress & Mother of Terry Melcher (archive footage)
• 2023Commitment to Life — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical — Self (archive)
• 2009Waking Sleeping Beauty — Self (archive footage)
• 2009What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar — Self (voice)
• 2007Doris Day: Virgin Territory — Self
• 2004'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration — Self
• 2000Hollywood Musicals of the 40's — Self (archive footage)
• 2000The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' — Self (archive footage)
• 1998Doris Day: It's Magic — Self
• 1991Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey — Self
• 1990Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths — Self (archive footage)
• 1989I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... — Self - Interviewee
• 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1975Doris Day Today — Self
• 1971The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special — Self
• The Pet Set — Self
• 1968Rowan & Martin at the Movies — Self (archive footage)
• 1967Lionpower from MGM — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1966Catalina Island — Self
• 1966Every Girl's Dream — Self
• 1966NASA — herself
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• 1954A Star Is Born World Premiere — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• 1952Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee, Self -Winner
• 1941My Lost Horizon — Self - Vocalist
• With Love, Doris! — Self (archive footage/audio)