Doris Day
Known for
With her luminous smile and warm big-band singer's voice, Doris Day was one of the biggest stars of Hollywood in the fifties and sixties. Before film she already triumphed in music with hits such as 'Sentimental Journey', and her debut in 'Romance on the High Seas' opened a career of nearly forty films. She shone in romantic comedies alongside Rock Hudson such as 'Pillow Talk', but she also surprised in suspense with Hitchcock's 'The Man Who Knew Too Much', where she performed 'Que Sera, Sera'. Born in Cincinnati in 1922 and deceased in 2019, she embodied an image of freshness and optimism, and devoted her retirement to animal advocacy.
Doris Day
42 Movies
1 Series
With her luminous smile and warm big-band singer's voice, Doris Day was one of the biggest stars of Hollywood in the fifties and sixties. Before film she already triumphed in music with hits such as 'Sentimental Journey', and her debut in 'Romance on the High Seas' opened a career of nearly forty films. She shone in romantic comedies alongside Rock Hudson such as 'Pillow Talk', but she also surprised in suspense with Hitchcock's 'The Man Who Knew Too Much', where she performed 'Que Sera, Sera'. Born in Cincinnati in 1922 and deceased in 2019, she embodied an image of freshness and optimism, and devoted her retirement to animal advocacy.
Movies
Plays Jo McKenna
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
Plays Jan Morrow
Pillow Talk
1959
Plays Judy Kimball
Send Me No Flowers
1964
Plays Kit Preston
Midnight Lace
1960
Plays Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane
1953
Plays Jennifer Nelson
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966
Plays Kate Mackay
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960
Plays Ellen Wagstaff Arden
Move Over, Darling
1963
Plays Lucy Rice
Storm Warning
1951
Plays Cathy Timberlake
That Touch of Mink
1962
Plays Carol Templeton
Lover Come Back
1961
Plays Miss Georgia Garrett
Romance on the High Seas
1948
Plays Jo Jordan
Young Man with a Horn
1950
Plays Janet Harper
Do Not Disturb
1965
Plays Nanette Carter
Tea for Two
1950
Plays Beverly Boyer
The Thrill of It All
1963
Plays Josie
The Ballad of Josie
1968
Plays Abby McClure
With Six You Get Eggroll
1968
Plays Jane Osgood
It Happened to Jane
1959
Plays Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield
On Moonlight Bay
1951
Plays Laurie Tuttle
Young at Heart
1954
Plays Kitty Wonder
Billy Rose's Jumbo
1962
Plays Martha Gibson
My Dream Is Yours
1949
Plays Ruth Etting
Love Me or Leave Me
1955
Plays Margaret Garrison
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968
Plays Patricia Foster
Caprice
1967
Plays Erica Stone
Teacher's Pet
1958
Plays Judy Adams
It's a Great Feeling
1949
Plays Katherine 'Babe' Williams
The Pajama Game
1957
Plays Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson
April in Paris
1952
Plays Melinda Howard
Lullaby of Broadway
1951
Plays Aimee Alexander
The Winning Team
1952
Plays Julie Benton
Julie
1956
Plays Isolde Poole
The Tunnel of Love
1958
Plays Grace LeBoy Kahn
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951
Plays Candy Williams
Lucky Me
1954
Plays Marjorie Winfield
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
1953
Plays Jan Wilson
The West Point Story
1950
Plays Doris Day
Starlift
1951
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Full Filmography
Doris Day Today
Self
1975
Film
The Doris Day Show
Doris Martin · 128 episodes
1968–
TV
With Six You Get Eggroll
Abby McClure
1968
Film
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Margaret Garrison
1968
Film
The Ballad of Josie
Josie
1968
Film
Caprice
Patricia Foster
1967
Film
The Glass Bottom Boat
Jennifer Nelson
1966
Film
Do Not Disturb
Janet Harper
1965
Film
Send Me No Flowers
Judy Kimball
1964
Film
Photos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Doris Day still alive?
Doris Day passed away on May 13, 2019 at age 97.
What are the most famous roles of Doris Day?
Doris Day is best known for roles in The Man Who Knew Too Much, Pillow Talk, Calamity Jane.
How many movies has Doris Day been in?
Over a 78-year career (since 1941), Doris Day has appeared in 39 movies and 1 TV shows.
What was Doris Day's first movie?
The career of Doris Day began with My Lost Horizon (1941).
What is Doris Day's most recent movie or series?
Doris Day's most recent release is Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions, which premiered on June 2, 2022.
What TV shows has Doris Day appeared in?
On television, Doris Day has appeared in The Beverly Hillbillies, The Oscars, E! True Hollywood Story, What's My Line?.
Doris Day
1922-04-03 · 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).