Doris Day

Born: 1922-04-03, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Died: 2019-05-13

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).

Filmography

• The Doris Day Show (1968)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
• Calamity Jane (1953)
• Pillow Talk (1959)
• E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
• Send Me No Flowers (1964)
• That Touch of Mink (1962)
• Midnight Lace (1960)
• Romance on the High Seas (1948)
• It's a Great Feeling (1949)
• Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
• Move Over, Darling (1963)
• That's Entertainment! III (1994)
• The Thrill of It All (1963)
• The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
• That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
• Tea for Two (1950)
• Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
• Lover Come Back (1961)
• Lullaby of Broadway (1951)
• On Moonlight Bay (1951)
• With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
• Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
• Hollywood: No Sex, Please! (2018)
• It Happened to Jane (1959)
• Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)
• The Pajama Game (1957)
• April in Paris (1952)
• My Dream Is Yours (1949)
• Young Man with a Horn (1950)