Acting
Doris Day
Also Known As: Doris Kappelhoff, Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff, Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff
Birth Date
April 3, 1922
Death Date
May 13, 2019
(passed away at 97)
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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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).
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Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944 • 1 episode
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962 • 1 episode
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
The Oscars
Self
1953 • 3 episodes
What's My Line?
Self
1950 • 2 episodes
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948 • 2 episodes
The Doris Day Show
Doris Martin
1968 • 128 episodes
Legends
Various Roles (archive footage)
2006 • 1 episode
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Jo McKenna
1956
Chaos: The Manson Murders
Self - Actress & Mother of Terry Melcher (archive footage)
2025
Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes
Self - Melcher's Mom (archive footage)
2026 • 1 episode
The Pet Set
Self
1971 • 1 episode
Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane
1953
Pillow Talk
Jan Morrow
1959
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
2009
Lover Come Back
Carol Templeton
1961
Send Me No Flowers
Judy Kimball
1964
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 • 1 episode
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
April in Paris
Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson
1952