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Doris Day
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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 offi…
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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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BODY OF WORK
Doris Day's Filmography
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Chaos: The Manson Murders
as Self - Actress & Mother of Terry Melcher (archive footage)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
as Self (archive footage)
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
as Self (voice)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
as Self (archive)
Doris Day: Virgin Territory
as Self
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
as Self
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
as Self (archive footage)
Doris Day: It's Magic
as Self
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
as Self
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as Self (archive footage)
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
as Self - Interviewee
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Doris Day Today
as Self
The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special
as Self
With Six You Get Eggroll
as Abby McClure
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Margaret Garrison
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
The Ballad of Josie
as Josie
Caprice
as Patricia Foster
Lionpower from MGM
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Glass Bottom Boat
as Jennifer Nelson
No Poster
NASA
as herself
No Poster
Catalina Island
as Self
Every Girl's Dream
as Self
Do Not Disturb
as Janet Harper
Send Me No Flowers
as Judy Kimball
Move Over, Darling
as Ellen Wagstaff Arden
The Thrill of It All
as Beverly Boyer
Billy Rose's Jumbo
as Kitty Wonder
That Touch of Mink
as Cathy Timberlake
Lover Come Back
as Carol Templeton
Midnight Lace
as Kit Preston
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
as Kate Mackay
Pillow Talk
as Jan Morrow
It Happened to Jane
as Jane Osgood
The Tunnel of Love
as Isolde Poole
Teacher's Pet
as Erica Stone
The Pajama Game
as Katherine 'Babe' Williams
Julie
as Julie Benton
The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Jo McKenna
Love Me or Leave Me
as Ruth Etting
Young at Heart
as Laurie Tuttle
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
Lucky Me
as Candy Williams
Calamity Jane
as Calamity Jane
No Poster
So You Want a Television Set
as Doris Day (uncredited)
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
as Marjorie Winfield
April in Paris
as Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson
The Winning Team
as Aimee Alexander
No Poster
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball
as Self
Starlift
as Doris Day
I'll See You in My Dreams
as Grace LeBoy Kahn
On Moonlight Bay
as Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield
Lullaby of Broadway
as Melinda Howard
Storm Warning
as Lucy Rice
The West Point Story
as Jan Wilson
Tea for Two
as Nanette Carter
Young Man with a Horn
as Jo Jordan
It's a Great Feeling
as Judy Adams
My Dream Is Yours
as Martha Gibson
Romance on the High Seas
as Miss Georgia Garrett
No Poster
Once Over, Lightly
as Self, Singer
My Lost Horizon
as Self - Vocalist
No Poster
With Love, Doris!
as Self (archive footage/audio)