Doris Day
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1922-04-03 – 2019-05-13
Place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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).
Known for
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956Jo McKenna
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990(archive footage)
Send Me No Flowers
1964Judy Kimball
Pillow Talk
1959Jan Morrow
Move Over, Darling
1963Ellen Wagstaff Arden
The Thrill of It All
1963Beverly Boyer
My Dream Is Yours
1949Martha Gibson
It's a Great Feeling
1949Judy Adams
Tea for Two
1950Nanette Carter
Midnight Lace
1960Kit Preston
Lucky Me
1954Candy Williams
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966Jennifer Nelson
That Touch of Mink
1962Cathy Timberlake
Young Man with a Horn
1950Jo Jordan
Storm Warning
1951Lucy Rice
The Pajama Game
1957Katherine 'Babe' Williams
Lover Come Back
1961Carol Templeton
It Happened to Jane
1959Jane Osgood
Love Me or Leave Me
1955Ruth Etting