Personal info
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 4/3/1922
- Birthplace
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Died
- 5/13/2019 (aged 97)
- Gender
- Female
- Also known as
- Doris Kappelhoff, Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff, Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff
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).
12 titles

The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
Jo McKenna

Pillow Talk
1959
Jan Morrow

Calamity Jane
1953
Calamity Jane

That Touch of Mink
1962
Cathy Timberlake

Lover Come Back
1961
Carol Templeton

Send Me No Flowers
1964
Judy Kimball

The Beverly Hillbillies
1962TV

Midnight Lace
1960
Kit Preston

Waking Sleeping Beauty
2010
Self (archive footage)

Teacher's Pet
1958
Erica Stone

Move Over, Darling
1963
Ellen Wagstaff Arden

The Thrill of It All
1963
Beverly Boyer










