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Doris Day
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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…
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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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2026
Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes
TV show Self - Melcher's Mom (archive footage)
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2025
Chaos: The Manson Murders
Movie Self - Actress & Mother of Terry Melcher (archive footage)
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2023
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
Commitment to Life
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2022
- 2018
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2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2009
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
Movie Self (voice)
- 2009
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2007
Doris Day: Virgin Territory
Movie Self
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2006
Legends
TV show Various Roles (archive footage)
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2004
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
Movie Self
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2000
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2000
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1998
Doris Day: It's Magic
Movie Self
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1996
E! True Hollywood Story
TV show
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1994
That's Entertainment! III
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1991
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
Movie Self
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1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Movie (archive footage)
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1989
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
Movie Self - Interviewee
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1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie (archive footage)
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1975
Doris Day Today
Movie Self
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1971
The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special
Movie Self
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1971
The Pet Set
TV show Self
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1968
The Doris Day Show
TV show Doris Martin
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1968
With Six You Get Eggroll
Movie Abby McClure
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1968
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Movie Margaret Garrison
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1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1967
The Ballad of Josie
Movie Josie
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1967
Caprice
Movie Patricia Foster
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1967
Lionpower from MGM
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1966
The Glass Bottom Boat
Movie Jennifer Nelson
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1966
Catalina Island
Movie Self
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1966
NASA
Movie herself
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1966
Every Girl's Dream
Movie Self
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1965
Do Not Disturb
Movie Janet Harper
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1964
Send Me No Flowers
Movie Judy Kimball
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1963
Move Over, Darling
Movie Ellen Wagstaff Arden
