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).
Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chaos: The Manson Murders (2025) | Self - Actress & Mother of Terry Melcher (archive footage) | 9 |
| 2 | Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023) | Self (archive footage) | 7.5 |
| 3 | Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) | Self (archive footage) | 7.8 |
| 4 | That's Entertainment! III (1994) | (archive footage) | 6 |
| 5 | Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990) | (archive footage) | - |
| 6 | Send Me No Flowers (1964) | Judy Kimball | 5 |
| 7 | That Touch of Mink (1962) | Cathy Timberlake | 4 |
| 8 | Lover Come Back (1961) | Carol Templeton | 4.7 |
| 9 | Midnight Lace (1960) | Kit Preston | - |
| 10 | Pillow Talk (1959) | Jan Morrow | 6.3 |
| 11 | The Pajama Game (1957) | Katherine 'Babe' Williams | 6 |
| 12 | The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) | Jo McKenna | 6.8 |
| 13 | Julie (1956) | Julie Benton | 4 |
| 14 | Love Me or Leave Me (1955) | Ruth Etting | 5 |
| 15 | Young at Heart (1954) | Laurie Tuttle | 4 |
| 16 | A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954) | Self | - |
| 17 | By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953) | Marjorie Winfield | - |
| 18 | Calamity Jane (1953) | Calamity Jane | 7 |
| 19 | Storm Warning (1951) | Lucy Rice | 7 |
| 20 | Young Man with a Horn (1950) | Jo Jordan | - |
| 21 | My Dream Is Yours (1949) | Martha Gibson | 6 |
| 22 | It's a Great Feeling (1949) | Judy Adams | 4 |
| 23 | My Lost Horizon (1941) | Self - Vocalist | 6 |

