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Doris Day

Known for: Acting

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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Tea for Two 1950Movie Apple TV StoreCosmoGoYouTube +1 as Nanette Carter
Chaos: The Manson Murders 2025Movie NetflixNetflix Standard with Ads as Self - Actress & Mother of Terry Melcher (archive footage)
Lover Come Back 1961Movie Apple TV StoreAmazon Video as Carol Templeton
Move Over, Darling 1963Movie Apple TV StoreGoogle Play MoviesYouTube as Ellen Wagstaff Arden
On Moonlight Bay 1951Movie Apple TV StoreGoogle Play MoviesYouTube as Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield
The Pajama Game 1957Movie Amazon Prime VideoAmazon Prime Video with AdsArtiflix +5 as Katherine 'Babe' Williams
April in Paris 1952Movie Apple TV StoreGoogle Play MoviesCosmoGo +2 as Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson
Lucky Me 1954Movie Apple TV StoreGoogle Play MoviesYouTube as Candy Williams
Julie 1956Movie Apple TV StoreAmazon Video as Julie Benton
Caprice 1967Movie as Patricia Foster