Doris Day

Q: Did Doris Day win an Academy Award?

Doris Day received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her role in 'Pillow Talk' but did not win. She did receive the Oscar for her lifetime achievements.

Q: What was Doris Day's first film?

Doris Day's first film was 'Romance on the High Seas,' released in 1948, which marked the beginning of her successful acting career.

Q: How many children did Doris Day have?

Doris Day had one child, a son named Terry Melcher, who was a successful music producer.

Q: What was Doris Day's net worth at the time of her passing?

At the time of her passing in May 2019, Doris Day's estimated net worth was around $200 million.

Q: What genre of films is Doris Day known for?

Doris Day is primarily known for romantic comedies, although she also starred in musicals and dramas throughout her career.

Q: What was Doris Day's impact on Hollywood?

Doris Day had a significant impact on Hollywood as a leading actress and a figure of the 1960s, known for her charm and versatility.

Q: What legacy did Doris Day leave behind?

Doris Day's legacy includes her contributions to film and music, her advocacy for animal rights, and her status as a cultural icon.

Known for

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

IMDb 7.4 / 10

1956 / Drama, Thriller / 120 min

A widescreen, Technicolor remake by Hitchcock of his 1934 film of the same title. A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally...

Pillow Talk (1959)

IMDb 7.4 / 10

1959 / Comedy, Romance / 102mins

Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him and hears...

Calamity Jane (1953)

IMDb 7.2 / 10

1953 / Romance, Western / 101mins

Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets...

Name

Doris Day

Height

5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)

Born

3 April 1922, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Spouses

Martin Melcher (1951–1968)

Children

1, Terry Melcher

Parents

Alfred Day, Ella Mae Wilson

Estimated Net Worth

$200 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	Movie Chaos: The Manson Murders In August 1969, Charles Manson's followers killed seven people on his orders. Why? Explore a conspiracy of mind control, CIA...	Self - Actress & Mother of Terry Melcher (archive footage)	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2023	Movie Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed This timely exploration of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity examines the life of legendary actor Rock Hudson, from his public "ladies'...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2023	Movie Commitment to Life Against a rich Hollywood backdrop, "Commitment to Life" documents the true story of the fight against HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2022	Movie Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions What happened to the wealth classic Hollywood actress Grace Kelly earned during her incredibly successful career.	Unknown character	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2018	Movie Hollywood: No Sex, Please! Deep rooted religious beliefs seemingly going back to the Pilgrim Fathers' puritanism dominate a society which is entertained by violence...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2009	Movie Waking Sleeping Beauty By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2009	Movie What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar A documentary about Doris Day and the question where she is today.	Self (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2009	Movie Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical During the 1950s, musical masterpieces that have yet to be equaled were produced in Cinemascope with stereophonic sound. These two...	Self (archive)	Not rated
2007	Movie Doris Day: Virgin Territory Doris Day has often been dismissed as an actress and overlooked as a singer, despite career highs such as Calamity...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2006	TV Legends The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock...	Various Roles (archive footage)	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2004	Movie 'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration This half-hour family special is a delightful combination of animated adaptations of classic holiday songs - performed by top stars...	Self	Not rated
2000	Movie Hollywood Musicals of the 40's Highlights from the great musicals of the 1940s. Stars featured include Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bing...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2000	Movie The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' The making of Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 film 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'.	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1998	Movie Doris Day: It's Magic When the cameras rolled, Doris Day wore a happy face, never hinting at the pain she endured in her personal...	Self	Not rated
1996	TV E! True Hollywood Story E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.2 / 10
1994	Movie That's Entertainment! III Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from...	(archive footage)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1991	Movie Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey A retrospective documentary on the life and career of Ohio-born actress, singer and TV star Doris Day.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1990	Movie Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths Welcome behind the closed doors of a Hollywood that only a select few will ever get to see -- a...	(archive footage)	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1989	Movie I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... In a rare television interview, Doris Day looks back over her successful acting and singing career, and recalls happy memories...	Self - Interviewee	Not rated
1988	Movie Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies Famous Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies	(archive footage) (uncredited)	Not rated
1983	Movie Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make...	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1976	Movie That's Entertainment, Part II Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama...	(archive footage)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1975	Movie Doris Day Today America's sweetheart Doris Day offers songs and sketches with some of her famous friends in this smash hit television special...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1971	Movie The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special This was the first of two one-hour musical specials which were part of CBS' 1968 multi-million-dollar contract with Doris Day's...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1971	TV The Pet Set Each episode of this part talk show, part docuseries begins with animal-loving celebrities showcasing their pets. The showcase transitions into...	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1968	TV The Doris Day Show The Doris Day Show is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 1968 until...	Doris Martin	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1968	Movie With Six You Get Eggroll Abby McClure, a widow with three sons, and Jake Iverson, a widower with a teenage daughter, begin dating and eventually...	Abby McClure	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1968	Movie Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? When the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including Waldo Zane, a...	Margaret Garrison	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1968	Movie The Ballad of Josie A frontier widow aims to raise sheep despite a cattle rancher in old Wyoming.	Josie	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1968	Movie Rowan & Martin at the Movies This public service short for U.S. Savings Bonds starts out with Rowan and Martin arriving at a TV studio, ostensibly...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 4.5 / 10
1967	Movie Caprice Patricia Foster, an industrial designer, causes chaos when she sells a secret cosmetics formula to a rival company.	Patricia Foster	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1967	Movie Lionpower from MGM "Lionpower from MGM" (1967) is an exciting 60's promotional short subject, which showcases MGM's releases for the 1967-68 film season...	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1966	Movie The Glass Bottom Boat Bruce, the owner of an aerospace company, is infatuated with Jennifer and hires her to be his biographer so that...	Jennifer Nelson	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1966	Movie Catalina Island An MGM short subject to promote their film "The Glass Bottom Boat".	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1966	Movie NASA A promotional short for The Glass Bottom Boat. Details NASA's participation in the production of the film. Hosted by Doris...	herself	Not rated
1966	Movie Every Girl's Dream Nancy Bernard, the 1966 Maid of Cotton, is shown walking through various sets and sound stages at the MGM Studios....	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1965	Movie Do Not Disturb When American couple Janet and Mike move to England for his business, she soon fears he's having an affair with...	Janet Harper	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1964	Movie Send Me No Flowers When a hypochondriac assumes that he is dying, he makes an elaborate plan to ensure his wife's happiness. However, trouble...	Judy Kimball	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1963	Movie Move Over, Darling Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas Arden and Ellen Wagstaff...	Ellen Wagstaff Arden	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1963	Movie The Thrill of It All A housewife's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life.	Beverly Boyer	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1962	Movie Billy Rose's Jumbo The daughter of a circus owner fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man she loves.	Kitty Wonder	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1962	TV The Merv Griffin Show	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1962	TV The Beverly Hillbillies Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1962	Movie That Touch of Mink Cathy Timberlake is en route to a job interview when a car transporting businessman Philip Shayne covers her in mud....	Cathy Timberlake	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1961	Movie Lover Come Back Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals...	Carol Templeton	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1960	Movie Midnight Lace Kit Preston begins to unravel when she receives threatening telephone calls informing her she's soon to be murdered.	Kit Preston	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1960	Movie Please Don't Eat the Daisies Drama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old...	Kate Mackay	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1959	Movie Pillow Talk Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line...	Jan Morrow	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1959	Movie It Happened to Jane Jane Osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her two young children. Railroad staff inattention ruins her shipment, so with...	Jane Osgood	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1958	Movie The Tunnel of Love A series of misunderstandings leaves a married man believing he has impregnated the owner of an adoption agency, and that...	Isolde Poole	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1958	Movie Teacher's Pet A rugged city editor poses as a journalism student and flirts with the professor.	Erica Stone	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1957	Movie The Pajama Game An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss...	Katherine 'Babe' Williams	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1956	Movie Julie A terrified stewardess is stalked by her psychotic estranged husband.	Julie Benton	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1956	Movie The Man Who Knew Too Much An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn...	Jo McKenna	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1955	Movie Love Me or Leave Me A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who...	Ruth Etting	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1954	Movie Young at Heart The lives and romances of three sisters in a musical family; the youngest daughter's life is complicated by the subsequent...	Laurie Tuttle	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1954	Movie A Star Is Born World Premiere Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1954	Movie Lucky Me Three struggling theatrical performers meet a famous songwriter who is trying to convince a wealthy oilman to finance a musical...	Candy Williams	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1953	Movie Calamity Jane Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon,...	Calamity Jane	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1953	Movie So You Want a Television Set Joe and Alice buy a television set and, due to some excuse, or another, the neighbors begin to drop in,...	Doris Day (uncredited)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1953	Movie By the Light of the Silvery Moon Marjorie Winfield's engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World War I, serves as the...	Marjorie Winfield	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1953	TV The Oscars An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1952	Movie April in Paris A series of misunderstandings leads to a chorus girl traveling to Paris to represent the American theater, where she falls...	Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1952	Movie The Winning Team Poor health and alcoholism force Grover Cleveland Alexander out of baseball, but through his wife's faithful efforts, he gets a...	Aimee Alexander	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1952	Movie Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball Ralph Staub visits Hollywood's annual "Out of This World" charity-baseball game between two celebrity baseball teams.	Self	Not rated
1951	Movie Starlift To impress a movie star, a U.S. Air Force crewman pretends he is soon to see combat. When his lie...	Doris Day	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1951	Movie I'll See You in My Dreams Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.	Grace LeBoy Kahn	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1951	Movie On Moonlight Bay The Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana. Tomboy Marjorie Winfield begins a romance...	Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1951	Movie Lullaby of Broadway Pretty Melinda Howard has been abroad singing with a musical troupe. She decides to return home to surprise her mother...	Melinda Howard	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1951	Movie Storm Warning A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Klan while traveling to a...	Lucy Rice	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1950	Movie The West Point Story A Broadway director helps the West Point cadets put on a show, aided by two lovely ladies and assorted complications.	Jan Wilson	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1950	Movie Tea for Two In this reworking of "No, No, Nanette," wealthy heiress Nanette Carter bets her uncle $25,000 that she can say "no"...	Nanette Carter	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1950	Movie Young Man with a Horn Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure...	Jo Jordan	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1950	TV What's My Line? Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1949	Movie It's a Great Feeling A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have...	Judy Adams	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1949	Movie My Dream Is Yours Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality...	Martha Gibson	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1948	Movie Romance on the High Seas Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly...	Miss Georgia Garrett	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1948	TV The Ed Sullivan Show The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1944	TV Golden Globe Awards An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...	Self - Nominee	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1941	Movie Once Over, Lightly Doris Day & Jimmie Palmer have a romantic musical interlude.	Self, Singer	Not rated
1941	Movie Is It Love or Is It Conscription? Doris Day sings "Is It Love or Is It Conscription?" with Les Brown and His Orchestra	Self - Vocalist	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1941	Movie My Lost Horizon Les Brown and His Orchestra perform "My Lost Horizon" with Doris Day	Self - Vocalist	TMDB 6.5 / 10
TBA	Movie With Love, Doris! An in-depth documentary built around never-before-heard audio tapes of Day responding to letters from fans. Day dictated her responses over...	Self (archive footage/audio)	Not rated