Doris Day

1924-

Biography: life and films

Doris Day is an American actress and singer whose birth name is Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA on 3rd April 1924.

Her best films as an actor include Charles Vidor's Love Me or Leave Me (1955), Alfred Hitchcock's crime-thriller The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Michael Gordon's comedy Pillow Talk (1959), Norman Jewison's The Thrill of It All (1963) and Send Me No Flowers (1964).

Doris Day has so far appeared in 53 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: David Butler (6 films), Michael Curtiz (4), Roy Del Ruth (3), William Beaudine (2), Norman Jewison (2), Michael Gordon (2), Gene Kelly (2), Frank Tashlin (2), Delbert Mann (2) and Charles Walters (2).

Her most frequent genres include: comedy (33 films), comedy-romance (21), drama (9), romance (7), Biography (6), Thriller (5), comedy-drama (3), Western (3) and Documentary (3).

Our average rating for Doris Day over all films is: 3.1

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Saga of Death Valley (1939) [a]

Thou Shalt Not Kill (1939) [a]

Village Barn Dance (1940) [a]

A Woman's Face (1941) [a]

Federal Fugitives (1941) [a]

Maisie Was a Lady (1941) [a]

Mr. Celebrity (1941) [a]

Mr. and Mrs. North (1942) [a]

This Time for Keeps (1942) [a]

Romance on the High Seas (1948) [a]

It's a Great Feeling (1949) [a]

My Dream Is Yours (1949) [a]

Tea for Two (1950) [a]

The West Point Story (1950) [a]

Young Man with a Horn (1950) [a]

I'll See You in My Dreams (1951) [a]

Lullaby of Broadway (1951) [a]

On Moonlight Bay (1951) [a]

Starlift (1951) [a]

Storm Warning (1951) [a]

April in Paris (1952) [a]

The Winning Team (1952) [a]

By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953) [a]

Calamity Jane (1953) [a]

Crime Wave (1954) [a]

Lucky Me (1954) [a]

Young at Heart (1954) [a]

Love Me or Leave Me (1955) [a]

Julie (1956) [a]

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) [a]

The Pajama Game (1957) [a]

Teacher's Pet (1958) [a]

The Tunnel of Love (1958) [a]

It Happened to Jane (1959) [a]

Pillow Talk (1959) [a]

Midnight Lace (1960) [a]

Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960) [a]

Lover Come Back (1961) [a]

Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) [a]

That Touch of Mink (1962) [a]

Move Over, Darling (1963) [a]

The Thrill of It All (1963) [a]

Send Me No Flowers (1964) [a]

Do Not Disturb (1965) [a]

The Glass Bottom Boat (1966) [a]

Caprice (1967) [a]

The Ballad of Josie (1967) [a]

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968) [a]

With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) [a]

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) [a]

Volunteers (1985) [a]

Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992) [a]

Don't Pave Main Street: Carmel's Heritage (1994) [a]



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