Doris Day

Also known as Doris Mary Kappelhoff

American actress and singer (1922–2019)

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Doris Day was an American actress and singer who had a long career in entertainment from the mid-20th century until her death in 2019. She remains a notable figure in Hollywood history for her work in film and music during that era.

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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 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…

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Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes — Self - Melcher's Mom (archive footage)2026
Chaos: The Manson Murders — Self - Actress & Mother of Terry Melcher (archive footage)2025
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed — Self (archive footage)2023
Commitment to Life — Self (archive footage)2023
Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions2022
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!2018
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar — Self (voice)2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty — Self (archive footage)2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical — Self (archive)2009
Doris Day: Virgin Territory — Self2007

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Instance of: human
Given name: Mary
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Cincinnati
Child: Terry Melcher
Occupation: politician
Employer: Warner Bros. Entertainment
Political party: Republican Party (United States)
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Religion: Christian Science
Award: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Notable work: Qué Será, Será
Field of work: animal rights
Instrument: voice
Record label: Philips Records
Official website: www.dorisday.com
Image: Doris Day 1958 crop.jpg
Work location: Los Angeles
Residence: Cincinnati

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Commons category: Doris Day
date of birth: 1922-01-01
topic's main category: Category:Doris Day
nominated for: Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
name in native language: Doris Day
start of work period: 1939-00-00
end of work period: 1989-00-00
date of death: 2019-05-13
birth name: Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff
cause of death: pneumonia
manner of death: natural causes
writing language: English language
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4

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Doris Day (born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019 ) was an American actress and singer. With an entertainment career that spanned nearly 50 years, Day was one of the most popular and acclaimed female singers of the 1940s and 1950s, with a parallel career as a leading actress in Hollywood films, where she became one of the biggest box-office stars of the 1960s. She was known for her on-screen girl next door image and her distinctive singing voice.

Day began her career as a big band singer in 1937, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, "Sentimental Journey" and "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" with Les Brown and His Band of Renown. She left Brown to embark on a solo career and recorded more than 650 songs from 1947 to 1967. Her recording of "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" became known as her signature song and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011.

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