Doris Day filmography

Doris Day in a studio publicity portrait for her 1960 film Midnight Lace.
Main article: Doris Day

The filmography of American actress Doris Day consists of 39 feature films released between 1948 and 1968. She began her career as a band singer and eventually won the female lead in a Warner Bros. film Romance on the High Seas (1948) replacing Betty Hutton. She went on to star in several minor musicals for Warners, including Tea for Two (1950), Lullaby of Broadway (1951), April in Paris (1952), By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953), and a hit musical Calamity Jane, which gave her an Academy Award winning song "Secret Love" in (1953). She ended her contract with Warner after filming Young at Heart (1954) with Frank Sinatra.

Day then campaigned for more dramatic parts. Her portrayal of singer Ruth Etting in Love Me or Leave Me (1955) with James Cagney, was well received by critics and was a box office hit. However, her follow-up films, Alfred Hitchcock's remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Andrew L. Stone's Julie (1956), and George Abbott and Stanley Donen's film version of The Pajama Game (1957) were less successful among the critics and the public alike.

Day's star attained greater heights with the success of Pillow Talk in 1959, alongside Rock Hudson and Tony Randall. She, Hudson, and Randall were later teamed for Lover Come Back (1961) and Send Me No Flowers (1964). In 1960, Day ranked #1 at the box office. She reached #1 at the box office again in 1962 and stayed there until 1964. Day went on to star in several other romantic comedies, including That Touch of Mink (1962) with Cary Grant, The Thrill of It All, and Move Over, Darling (both 1963), both with James Garner. However, after the failure of Do Not Disturb in 1965 and being labeled "The World's Oldest Virgin", Day's film career began to decline. She last ranked as a top ten box office star in 1966 with the hit film The Glass Bottom Boat. Her final films The Ballad of Josie, Caprice (both 1967), Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?, and her final film With Six You Get Eggroll (both 1968) were critical flops, but achieved reasonable success at the box office.

When her film career ended, Day's star retained with her situation comedy The Doris Day Show (1968–1973), which ran for five seasons and 128 episodes and several other television appearances throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Due to her love of animals, Day launched another television series, Doris Day's Best Friends (1985–1986), which ran for 26 episodes. She was an honoree at The 50th Annual Grammy Awards in 2008 and was last seen in archive footage in a 2009 documentary What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar.

Film appearances

Year Title Role Notes
1948 Romance on the High Seas Georgia Garrett Her feature film debut. Co-starring Jack Carson. Song "It's Magic" nominated for an Oscar.
1949 My Dream Is Yours Martha Gibson Co-starring Jack Carson.
It's a Great Feeling Judy Adams Co-starring Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan; with Errol Flynn, Joan Crawford, Edward G. Robinson, Sydney Greenstreet, Gary Cooper, Jane Wyman, Patricia Neal, Danny Kaye, Eleanor Parker.
1950 Young Man with a Horn Jo Jordan Her first dramatic role. Co-starring Kirk Douglas and Lauren Bacall.
Tea for Two Nanette Carter Co-starring Gordon MacRae.
Adaptation of Broadway musical No, No, Nanette
The West Point Story Jan Wilson Co-starring James Cagney
1951 Storm Warning Lucy Rice Co-starring Ronald Reagan, Ginger Rogers and Steve Cochran
Lullaby of Broadway Melinda Howard Co-starring Gene Nelson

On Moonlight Bay

Marjorie "Marjie" Winfield

Co-starring Gordon MacRae
Based on the Penrod stories by Booth Tarkington.
I'll See You in My Dreams Grace LeBoy Kahn Co-starring Danny Thomas
Starlift Herself Her name appeared first in the on-screen credits.
1952 The Winning Team Aimee Alexander Co-starring Ronald Reagan
April in Paris Ethel  "Dynamite" Jackson Co-starring Ray Bolger
1953 By the Light of the
Silvery Moon 		Marjorie "Marjie" Winfield Co-starring Gordon MacRae
A sequel to On Moonlight Bay.
Calamity Jane Calamity Jane Co-starring Howard Keel
Introduced Academy Award-winning song Secret Love
1954 Lucky Me Candy Williams Co-starring Robert Cummings and Phil Silvers
Young at Heart Laurie Tuttle Co-starring Frank Sinatra
1955 Love Me or Leave Me Ruth Etting Co-starring James Cagney
1956

The Man Who Knew Too Much

 Josephine "Jo" McKenna Co-starring James Stewart. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Introduced Academy Award-winning song Que Sera, Sera
Julie Julie Benton Thriller co-starring Louis Jordan
1957 The Pajama Game

Katherine "Babe" Williams

Co-starring John Raitt. Adaptation of Broadway musical
1958 Teacher’s Pet Erica Stone Co-starring Clark Gable
The Tunnel of Love Isolde Poole Co-starring Richard Widmark
Golden Globe and Laurel nominations for
Best Motion Picture Actress - Comedy/Musical
1959 It Happened to Jane Jane Osgood Co-starring Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs
Pillow Talk Jan Morrow Her first film with Rock Hudson.
Academy Award-nominated for Best Actress.
Golden Globe Award-nominated for Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy. Laurel Award for best female comedy performance.
1960 Please Don't Eat
the Daisies 		Kate Robinson Mackay Co-starring David Niven
Midnight Lace Kit Preston Thriller co-starring Rex Harrison
Golden Globe and Laurel Award nominations for Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama
1961 Lover Come Back Carol Templeton Her second film with Rock Hudson. Laurel Award for best female comedy performance.
1962 That Touch of Mink Cathy Timberlake Co-starring Cary Grant Won Laurel Award for best female comedy performance.
Billy Rose's Jumbo Kitty Wonder Adaptation of Broadway musical
Golden Globe Award-nominated for Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy
1963 The Thrill of It All Beverly Boyer Co-starring James Garner
Move Over, Darling Ellen Wagstaff Arden Co-starring James Garner. Remake of My Favorite Wife (1940).
Initiated as Marilyn Monroe's unfinished film Something's Got to Give.
Golden Globe Award-nominated for Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy
1964 Send Me No Flowers Judy Kimball Her third and last film with Rock Hudson. Won the Laurel Award for best female comedy performance.
1965 Do Not Disturb Janet Harper Co-starring Rod Taylor
1966 The Glass Bottom Boat Jennifer Nelson Co-starring Rod Taylor. Nominated for Laurel Award, best female comedy performance.
1967 The Ballad of Josie Josie Minick Co-starring Peter Graves and George Kennedy
Caprice Patricia Foster Co-starring Richard Harris
1968 Where Were You When
the Lights Went Out? 		Margaret Garrison Laurel Award nomination for best female comedy performance.
With Six You Get Eggroll Abby McClure Co-starring Brian Keith, with George Carlin, Jamie Farr; her last film. Laurel Award nomination for best female comedy performance.

Box office ranking

For a number of years, American movie exhibitors voted Day among the most popular stars in the country:

Television appearances

Bibliography

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