Doris Day, the freckle-faced movie actress whose irrepressible personality and golden voice made her America’s top box-office star in the early 1960s, died on Monday at her home in Carmel Valley, Calif. She was 97. ~ NY Times May 13, 2019
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 |
| 1955 | Young at Heart | Laurie Tuttle | Co-starring Frank Sinatra |
| Love Me or Leave Me | Ruth Etting | Co-starring James Cagney | |
| 1956 | The Man Who Knew Too Much | Josephine Conway “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 Jourdan | |
| 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 Golden Globe Award for Best Female Performance – Musical or Comedy|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 | Caprice | Patricia Foster | Co-starring Richard Harris |
| The Ballad of Josie | Josie Minick | Co-starring Peter Graves and George Kennedy | |
| 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; her last film. Laurel Award nomination for best female comedy performance. |
Discography
10″ LPs
| You’re My Thrill (1949) | |
| Tea for Two (1950) (soundtrack) | |
| Young Man with a Horn (1950) (w/Harry James) (soundtrack) | |
| Lullaby Of Broadway (1951) (soundtrack) | |
| On Moonlight Bay (1951) (soundtrack) | |
| I’ll See You in My Dreams (1951) (soundtrack) | |
| By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953) (soundtrack) | |
| Calamity Jane(1953) (soundtrack)The Deadwood StageSecret LoveJust Blew in From The Windy CityThe Black Hills Of DakotaA Woman’s touchI can do without youHigher than a Hawk (Deeper than a well)Tis Harry I’m plannin’ to marry | |
| Young at Heart (1954) (soundtrack) (w/Frank Sinatra)Till My Love Comes To MeYou, My LoveReady, Willing and AbleHold Me In Your Arms(2 more) |
12″ LPs
| Day DreamsReissue of “You’re My Thrill”plus 4 more, also early singles | ||
| Love Me or Leave Me (Soundtrack of the MGM film: Orchestra arranged and conducted by Percy Faith) (1955) TOP SELLING LP OF 1955It All Depends on You (DeSylva, Brown, Henderson)Sam, The Old Accordion Man (Donaldson)Shaking The Blues Away (Berlin)Mean To Me (Ahlert, Turk)I’ll Never Stop Loving You (Top 10 Song written for the movie)plus 8 more, including outtakes on current reissues | ||
| Day By Day (1956) (Orchestra arranged and conducted by Paul Weston)The Song Is You (Kern, Hammerstein)I Remember You (Mercer, Schertzenberger)Day By Day (Cahn, Stordahl, Weston)Autumn Leaves (Mercer, Kosma)plus 8 more | ||
| Day By Night (1957) (Orchestra arranged and conducted by Paul Weston)I See Your Face Before Me (Dietz, Schwartz)MoonglowDream a Little Dream of Me (Kahn)You Do Something To Me (Porter)plus 8 more | ||
| The Pajama Game (1957) (Soundtrack of the Warner Bros. film: Orchestra arranged and conducted by Ray Heindorf) (w/John Raitt and cast of film)I’m Not At All In LoveSmall TalkThere Once Was A ManSeven-and-a-Half CentsOnce-A-Year Day | ||
| Hooray for Hollywood (1958 Double LP):Cheek to Cheek (from Top Hat)The Way You Look Tonight (from Swingtime)Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz)Night and Day (from The Gay Divorcee)It’s Magic (from Romance on the High Seas)Three Coins in the Fountain (from Three Coins in the Fountain)Plus 18 more | ||
| Cuttin’ Capers (1959) (Orchestra arranged and conducted by Frank DeVol)Making Whoopee (Kahn, Donaldson)Sitting On Top Of The World (Brown)Let’s Take A Walk Around The Block (Arlen, Lane, I.Gershwin)Steppin’ Out With My Baby (Berlin)plus 8 more | ||
| What Every Girl Should Know (1960) (Orchestra arranged and consucted by Harry Zimmerman)When You’re SmilingSomething Wonderful (Rodgers, Hammerstein)Mood Indigo (Ellington)A Hundred Years From Today (Washington)plus 8 more | ||
| Show Time (1960) (Orchestra arranged and conducted by Axel Stordahl)On The Street Where You Live (Lerner, Loewe)They Say It’s Wonderful (Berlin)People Will Say We’re In Love (Rodgers, Hammerstein)I Love Paris (Porter)plus 8 more | ||
| Bright and Shiny (1961) | ||
| I Have Dreamed (1961) | ||
| Duet (w/ Andre Previn) (1962) | ||
| You’ll Never Walk Alone (1962) | ||
| Billy Rose’s Jumbo (soundtrack) (w/ cast of film) (1962) | ||
| Annie Get Your Gun (w/ Robert Goulet) (1963) | ||
| Love Him (1963) | ||
| The Doris Day Christmas Album (1964) | ||
| With a Smile and a Song (1964) | ||
| Latin for Lovers (1965) | ||
| Doris Day’s Sentimental Journey (1965) | ||
| The Love Album (recorded 1967, released in 1994) (Orchestra arranged and conducted by Sid Feller)Wonderful OneFor All We KnowLife Is Just A Bowl Of CherriesAre You Lonesome Tonight?plus 8 more (2 in a medley) |
I don’t think I ever liked one of her movies or songs, but I always liked her. Maybe it was her seeming to be the woman-next-door (although no woman I ever saw came close to her beauty).
She was on top of Hollywood, but never sank into its squalor.
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