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Doris Day

Doris Day

Actor · Died May 13, 2019, aged 97 · 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 entertainment career, she appeared in 39 films, recorded more than 650 songs, received an Academy Award nomination, won a Golden Globe and a Grammy Award, and, in 1989, received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures. As of 2009, she was the top-ranking female box office star of all time and ranked sixth among the top ten box office performers (male and female).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 3, 1922
Died
May 13, 2019 (aged 97)
From
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
45 on MovieCove · 52 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 30% in 30 days

What are Doris Day's films like?

Across their 41 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy28 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 78th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Documentary3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 80th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
43%
Self
25%
Morality
14%
Society
9%
Survival
4%
Power
3%
Ideas
1%
Romantic love15 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage12 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception10 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth9 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition7 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 40 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 33 · Serious 1 · Dark 6

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 19 · Stylized 19 · Heightened 2

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 27 · Charged 9 · Intense 4

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 31 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 14 · Funny 17

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 22 · Even-paced 17 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 33 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 37 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

35 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 21 of 35 analyzed roles.

Hero
21 of 35
Ally
4 of 35
Shapeshifter
3 of 35
Mentor
2 of 35
Herald
2 of 35
Trickster
2 of 35
Threshold guardian
1 of 35
Show the 35 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
25
Romantic
22
Warm
16
Hopeful
8
Tense
8
Other
31

How their films linger

Feel-good32 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy30
  • Bittersweet9
  • Ambiguous1
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Doris Day's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 45 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Doris Day's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

52 credits, 45 with a MovieCove page; 34 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions(2021)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Hollywood, No Sex Please!(2018)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin(2017)

    as Jan Morrow

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • I Am Not Your Negro(2016)

    as Various Roles

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Legends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Various Roles (archive footage)

  • E! True Hollywood Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • That's Entertainment! III(1994)

    as (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as (archive footage)

  • Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • That's Entertainment, Part II(1976)

    as (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Doris Day Show(1968)

    Show 128 episodes · as Doris Martin

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • With Six You Get Eggroll(1968)

    as Abby McClure

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?(1968)

    as Margaret Garrison

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Ballad of Josie(1967)

    as Josie

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Caprice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Patricia Foster

  • The Glass Bottom Boat(1966)

    as Jennifer Nelson

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Do Not Disturb(1965)

    as Janet Harper

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Send Me No Flowers(1964)

    as Judy Kimball

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Move Over, Darling(1963)

    as Ellen Wagstaff Arden

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Thrill of It All(1963)

    as Beverly Boyer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Billy Rose's Jumbo(1962)

    as Kitty Wonder

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Beverly Hillbillies(1962)

    Show Actor

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • That Touch of Mink(1962)

    as Cathy Timberlake

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Lover Come Back(1961)

    as Carol Templeton

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Midnight Lace(1960)

    as Kit Preston

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Please Don't Eat the Daisies(1960)

    as Kate Mackay

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Pillow Talk(1959)

    as Jan Morrow

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • It Happened to Jane(1959)

    as Jane Osgood

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Tunnel of Love(1958)

    as Isolde Poole

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Teacher's Pet(1958)

    as Erica Stone

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Pajama Game(1957)

    as Katherine 'Babe' Williams

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Julie(1956)

    as Julie Benton

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Man Who Knew Too Much(1956)

    as Jo McKenna

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Love Me or Leave Me(1955)

    as Ruth Etting

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Young at Heart(1954)

    as Laurie Tuttle

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Lucky Me(1954)

    as Candy Williams

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Calamity Jane(1953)

    as Calamity Jane

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • So You Want a Television Set (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Doris Day (uncredited)

  • By the Light of the Silvery Moon(1953)

    as Marjorie Winfield

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • April in Paris(1952)

    as Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Winning Team(1952)

    as Aimee Alexander

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Starlift (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Doris Day

  • I'll See You in My Dreams(1951)

    as Grace LeBoy Kahn

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • On Moonlight Bay(1951)

    as Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Lullaby of Broadway(1951)

    as Melinda Howard

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Storm Warning(1950)

    as Lucy Rice

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The West Point Story(1950)

    as Jan Wilson

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Tea for Two(1950)

    as Nanette Carter

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Young Man with a Horn(1950)

    as Jo Jordan

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • It's a Great Feeling(1949)

    as Judy Adams

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • My Dream Is Yours(1949)

    as Martha Gibson

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Romance on the High Seas(1948)

    as Miss Georgia Garrett

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 50 titles from 1948 to 2022; peak year 1960.

Biggest box office

I Am Not Your Negro (2016)

$8.3M worldwide

Highest rated

I Am Not Your Negro (2016)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

The Doris Day Show (1968)

Film career

19482022

Peak 1960 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 23 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting50 of 50: 50 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score65th

By decade

1940s3 · acting1950s23 · acting1960s16 · acting1970s1 · acting1980s1 · acting1990s3 · acting2000s1 · acting2010s1 · acting2020s1 · acting

Billing

usually 1st · top billed in 61% of 28 roles
48535863

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Doris Day's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 43; across their 40 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Approval · how many liked their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Reach · how many have seen their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Midcredits score across 45 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up18
  • 50th to 74th17
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

33 of their 45 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser33
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017)

91st percentile spread · 26% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

I Am Not Your Negro (2016)

Midcredits 97th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 38 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Doris Day's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles10–55 · median 27 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles6–31 · median 14 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles1–40 · median 7 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 32 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles2–61 · median 10 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Doris Day work with?

People who share at least 2 of Doris Day's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Martin Melcher shares the most, 17.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers