Biography
She embodied an image she hated, and for much of her life, sought a familial ideal never achieved, becoming, in the process, the biggest box-office draw in the movie business at one time before simply fading away. Doris Day became a phenomenon of sight and sound, a hit song machine in the first part of her career and, in the second, Hollywood's No. 1 female box-office star and the epitome of the girl next door. Her résumé composed an American …
Career Milestones
1991 | Sued supermarket tabloid, The Globe, for publishing that she was living like a "bag lady" who rummaged through trash cans to feed her dogs | |
1991 | Subject of TV biographical documentary, "Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey" | |
| Became an vocal presence for pet adoption and pet's rights advocates | ||
| Played Doris Martin on the popular TV sitcom, "The Doris Day Show"; acted on show in order to pay legal fees to sue lawyer who mishandled her finances | ||
1968 | Last film, "With Six You Get Eggroll" | |
| Topped the annual exhibitors' poll of top ten boxoffice stars three years in a row, a records among adult female stars (child star Shirley Temple was Number 1 for four years in a row 1935-1938) | ||
1962 | Last full-fledged movie musical, "Billy Rose's Jumbo" | |
1959 | Made the annual exhibitors' poll of top ten boxoffice stars eight years in a row, more than any other female star since the start of the poll in 1932 except for Betty Grable (who made it ten years in a row from 1942-1951) | |
1959 | First teaming with Rock Hudson, "Pillow Talk"; also marked her one Oscar nomination for Best Actress | |
1954 | Left Warner Bros. after starring in "Lucky Me"; made only three movie musicals thereafter | |
1951 | Made a first appearance on the annual exhibitors' poll of top ten boxoffice stars; placed 9th; repeated again the following year, placing 7th | |
1950 | Played first dramatic role in a film in which she did no singing, "Storm Warning" | |
1948 | Film acting debut in "Romance on the High Seas"; instantly became a star of light musicals under contract to Warner Bros. | |
Awards
2011 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Career Achievement Award |
1988 | Golden Globe Award for Cecil B. DeMille Award |
1968 | Golden Globe Award for Actress in a Television Series in The Doris Day Show |
1965 | Golden Globe Award for Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) |
1963 | Golden Globe Award for Actress in a Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy in Move Over, Darling |
1962 | Golden Globe Award for Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) |
1962 | Golden Globe Award for Actress in a Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy in Billy Rose's Jumbo |
1960 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama in Midnight Lace |
1959 | Golden Globe Award for Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) |
1959 | Academy Award for Actress in Pillow Talk |
1959 | Golden Globe Award for Actress in a Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy in Pillow Talk |
1958 | Golden Globe Award for Actress in a Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy in The Tunnel of Love |
1957 | Golden Globe Award for Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) |
1954 | Golden Globe Award for Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) |