Doris Day American Actress and Singer (1922–2019)

Doris Day (1922–2019) was an American actress and singer from Cincinnati. Her death was on 13 May 2019, at the age of 97. The recorded cause of death is pneumonia. Her best-known titles on this site are The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) and Young Man with a Horn (1950).

Career

She appears in Saga of Death Valley (1939), the earliest title among her listed credits. Romance on the High Seas (1948) and My Dream Is Yours (1949) are among her 1940s credits. In the 1950s, she appeared in Love Me or Leave Me (1955) and Pillow Talk (1959). The 1960s brought Lover Come Back (1961) and That Touch of Mink (1962).

She had 43 films and one TV series on record from 1939 to 2016. Musical is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (3), followed by drama (2). I Am Not Your Negro (2016) is the final credit listed before her death.

James Cagney appears in three of her listed titles, including The West Point Story (1950) and Starlift (1951). Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Lauren Bacall (two titles) and Gary Cooper (two titles).

On the music side, 32 albums and 9 singles are listed, such as My Heart (2011). Her work is filed under traditional pop and pop music. Record labels on file include Columbia Records. Work listed as notable includes Qué Será, Será.

Recognition

Her awards include a Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (1988). Her other honours include two Grammy Hall of Fame awards (1998 and 2011) and two Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards (2007 and 2008). The nominations list includes the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1960 for Pillow Talk. The records list 13 awards won and 14 nominations for her.

Personal life

Marriages on record are to Al Jorden (1941 to 1943), George William Weidler (1946 to 1949), Martin Melcher (1951 to 1968, widowed) and Barry Comden (1976 to 1982). She was the mother of Terry Melcher.