Doris Day was born in Cincinnati to German Catholic parents. She had two brothers, Richard, who died before she was born and Paul, a few years older. Her father and mother divorced when she was about ten. At fourteen, she formed a dance act with a boy, Jerry Doherty, and they won $500 in a local talent contest...See full bio »
1958The Tunnel of Love
(performer: "The Tunnel of Love" - uncredited, "Have Lips, Will Kiss in the Tunnel of Love", "Run Away, Skidaddle, Skidoo")
1958Teacher's Pet
(performer: "Teacher's Pet" / "The Girl Who Invented Rock and Roll")
1957The Pajama Game
(performer: "I'm Not At All In Love", "Once-A-Year-Day!", "Small Talk", "There Once Was a Man", "Hey There" reprise, "7 1/2 Cents")
1955Love Me or Leave Me
(performer: "It All Depends On You" - uncredited, "You Made Me Love You I Didn't Want to Do It" - uncredited, "Stay On the Right Side, Sister" - uncredited, "Everybody Loves My Baby but My Baby Don't Love Nobody but Me" - uncredited, "Mean to Me" - uncredited, "Sam, the Old Accordion Man" - uncredited, "Shaking the Blues Away" - uncredited, "Ten Cents a Dance" - uncredited, "I'll Never Stop Loving You", "Never Look Back", "At Sundown Love Is Calling Me Home" - uncredited, "Love Me or Leave Me" - uncredited, "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue Has Anybody Seen My Girl?" - uncredited, "What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?" - uncredited, "I Cried for You" - uncredited, "My Blue Heaven" - uncredited)
1954Young at Heart
(performer: "Hold Me in Your Arms" - uncredited, "Ready, Willing and Able" - uncredited, "Till My Love Comes Back to Me" - uncredited, "There's a Rising Moon for Every Falling Star" - uncredited, "You, My Love" - uncredited, "Young at Heart" - uncredited)
1954Lucky Me
(performer: "I Wanna Sing Like an Angel", "I Speak to the Stars", "Love You Dearly", "High Hopes", "The Superstition Song", "Men", "Blue Bells of Broadway")
1953Calamity Jane
(performer: "THE DEADWOOD STAGE WHIP-CRACK-AWAY", "INTRODUCING HENRY MILLER", "I CAN DO WITHOUT YOU", "JUST BLEW IN FROM THE WINDY CITY", "A WOMAN'S TOUCH", "THE BLACK HILLS OF DAKOTA", "SECRET LOVE")
1953By the Light of the Silvery Moon
(lyrics: "Ain't We Got Fun" - uncredited / performer: "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" - uncredited, "Your Eyes Have Told Me So" - uncredited, "Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee" - uncredited, "If You Were the Only Girl in the World" - uncredited, "King Chanticleer" - uncredited, "I'll Forget You" - uncredited)
1952April in Paris
(performer: "It Must Be Good", "I'm Gonna Ring the Bell Tonight", "That's What Makes Paris Paree", "I'm Going to Rock the Boat", "I Ask You", "The Place You Hold in My Heart", "I Know a Place")
1952The Winning Team
(performer: "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" - uncredited, "Ol' Saint Nicholas" - uncredited)
1951Starlift
(performer: "You're Gonna Lose Your Gal" - uncredited, "'S Wonderful" - uncredited, "You Oughta Be in Pictures" - uncredited, "You Do Something to Me" - uncredited, "Lullaby of Broadway" - uncredited)
1951I'll See You in My Dreams
(performer: "I Wish I Had a Girl" - uncredited, "The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else" - uncredited, "Nobody's Sweetheart" - uncredited, "My Buddy" - uncredited, "Toot, Toot, Tootsie Goo' Bye!" - uncredited, "Makin' Whoopee" - uncredited, "No, No, Nora" - uncredited, "I'll See You in My Dreams" - uncredited)
1951On Moonlight Bay
(performer: "Moonlight Bay" - uncredited, "Tell Me" - uncredited, "Love Ya" - uncredited, "Merry Christmas All" - uncredited, "Till We Meet Again" - uncredited)
1951Lullaby of Broadway
(performer: "Lullaby of Broadway" - uncredited, "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me" - uncredited, "Just One of Those Things" - uncredited, "Somebody Loves Me" - uncredited, "I Love the Way You Say Goodnight" - uncredited)
1950The West Point Story
(performer: "Ten Thousand Four Hundred and Thirty-Two Sheep" - uncredited, "The Military Polka" - uncredited / "By the Kissing Rock" - uncredited)
1950Tea for Two
(performer: "Tea for Two", "I Want to Be Happy", "I Know That You Know", "Do, Do, Do", "Oh Me! Oh My!", "No, No, Nanette")
1950Young Man with a Horn
(performer: "The Very Thought of You" - uncredited, "Too Marvelous for Words" - uncredited, "I May Be Wrong but I Think You're Wonderful" - uncredited, "With a Song in My Heart" - uncredited)
1949It's a Great Feeling
(performer: "It's a Great Feeling" - uncredited, "At the Cafe Rendezvous" - uncredited, "That Was a Big Fat Lie" - uncredited, "There's Nothing Rougher than Love" - uncredited, "Blame My Absent-Minded Heart" - uncredited)
1949My Dream Is Yours
(performer: "Cuttin' Capers", "Freddie, Get Ready", "You May Not Be an Angel, but I'll String Along With You", "My Dream Is Yours", "Someone Like You", "Tic, Tic, Tic", "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby", "Nagasaki", "With Plenty of Money and You" / "Love Finds a Way")
1948Romance on the High Seas
(performer: "Put 'em in a Box, Tie 'em with a Ribbon and Throw 'em in the Deep Blue Sea" - uncredited, "It's Magic" - uncredited, "It's You or No One" - uncredited, "I'm in Love" - uncredited / "She's a Latin from Manhattan" - uncredited)
[on recording "Secret Love" for the movie
Calamity Jane]: When I first heard "Secret Love" I almost fainted, it was so beautiful. When we finally got around to doing the pre-recording, Ray Heindorf, the musical director at Warner's, said he'd get the musicians in about 12:30 so they could rehearse...
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Trivia:
She is also referenced in the song, "We Didn't Start The Fire", by Billy Joel.
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Trademark:
Theme song: "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)", which she introduced in the 1956 film,
The Man Who Knew Too Much.
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