R.I.P. Doris Day

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 appearancesYearTitleRoleNotes1948 Romance on the High Seas Georgia GarrettHer feature film debut. Co-starring Jack Carson. Song “It’s Magic” nominated for an Oscar.1949 My Dream Is Yours Martha GibsonCo-starring Jack Carson. It’s a Great Feeling Judy AdamsCo-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 JordanHer first dramatic role. Co-starring Kirk Douglas and Lauren Bacall. Tea for Two Nanette CarterCo-starring Gordon MacRae. 
Adaptation of Broadway musical  No, No, Nanette The West Point Story Jan WilsonCo-starring James Cagney1951 Storm Warning Lucy RiceCo-starring Ronald Reagan, Ginger Rogers and Steve Cochran Lullaby of Broadway Melinda HowardCo-starring Gene Nelson On Moonlight Bay Marjorie “Marjie” WinfieldCo-starring Gordon MacRae
Based on the Penrod stories by Booth Tarkington. I’ll See You in My Dreams Grace LeBoy KahnCo-starring Danny Thomas Starlift HerselfHer name appeared first in the on-screen credits.1952 The Winning Team Aimee AlexanderCo-starring Ronald Reagan April in Paris Ethel  “Dynamite” JacksonCo-starring Ray Bolger1953 By the Light of the
Silvery Moon Marjorie “Marjie” WinfieldCo-starring Gordon MacRae
A sequel to  On Moonlight Bay . Calamity Jane Calamity JaneCo-starring Howard Keel 
Introduced Academy Award-winning song  Secret Love 1954 Lucky Me Candy WilliamsCo-starring Robert Cummings and Phil Silvers1955 Young at Heart Laurie TuttleCo-starring Frank Sinatra Love Me or Leave Me Ruth EttingCo-starring James Cagney1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much Josephine Conway “Jo” McKennaCo-starring James Stewart. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Introduced Academy Award-winning song  Que Sera, Sera Julie Julie BentonThriller co-starring Louis Jourdan1957 The Pajama Game Katherine “Babe” WilliamsCo-starring John Raitt. Adaptation of Broadway musical1958 Teacher’s Pet Erica StoneCo-starring Clark Gable The Tunnel of Love Isolde PooleCo-starring Richard Widmark 
Golden Globe and Laurel nominations for 
Golden Globe Award for Best Female Performance – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture Actress – Comedy/Musical1959 It Happened to Jane Jane OsgoodCo-starring Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs Pillow Talk Jan MorrowHer 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 MackayCo-starring David Niven Midnight Lace Kit PrestonThriller co-starring Rex Harrison
Golden Globe and Laurel Award nominations for Best Motion Picture Actress – Drama1961 Lover Come Back Carol TempletonHer second film with Rock Hudson. Laurel Award for best female comedy performance.1962 That Touch of Mink Cathy TimberlakeCo-starring Cary Grant. Won Laurel Award for best female comedy performance. Billy Rose’s Jumbo Kitty WonderAdaptation of Broadway musical
Golden Globe Award-nominated for Best Motion Picture Actress – Musical/Comedy1963 The Thrill of It All Beverly BoyerCo-starring James Garner Move Over, Darling Ellen Wagstaff ArdenCo-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/Comedy1964 Send Me No Flowers Judy KimballHer third and last film with Rock Hudson. Won the Laurel Award for best female comedy performance.1965 Do Not Disturb Janet HarperCo-starring Rod Taylor1966 The Glass Bottom Boat Jennifer NelsonCo-starring Rod Taylor. Nominated for Laurel Award, best female comedy performance.1967 Caprice Patricia FosterCo-starring Richard Harris The Ballad of Josie Josie MinickCo-starring Peter Graves and George Kennedy1968 Where Were You When
the Lights Went Out? Margaret GarrisonLaurel Award nomination for best female comedy performance. With Six You Get Eggroll Abby McClureCo-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 Dreams Reissue 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)

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