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| birth_name = Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff
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| birth_place = [[Cincinnati]], Ohio, U.S.
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'''Doris Day''' (born '''Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff'''; April 3, 1922&nbsp;– May 13, 2019<!-- Do not change her birth date to 1924 or any other date - this has been discussed and resolved on the talk page. -->) was an American actress and singer.<!--Keep most notable occupations in lead per [[MOS:ROLEBIO]]--> She began her career as a [[big band]] singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, "[[Sentimental Journey (song)|Sentimental Journey]]" and "[[My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time]]" with [[Les Brown (bandleader)|Les Brown and His Band of Renown]]. She left Brown to embark on a solo career and recorded more than 650 songs from 1947 to 1967.
 
Day was one of the leading [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] film stars of the 1950s and 1960s. Her film career began with ''[[Romance on the High Seas]]'' (1948). She starred in films of many genres, including musicals, comedies, dramas and thrillers. She played the title role in ''[[Calamity Jane (film)|Calamity Jane]]'' (1953) and starred in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)|The Man Who Knew Too Much]]'' (1956) with [[James Stewart]]. She costarred with [[Rock Hudson]] in three successful comedies including ''[[Pillow Talk (film)|Pillow Talk]]'' (1959), for which she was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]. She also worked with [[James Garner]] on both ''[[Move Over, Darling]]'' (1963) and ''[[The Thrill of It All (film)|The Thrill of It All]]'' (1963) and starred alongside [[Clark Gable]], [[Cary Grant]], [[James Cagney]], [[David Niven]], [[Ginger Rogers]], [[Jack Lemmon]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Kirk Douglas]], [[Lauren Bacall]], and [[Rod Taylor]] in various films. After ending her film career in 1968, only briefly removed from the height of her popularity, she starred in her own television sitcom ''[[The Doris Day Show]]'' (1968–1973).