FrameThrower · Actors · Doris Day
Doris Day
2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1953–1956
Born 3 April 1922 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA · died 13 May 2019
Doris Day was an American actress and singer, and an outspoken animal rights activist since her retirement from show business. Her entertainment career began in the 1940s as a big band singer. In 1945 she had her first hit recording, "Sentimental Journey". In 1948, she appeared in her first film, Romance on the High Seas. During her entertainment career, she appeared in 39 films, recorded more than 650 songs, received an Academy Award nomination, won a Golden Globe and a Grammy Award, and, in 1989, received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures.
As of 2009, she was the top-ranking female box office star of all time and ranked sixth among the top ten box office performers (male and female).
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1953–1956
- Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award1988
- Grammy Hall of Fame2011
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award2008
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award2007
- Presidential Medal of Freedom2004
- Grammy Hall of Fame1998
- Ohio Women's Hall of Fame1981
- Henrietta Award1962
- Henrietta Award1959
- Henrietta Award1957
- Grammy Awards
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Doris takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 45% of their frames are night — the look of the work Doris takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
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