In Doris Day: Her Own Story, Day asserts " I was named by my mother in honor of her favorite actress, Doris Kenyon, a silent screen star of that year 1924.

Her first screen appearance was at the age of 10, when she appeared briefly in Frank Capra ’ s It Happened One Night.

Her many memorable screen roles include a supporting role as Joan Crawford's wise-cracking friend in Mildred Pierce ( 1945 ) for which she received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress, and James Stewart's wistful secretary in Otto Preminger's then-explicit murder mystery, Anatomy of a Murder ( 1959 ).

Her son-in-law is Glenn Wilhide the producer and screen writer.

Her performance was well received by critics, with BBC film critic Brandon Graydon saying that Cruz " is an enchanting screen presence ," and Ethan Alter of the Film Journal International noting that Cruz and her co-star Cruise were " able to generate some actual chemistry.

Her final screen appearance was in the 1991 film The Shepherd and the Women, directed by her ex-husband Ali Badrakhan.

Her final screen appearance was in 1991, with the movie Al Ra ' i We El Nissa.

Her on screen chemistry with Alec Baldwin was either criticized or praised, with Eye For Film commenting, " The film works best when Baldwin and Gellar are together – aside from the fact that Gellar seriously needs to eat a bun or two ".

Her screen test with Macnee showed that the two immediately worked well together, and a new era in Avengers history began.

Her screen persona as " a cold, remote erotic object which dreams are made on " reached a peak, according to the critic Philip French, in her second Buñuel film Tristana ( 1970 ).

Her game concept included animated color graphics, a pseudo 3D-perspective where the main character was visible on the screen, a more competent text parser that would understand advanced commands from the player, and music playing in the background through the PCjr sound hardware.

Her first professional screen experience was as an extra in the three part TF1 television series Dorothée, danseuse de corde ( 1983 ) directed by Jacques Fensten, which was followed by a similarly small role in the provincial television film Fort bloque directed by Pierrick Guinnard.

Her reticence and fear of strangers perpetuated the mystery and mystique that she projected both on screen and in real life.

Her first screen role was in 1967 in The Happening.

Hannah and Her Sisters opened on February 7, 1986 in 54 theatres, where it gained a stellar $ 1, 265, 826 ($ 23, 441 per screen ) in its opening weekend.

Her big screen debut was in Hue and Cry, in 1947, followed with performances in Nicholas Nickleby, The Winslow Boy, The History of Mr Polly, Scott of the Antarctic, Mother Riley Meets the Vampire and Dickens ' The Pickwick Papers.

Her earliest theatrical influences were the teenaged actress Deanna Durbin, screen star Irene Dunne and Lansbury's mother, who encouraged her daughter's ambition by taking her to plays at the Old Vic.

" Her screen test was directed by Harold S. Bucquet, and she later recalled that she was hired because of a close-up he took of her.

Her inaugural screen performance was popular with both the public and critics alike and was the catalyst for not only a sequel, Claudia and David ( both movies co-starring Robert Young ), but also for numerous other film roles.

Her entrepreneurial spirit became evident as she began to screen and distribute her films in the United States, Canada, and Cuba, lecturing and writing on avant-garde film theory, and Vodoun as well.

On the big screen she became a Bond girl in On Her Majesty's Secret Service ( 1969 ), playing Tracy Bond, James Bond's only wife.

Her other notable screen roles included Academy Award-nominated performances in Tennessee Williams ' Summer and Smoke, Sweet Bird of Youth, You're a Big Boy Now, Pete ' n ' Tillie, Woody Allen's Interiors, and The Pope of Greenwich Village.

Her distinctive warbling voice and round cheeks made her a familiar and much-loved personality to British theatre and film audiences at the beginning of World War II, but her popularity waned in the 1940s after several years ' absence from the screen followed by an unsatisfactory thriller, Candles at Nine.

Her screen debut however was as the lead in the Anna Campion directed film Loaded, and has subsequently stated that she had a " miserable time with the director ( Anna Campion )... it was my first film job, I needed to be mollycoddled, I needed to be helped through it, and I wasn't.

Her screen name is often translated as Stainless Steel Mouse.

Her film credits also include a featured role in Marked For Death opposite Steven Seagal, Pass The Ammo with Tim Curry, and the CBS feature 83 Hours Till Dawn with Peter Strauss and Robert Urich.

Her other recent credits include Funny Bones ( 1995 ) with Jerry Lewis and Oliver Platt, The Last of the Blonde Bombshells ( 2000 ) with Judi Dench and Cleo Laine, and Le Divorce ( 2003 ) by Merchant / Ivory with Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts.

Her credits include the TV series Ready or Not, Are You Afraid of the Dark, Seasons of Love, and Andromeda as Trance Gemini, and the movies Night of the Twisters, and Dear America: So Far From Home.

Her film credits also include Robert Altman's Kansas City ( 1996 ), Robert Duvall's The Apostle ( 1997 ) and Richard E. Grant's Wah-Wah ( 2005 ).

Her relationship with Gilbert became acrimonious soon after the album was released, and disputes arose about songwriting credits.

Her stage name derives from Mitch Ryder, a soul and rock singer her father happened to be listening to when her agent called and asked how she wanted to appear on the credits of her first film.

Her many credits include Picnic, The Bad Seed, A View from the Bridge, A Memory of Two Mondays, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, A Family Affair, Barefoot in the Park, Butterflies Are Free, You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running, Ladies at the Alamo and The Cemetery Club.

Her television credits include Sarah, Plain and Tall, Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End, Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story, In the Gloaming and The Lion in Winter.

Her post-war theatre credits included Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest again at the Haymarket Theatre in 1946 and Lady Bracknell when the same play transferred to New York in 1947.

Her modeling credits included Glamour, the December 1985 supplement cover of Vogue and the May 1985 cover of British Vogue when she was only 15 years old.

Her credits include Pirates of the Caribbean ( 2003, 2006 ), Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith ( 2005 ), Star Trek ( film ) ( 2009 ), and Avatar ( 2009 film ).

Her second Twilight Zone appearance, with billing in the closing credits, came in the episode broadcast the following week, " Dust ", in which she portrays another pleading child, Estrelita, a little Mexican girl, helping her father beg for the life of her condemned brother.

Her stage credits include Hitchcock Blonde by Terry Johnson ( in a role requiring her to appear completely nude on stage with only a pair of high heels ) and Tennessee Williams ' Summer and Smoke, both in London's West End, and Gaslight at London's Old Vic Theatre.

Her 1963 cover of " Fly Me to the Moon " is used in the end credits of the 2010 video game, Bayonetta.

Her film credits include comedic roles in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Hanging Up, Marci X, Analyze This and its sequel Analyze That.

Her many credits include Adam Adamant Lives !, The Naked Civil Servant, Rock Follies, Minder,

Her last film was Anger Management ( 2003 ) starring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson ( which was released only a month following her death and paid tribute to her in the end credits ).

Her stage credits include Norman Mailer's " The Deer Park ", Israel Horovitz's " The Indian Wants the Bronx ", Neil Simon's " The Good Doctor " and " King Richard III " at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Her West End credits include Little Mary Sunshine, Cowardy Custard, Virtue in Danger, Noises Off, The Importance of Being Earnest, and The Solid Gold Cadillac, as well as a number of less successful vehicles.

His other movie credits include The Young Savages ( 1961 ), The Greatest Story Ever Told ( 1965 ), Battle of the Bulge ( 1965 ), The Dirty Dozen ( 1967 ), The Scalphunters ( 1968 ), supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service ( 1969 ), Kelly's Heroes ( 1970 ), Pretty Maids All in a Row ( 1971 ), Inside Out ( 1975 ), and Escape to Athena ( 1979 ).

Her billboards have gained more fame than she has, and have appeared in several television shows and movies, including the opening titles of the 1980s television series Moonlighting, in the movie Get Shorty, and a quick parody during the credits of Futurama.

Her contribution to the film's soundtrack, " The Dream ( Hold On To Your Dream )" played over the closing credits of the film, and proved to be a minor hit, peaking at No. 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1984.

Her recording and touring credits include and not limted to are, Ice Cube, Boyz n the Hood, Roy Ayers, Snoop Dogg, Coolio, B. B.

Her most recent film credits include Spread ( 2009 ), The Other Guys ( 2010 ), and Cedar Rapids ( 2011 ).