Awards and Nominations

List of awards & nominations related specifically to Doris, or to songs and films with which she is associated.

  • 1948 Academy Award Nomination for Romance On The High Seas Best Film Score and Title Song "It's Magic"
  • 1949 Academy Award Nomination for Title Song "It's A Great Feeling"
  • 1951 Photoplay Gold Medal Award as Best Actress for Lullaby of Broadway
  • 1953 Academy Award for Best Song "Secret Love"
  • 1956 Academy Award for Best Song "Que Sera Sera"
  • 1956 Columbia Gold Disc for over a million sales of "Que Sera, Sera" from The Man Who Man Who Knew Too Much
  • 1958 Academy Award Nomination to Fay & Michael Kanin for Teacher's Pet - Best Screenplay and Gig Young for Best Supporting Actor
  • 1958 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Golden Award with Tony Curtis as the World's Favourite Actress and Actor
  • 1958 Grammy Nomination for best female recording artist for "Everybody Loves a Lover"
  • 1959 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy in It Happened to Jane
  • 1959 Academy Award Nomination for Best Actress in Pillow Talk
  • 1959 Golden Globe for Best Actress in Pillow Talk
  • 1959 Photoplay Gold Medal as Most Popular Actress of the Year
  • 1959 Hollywood Press Association Nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy
  • 1959 Theatre Owners of America Laurel Award with Rock Hudson as the year's Top Stars
  • 1960 Grammy Nomination for best Female Vocal Performance on a single for "The Sound of Music"
  • 1962 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Golden Globe Award with Rock Hudson as the Most Popular Stars In The World
  • 1962 Academy Award Nominations to Stanley Shapiro and Nate Monaster for That Touch of Mink Best Screenplay and to Alexander Golitzen, Robert Clatworthy and George Mile for Art Direction and Set Decoration
  • 1962 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Nomination for Best Actress in a Musical
  • 1962 Golden Globe Award as the World's Favorite Actress
  • 1969 Golden Globe Nomination for best television series for The Doris Day Show and Doris received a nomination for best actess in a television series
  • 1971 Emmy Nomination for The Doris Day Special
  • 1975 National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame Nomination for Doris' recordings of "Sentimental Journey" with Les Brown's Band in 1945
  • 1989 Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, presented by Clint Eastwood
  • 1991 Lifetime Top Comedy Award with Jack Lemmon
  • 1998 Grammy Hall of Fame Inductee for recording of "Sentimental Journey"
  • 1999 Grammy Hall of Fame Inductee for recording of "Secret Love"
  • 2004 Presidential Medal of Freedom - highest civilian honour presented by President George W. Bush
  • 2008 Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement
  • 2010 Legend Award from the Society of Singers
  • 2011 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Career Achievement Award
  • 2012 Grammy Hall of Fame Inductee for recording of "Que Sera Sera"
  • 2017 German-American Hall of Fame Inductee