Doris Day six of her movie musicals charted in the Top 10, three of them at No. 1. After filming "Lucky Me" with Bob Cummings and "Young at Heart" (both 1954) with Frank Sinatra, Day chose not to renew her contract with Warner Brothers. During this period, Day also had her own radio program, "The Doris Day Show". It was broadcast on CBS in 1952–1953. Having become primarily recognized as a musical-comedy actress, Day gradually took on more dramatic roles to broaden her range. Her dramatic star-turn as singer Ruth Etting in "Love Me or Leave Me" (1955), co-starring James Cagney, received
Doris Day filmography Doris Day filmography The filmography of American actress Doris Day consists of 39 feature films released between 1948 and 1968. She began her career as a band singer and eventually won the female lead in a Warner Bros. film "Romance on the High Seas" (1948) replacing Betty Hutton. She went on to star in several minor musicals for Warners, including "Tea for Two" (1950), "Lullaby of Broadway" (1951), "April in Paris" (1952), "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" (1953), and a hit musical, "Calamity Jane", which gave her an Academy Award-winning song, "Secret Love" (1953). She ended her contract