Editing Doris Day (section)

===Breakthrough (1955–1958)===
[[File:Cameron Mitchell, Doris Day, and James Cagney.jpg|thumb|Cameron Mitchell, Day and James Cagney in a publicity still for ''[[Love Me or Leave Me (film)|Love Me or Leave Me]]'' (1955)]]
Primarily recognized as a musical-comedy actress, Day began to accept more dramatic roles in order to broaden her range. Her dramatic star turn as singer [[Ruth Etting]] in ''[[Love Me or Leave Me (film)|Love Me or Leave Me]]'' (1955), with top billing above [[James Cagney]], received critical and commercial success, becoming Day's greatest film success to that point.<ref name="LisantiPaul2002">{{cite book|last1=Lisanti|first1=Tom|last2=Paul|first2=Louis|title=Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1962–1973|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4VJCaXXANA0C&pg=PA104|access-date=August 8, 2013|date=2002|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-1194-8|page=104}}</ref> Cagney said that she had "the ability to project the simple, direct statement of a simple, direct idea without cluttering it," comparing her performance to that of [[Laurette Taylor]] in the Broadway production ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]'' (1945).<ref>Aljean Harmetz (2019). "Doris Day, Charming Star With a Golden Voice, Dies at 97". ''The New York Times''. p. 7</ref> Day felt that it was her best film performance. The film's producer [[Joe Pasternak]] said, "I was stunned that Doris did not get an Oscar nomination."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bawden|first1=Jim|title=His long career making top films also made many stars|url=http://www.thecolumnists.com/bawden/bawden59.html|publisher=TheColumnists.com|access-date=April 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101131004/http://www.thecolumnists.com/bawden/bawden59.html|archive-date=January 1, 2012}}</ref> The film's soundtrack album became a No. 1 hit.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Selling Popular Albums|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yCEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA94|access-date=April 3, 2017|date=November 12, 1955|page=94}}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqZelp1SDsA ''Love Me Or Leave Me'' – Trailer], Warner Movies</ref>

Day starred in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s suspense film ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)]]'' opposite James Stewart. She sang two songs in the film, "[[Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)]]", which won an [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]],<ref name="Tyler2008 2">{{cite book|last=Tyler|first=Don|title=Music of the Postwar Era|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2dgJVseZAlsC&pg=PA113|access-date=August 8, 2013|year=2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-34191-5|pages=113–14}}</ref> and "We'll Love Again". The film was Day's 10th to reach the top 10 at the box office. She played the title role in the film noir thriller ''[[Julie (1956 film)|Julie]]'' (1956) with [[Louis Jourdan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Doris Day Due Tonight for Premiere|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21285390/the_cincinnati_enquirer/|access-date=June 26, 2018|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|date=October 7, 1956|via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}}</ref>

After three successive dramatic films, Day returned to her musical/comedic roots in ''[[The Pajama Game (film)|The Pajama Game]]'' (1957) with [[John Raitt]], based on the Broadway play of [[The Pajama Game|the same name]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Stratton|first1=David|title=The Pajama Game: The Classic|url=http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s4128422.htm|website=[[At the Movies (Australian TV series)|At the Movies]]|access-date=April 3, 2017|date=November 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324224243/http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s4128422.htm|archive-date=March 24, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> She appeared in the [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] comedy ''[[Teacher's Pet (1958 film)|Teacher's Pet]]'' (1958) alongside [[Clark Gable]] and [[Gig Young]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=W.|first1=A.|title='Teacher's Pet', Story of Fourth Estate, Opens at Capitol|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E07E0DE1031E73BBC4851DFB5668383649EDE|access-date=April 3, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=March 20, 1958}}</ref> She costarred with [[Richard Widmark]] and Gig Young in the romantic comedy film ''[[The Tunnel of Love]]'' (1958)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Crowther|first1=Bosley|title='Tunnel of Love'; Widmark, Doris Day Star in Roxy Film|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E01EED9143DE53BBC4A51DFB7678383649EDE|access-date=April 3, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=November 22, 1958}}</ref> and with [[Jack Lemmon]] in ''[[It Happened to Jane]]'' (1959).

''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'s}} annual nationwide poll of disc jockeys had ranked Day as the No. 1 female vocalist nine times in ten years (1949 through 1958), but her success and popularity as a singer was now being overshadowed by her box-office appeal. However, Day still had several more major hits over the '50s, including "Secret Love", "I'll Never Stop Loving You", and "Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be)" despite rock-and-roll reducing interest in older singers. The last charting single she had was "Lover Come Back" in 1962.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dorisday.net/recordings/|title=The Films of Doris Day: recordings|website=Dorisday.net|date=October 14, 2015 }}</ref>