Editing Doris Day (section)

===Box-office success (1959–1968)===
In 1959, Day entered her most successful phase as a film actress with a series of romantic comedies<ref name="Gourley2008">{{cite book|last=Gourley|first=Catherine|title=Gidgets and Women Warriors: Perceptions of Women in the 1950s and 1960s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7lH55EmxkbkC&pg=PA40|access-date=August 8, 2013|year=2008|publisher=Twenty-First Century Books|isbn=978-0-8225-6805-6|page=40}}</ref><ref name="Monteith2008">{{cite book|last=Monteith|first=Sharon|title=American Culture in the 1960s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dG0vvkizM0C&pg=PA80|access-date=August 8, 2013|year=2008|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=978-0-7486-1947-4|page=80}}</ref> beginning with ''[[Pillow Talk (film)|Pillow Talk]]'' (1959), costarring [[Rock Hudson]], who became a lifelong friend, and [[Tony Randall]]. Day received a nomination for an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]],<ref name="Finler2003">{{cite book|last=Finler|first=Joel Waldo|title=The Hollywood Story|url=https://archive.org/details/hollywoodstory0000finl|url-access=registration|access-date=August 9, 2013|year=2003|publisher=Wallflower Press|isbn=978-1-903364-66-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/hollywoodstory0000finl/page/281 281]}}</ref> her only career Oscar nomination.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pillow Talk |last=Levy |first=Emanuel |author-link=Emanuel Levy |date=July 25, 2007 |url=http://emanuellevy.com/review/dvd/pillow-talk-5/ }}{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Day, Hudson and Randall appeared in two more films together, ''[[Lover Come Back (1961 film)|Lover Come Back]]'' (1961) and ''[[Send Me No Flowers]]'' (1964).<ref name="Glitre2006">{{cite book|last=Glitre|first=Kathrina|title=Hollywood Romantic Comedy: States of the Union, 1934–1965|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BV7iokIuY4MC&pg=PA159|access-date=August 9, 2013|date=2006|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-0-7190-7079-2|page=159}}</ref>

Along with [[David Niven]] and [[Janis Paige]], Day starred in ''[[Please Don't Eat the Daisies (film)|Please Don't Eat the Daisies]]'' (1960) and with [[Cary Grant]] in the comedy ''[[That Touch of Mink]]'' (1962).<ref>{{cite web |title=Doris Day, Cary Grant, That Touch of Mink (1962) {{!}} The Films of Doris Day |url=https://www.dorisday.net/that-touch-of-mink/ |website=www.dorisday.net|date=July 25, 2015 }}</ref> During 1960 and the 1962-1964 period, she ranked No. 1 at the box office, the second woman to be No. 1 four times, an accomplishment equaled by no other actress except [[Shirley Temple]].<ref name="AljeanHarmetz">{{cite web | last=Harmetz | first=Aljean | title=Doris Day, Movie Star Who Charmed America, Dies at 97 | website=The New York Times | date=May 13, 2019 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/obituaries/doris-day-death.html | access-date=April 3, 2025}}</ref> She set a record that has yet to be matched by receiving seven consecutive [[Laurel Awards]] as the top female box-office star.<ref name="Morris1976">{{cite book|last=Morris|first=George|title=Doris Day|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bu9kAAAAMAAJ|access-date=August 9, 2013|year=1976|publisher=Pyramid Publications|isbn=978-0-515-03959-7|page=10}}</ref>

Day teamed with James Garner starting with ''[[The Thrill of It All (film)|The Thrill of It All]]'', followed by ''[[Move Over, Darling]]'' (both 1963).<ref name="Harding2012">{{cite book|last=Harding|first=Les|title=They Knew Marilyn Monroe: Famous Persons in the Life of the Hollywood Icon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rvwH7euUccIC&pg=PA47|access-date=August 8, 2013|year=2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-9014-1|page=47}}</ref> The film's theme song "[[Move Over Darling (song)|Move Over Darling]]", cowritten by her son, reached No. 8 in the UK.<ref name="Pilchak2005">{{cite book|last=Pilchak|first=Angela|title=Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6wk5AQAAIAAJ|access-date=August 9, 2013|date=2005|publisher=Gale|page=133|isbn=9780787680664}}</ref> Between these comedic film appearances, Day costarred with [[Rex Harrison]] in the thriller ''[[Midnight Lace]]'' (1960), an update of the stage thriller ''[[Gaslight (play)|Gaslight]]''.<ref name="Waller1987">{{cite book|last=Waller|first=Gregory Albert|title=American Horrors: Essays on the Modern American Horror Film|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AavstWM6jjIC&pg=PA166|access-date=August 8, 2013|date=1987|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-01448-2|page=166}}</ref>

Day's next film ''[[Do Not Disturb (1965 film)|Do Not Disturb]]'' (1965) was popular with audiences, but her popularity soon waned. By the late 1960s, in the period of the emerging [[Sexual Revolution]], some critics and comics dubbed Day "The World's Oldest Virgin,"<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=Doris Day|type=Filmography|title=[[The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=McCormick|first=Neil|title=Doris Day: sexy side of the girl next door|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/8711630/Doris-Day-sexy-side-of-the-girl-next-door.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/8711630/Doris-Day-sexy-side-of-the-girl-next-door.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=August 8, 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=August 20, 2011|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and she slipped from the list of top box-office stars, last appearing in the top ten with the hit film ''[[The Glass Bottom Boat]]'' (1966). Among the roles that she declined was that of Mrs. Robinson in ''[[The Graduate]]'', a role that eventually went to [[Anne Bancroft]].<ref name="Grindon2011">{{cite book|last=Grindon|first=Leger|title=The Hollywood Romantic Comedy: Conventions, History and Controversies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=okkZPTEnYqMC&pg=PT87|access-date=August 8, 2013|date=2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-4443-9595-2|page=87}}</ref> In her memoirs, Day said that she had rejected the part on moral grounds, finding the script "vulgar and offensive."<ref>{{cite web|last=Kashner|first=Sam|title=Here's to You, Mr. Nichols: The Making of ''The Graduate''|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/03/graduate200803|access-date=January 17, 2014|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=March 2008}}</ref>

As another sign of the times, Day was dropped from Columbia Records in 1965 when the label fired long-running pop division head [[Mitch Miller]] and began hiring new, young, and rock-focused management. With two exceptions, this termination effectively ended her recording career.

Day starred in the Western film ''[[The Ballad of Josie]]'' in 1967. That same year, Day recorded ''[[The Love Album (Doris Day album)|The Love Album]]'', although it was not released until 1994.<ref name="Day">{{cite web|url=http://www.dorisday.com/about|type=Official website|title=About|access-date=September 23, 2010}}</ref> In 1968, she starred in the comedy film ''[[Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?]]'' about the [[Northeast blackout of November 9, 1965]]. Her final feature, the comedy ''[[With Six You Get Eggroll]]'', was released in 1968.<ref name=TCM2013>{{cite web|last=Landazuri|first=Margarita|title=With Six You Get Eggroll|url=https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/202563|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=August 8, 2013}}</ref>

From 1959 to 1970, Day received nine Laurel Award nominations (and won four times) for best female performance in eight comedies and one drama. From 1959 through 1969, she received six [[Golden Globe]] nominations for best female performance in three comedies, one drama (''Midnight Lace''), one musical (''Jumbo'') and her television series.<ref>{{cite web|title=Doris Day|url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/person/doris-day|publisher=[[Golden Globes]]|access-date=January 26, 2016}}</ref>