Which actress played Calamity Jane in the 1953 film 'Calamity Jane'?

Doris Day played Calamity Jane in the 1953 film Calamity Jane. The Warner Bros. production is a Technicolor Western musical directed by David Butler, with Howard Keel co-starring as Wild Bill Hickok.

The movie presents Calamity Jane as a tough, boastful, straight-shooting figure living in Deadwood during the 1870s. Its plot follows her attempt to bring the singer Adelaid Adams to town, while also developing a romantic storyline involving Wild Bill Hickok. The film is a highly fictionalized entertainment rather than a reliable biography of the historical Martha Jane Cannary.

The role is often confused with other actresses who portrayed Calamity Jane in films or television. Day’s performance belongs specifically to this 1953 musical, whose songs include “The Deadwood Stage” and “Secret Love.” “Secret Love,” written by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.