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Dadasaheb Phalke (धुंडिराज गोविंद फाळके)

Dadasaheb Phalke (धुंडिराज गोविंद फाळके, 1870–1944), Father of Indian Cinema, directed Raja Harishchandra (1913), India's first full-length feature film; commemorated by the Dadasaheb Phalke Award instituted in 1969.

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Dadasaheb Phalke Award (दादासाहेब फाल्के पुरस्कार), India's highest cinema honour, instituted 1969 in Phalke's birth centenary year; first recipient Devika Rani; lifetime-contribution award presented by the President at the National Film Awards, distinct from the private DPIFF.

Daddio (film)

Daddio is a 2024 American drama film directed by Christy Hall. It stars Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn in a taxi ride from JFK to Manhattan.

Daddy (2017 film)

Daddy is a 2017 Hindi biographical crime drama directed by Ashim Ahluwalia about the Mumbai gangster turned politician Arun Gawli, starring Arjun Rampal, released in India on 8 September 2017.

Daddy (డాడీ) (2001 film)

Daddy (డాడీ) is a 2001 Telugu family drama directed by Suresh Krishna, produced by Allu Aravind for Geetha Arts, starring Chiranjeevi as Raj Kumar with Simran; released 4 October 2001, music by S A Rajkumar, featuring a 19-year-old Allu Arjun as dance student Gopi.

Daddy Day Camp

Daddy Day Camp, also known as Daddy Day Care 2, is a 2007 American family comedy directed by Fred Savage, starring Cuba Gooding Jr. as daycare operator Charlie Hinton.

Daddy Day Care

Daddy Day Care is a 2003 American family comedy directed by Steve Carr, starring Eddie Murphy as a laid-off executive who opens a day care center.

Daddy Issues (TV series)

Daddy Issues is a British BBC Three/BBC One sitcom created by Danielle Ward, starring Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey as a pregnant daughter and her divorced dad flatsharing in Stockport; two series aired 2024 and 2025, with a third and final series commissioned.

Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)

Daddy Long Legs (1955) is a Twentieth Century-Fox CinemaScope musical directed by Jean Negulesco, starring Fred Astaire as millionaire Jervis Pendleton III and Leslie Caron as French orphan Julie Andre, with songs by Johnny Mercer including the Oscar-nominated Something's Got to Give.

Daddy Long Legs (musical)

Daddy Long Legs is a two-person musical by John Caird (book) and Paul Gordon (music, lyrics), based on Jean Webster's 1912 novel. Premiered 2009 at the Rubicon Theatre, Ventura; ran Off-Broadway 2015-16; licensed by MTI.

Daddy-Long-Legs (1919 film)

Daddy-Long-Legs (1919) is a silent comedy-drama directed by Marshall Neilan, starring and produced by Mary Pickford as orphan Judy Abbott, the first film of her Mary Pickford Co., based on Jean Webster's 1912 novel, grossing $1.3 million.

Daddy's Head

Daddy's Head is a 2024 British psychological horror film by Benjamin Barfoot, released on Shudder. A boy (Rupert Turnbull) and stepmother (Julia Brown) are haunted by a creature mimicking his dead father; inspired by Barfoot's parents' divorce.

Daddy's Home (film)

Daddy's Home (2015) is a Paramount comedy directed by Sean Anders, starring Will Ferrell as stepdad Brad Whitaker and Mark Wahlberg as biological dad Dusty Mayron; it grossed over $240 million and spawned Daddy's Home 2 (2017).

Daddy's Home 2

Daddy's Home 2 is a 2017 American holiday comedy directed by Sean Anders, starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg as co-parenting fathers whose own dads visit.

Daddy's Little Girls

Daddy's Little Girls, marketed as Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls, is a 2007 American romantic drama written and directed by Tyler Perry, starring Gabrielle Union and Idris Elba.

Daddyz Girl

Daddyz Girl is the eleventh episode of the US series Shameless, aired March 20, 2011 on Showtime; written by Nancy M. Pimental, directed by Sanaa Hamri, it introduces Jasmine and Peggy Gallagher and Karen's Daddyz Girl video blog.

Daeg Faerch

Daeg Faerch (Daeg Neergaard Faerch, born 1995, San Diego) is an American actor known as the young Michael Myers in Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007), with credits in Hancock, Euphoria, and Josie.

Daemon Targaryen

Daemon Targaryen, the Rogue Prince, is a fictional character in George R. R. Martin's Fire & Blood and HBO's House of the Dragon, played by Matt Smith; brother of Viserys I, rider of Caraxes, husband of Rhaenyra.

Daffy Duck

Daffy Duck, the Looney Tunes black duck created by Tex Avery and Bob Clampett, debuted in Porky's Duck Hunt (1937), voiced by Mel Blanc, later reinvented by Chuck Jones as greedy and dethpicable.

Dafne Keen

Dafne Keen (Dafne Keen Fernández), Spanish-British actress born 2005 in Madrid; played X-23 in Logan, Lyra in His Dark Materials, and Jecki Lon in Star Wars: The Acolyte.

Dagger Kiss

Dagger Kiss is a 2016 American lesbian fantasy web series created by and starring Tucky Williams, with Amanda K. Morales and Stoya; eight roughly 10-minute episodes on Tello, later a 2020 film spinoff Dagger Kiss: Enchanted Forest.

Daggering

Daggering (also daggerin) is a Jamaican dancehall dance of intense, acrobatic simulated sexual movements between partners, tied to late-2000s daggering music by artists like Vybz Kartel and banned from Jamaican broadcast in 2009.

Dagmar (actress)

Dagmar, stage name of Virginia Ruth Egnor (1921–2001), also billed as Jennie Lewis, American TV comedienne who played the dumb blonde on NBC's Broadway Open House (1950–51) and hosted Dagmar's Canteen; namesake of Cadillac 'dagmar' bumpers.

Dagmara Domińczyk

Dagmara Domińczyk is a Polish-American actress and writer, born in 1976 in Kielce, Poland, known for playing Mercedes in The Count of Monte Cristo and Karolina Novotney in HBO's Succession.

Dahaad (दहाड़)

Dahaad (दहाड़) is a 2023 Hindi Prime Video crime drama, created by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti, starring Sonakshi Sinha as sub-inspector Anjali Bhaati hunting a serial killer inspired by Cyanide Mohan; first Indian series at Berlinale.

Dahan

Dahan: Raakan Ka Rahasya (दहन), a 2022 Hindi supernatural thriller web series on Disney+ Hotstar, directed by Vikranth Pawar, starring Tisca Chopra and Saurabh Shukla; distinct from a 2010 Zee TV show, a 2026 Bengali series, and the Odia film Dahaan.

Dahleez (दहलीज़) (2016 TV series)

Dahleez (दहलीज़), also spelled Dehleez, is a 2016 Star Plus Hindi romantic courtroom drama starring Tridha Choudhury and Harshad Arora, airing March 14 to June 26, 2016, about 104 episodes; distinct from the Haryanvi STAGE web series and ARY Digital drama of the same name.

Dahli (entertainer)

Dahli, later The Dahli, is the stage name of Jeremy Brian Griffis, an American drag performer and musician, winner of The Boulet Brothers' Dragula season 4, and formerly Jayy Von Monroe of Blood on the Dance Floor.

Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is a 2022 Netflix 10-episode limited series by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, starring Evan Peters and Niecy Nash; 196.2 million first-week hours, 1 billion in 60 days, Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning.

Dahmer (film)

Dahmer (2002) is David Jacobson's biographical drama starring Jeremy Renner as serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, with Bruce Davison as his father Lionel; limited release June 21, 2002, 73% on Rotten Tomatoes, $148,235 worldwide gross.