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George William Weidler (January 11, 1926 – December 27, 1989) was an American saxophonist and songwriter who was born and died in Los Angeles, California. [1] He was the second husband of singer-actress Doris Day (married 1946–1949) and older brother of former child actress Virginia Weidler.
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According to Fox 19, although it was the longest lived, Day’s marriage to Martin Melcher, who was a film producer, was a troubled one, at least at the end. Their marriage ended with his death in 1968. “Day was shocked to learn that he and his business partner, Jerome Bernard Rosenthal, had squandered her earnings for 17 years,” Fox 19 reported. She...
Doris Day met Al Jorden, a trombonist, when she was only 16 and was known as Doris Kappelhoff, according to UK Standard. He asked her to the movies. Jorden was older – 23 – and Day told her mother, Standard recalled, “He’s a creep and I wouldn’t go out with him if they were giving away gold nuggets at the movie!” They had things in common, though. ...
According to IMDB, Day’s marriage to George Weidler was similarly short-lived. “In 1946, Doris married George Weidler, but this union lasted less than a year,” IMDB reported. Daily Mail reportsthat Weidler was a saxophonist. Her career was starting to take off: “Day’s agent talked her into taking a screen test at Warner Bros.,” the site reports. Th...
Doris Day was a well-known lover of animals. Some of her husbands felt they played second fiddle to them. Barry Comden’s obituary in SFGate describes him as a “maitre d’ at a Beverly Hills restaurant.” He “complained that he took second place to her many dogs,”the newspaper reported. He was younger than Doris Day when they met at the restaurant – w...
May 13, 2019 · Doris Day’s then tied the knot with George William Weidler, a saxophonist and the brother of actress Virginia Weidler. The pair were married from March 30, 1946, to May 31, 1949.
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- She didn't know her correct age until 2017: Day thought she would be turning 93 in 2017, but the Associated Press obtained a copy of the actress' birth certificate from Ohio's Office of Vital Statistics, which confirmed that Day was born on April 3, 1922, in Cincinnati, making her actually 95.
- She wasn't a fan of her innocent image: Day was well known for playing innocent, chaste characters, causing some critics to dub her "the World's Oldest Virgin."
- She didn't believe she was attractive: A 2008 Vanity Fair article talked about Day's apparent insecurities, including confronting Hitchcock because she mistakenly thought he was unhappy with her work while filming The Man Who Knew Too Much.
- She actually didn't sign up for her own TV show, The Doris Day Show: Melcher committed Day to her television series, The Doris Day Show, without her knowledge.
Her second marriage was to George William Weidler (1926–1989), a saxophonist and brother of actress Virginia Weidler, from March 30, 1946, to May 31, 1949. [129] Weidler and Day met again several years later during a brief reconciliation and he introduced her to Christian Science. [130]
Oct 22, 2023 · Husband #2 was sax player George William Weidler who introduced her to Christian Science which would seriously alienate son Terry when he got Cancer and chose to be treated at a hospital. Her third marriage to film producer Marty Melcher saw him dictating every aspect of her personal and professional life, almost ruining both.
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May 15, 2019 · She returned to Les Brown’s band after the first marriage broke up. Her second marriage, to saxophonist George William Weidler, was also short-lived, lasting from 1946-1949.
