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- Doris Day (born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress and singer. She began her career as a big band singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, "Sentimental Journey" and "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" with Les Brown and His Band of Renown.
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Doris Day (born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress and singer. She began her career as a big band singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, " Sentimental Journey " and " My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time " with Les Brown and His Band of Renown .
May 13, 2019 · Born in Cincinnati in 1922 as Doris Kappelhoff, Day trained as a dancer as a child but got her start as a recording artist, singing first in local nightclubs and on radio before working with...
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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.
She started singing in big bands when she was a teenager, made her first film when she was 24 and, after making about 40 movies, walked away from that part of her life in 1968. After that, her ...
Jul 3, 2019 · After a long orchestral introduction, Day begins singing with a tenderness and directness that evoke a young Ella Fitzgerald, whose singing Day had imitated in her own youth.
May 13, 2019 · No. 1 in 1954. 'Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)' For better or worse, this singalong tune emerged as Day's signature song. She even resurrected it in the 1960s as the theme tune to...
May 14, 2019 · Television Critic. Doris Day, who died May 13 at the age of 97, was one of the great voices of the 20th century, though, as with her acting, the apparent ease with which she performed...
