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- She Survived A Horrific Car Accident That Cut Short Her Career as A Child Dancer
- Her First Marriage Was Anything But A Fairy Tale
- Doris with Her Son Terry in 1971
- She and Ronald Reagan Were An Item
- Day and Reagan in The Winning Team
- A Third Marriage Left Her in Debt
- Day in 1963 While Married to Melcher
Day was a distinguished child dancer in her hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio, before a tragic car accident cut her career short in 1937 at the age of 15. The actress was driving with friends when a train struck their car twice, shattering her right leg. Day speaks about it in her book, saying that at first she didn’t feel the extent of her injuries. Da...
Day married trombonist Al Jorden in 1941 after the two worked together in several bands. But Day soon discovered that the Jorden she fell in love with was not the man she married. “What had represented to me as love emerged as jealousy — a pathologic jealousy that was destined to make a nightmare out of the next few years of my life,” she recalled.
Day claimed that on the second day of their marriage, Jorden struck her for the first time after seeing her accept a wedding gift from his bandmate. The abuse allegedly continued for two months, and Day said in the book she would have left him if she hasn’t become pregnant with their child, Terry. Though Jorden allegedly continued to beat her durin...
Day dated future POTUS Ronald Reagan while they starred in the 1952 film The Winning Team,shortly before she married her third husband. In the book, Day talked about her love affair with Reagan and what the politician was like before the White House.
The actress remembered Reagan as a skilled dancer who loved to go out, and as a man who believed in anything that he said. Day was so impressed by Reagan’s ability to express himself that she thought he should go on speaking tours. “He wasn’t actually in politics, of course, but he had what I would call a political personality — engaging, strong an...
Day was married to saxophonist George Weidler from 1946 to 1949 before she wed her third husband, Martin Melcher, in 1951. Day first met Melcher when he became her manager after, she claims, her original one — Al Levy — became obsessed with her and started stalking her. Though Day believed she had finally found the happiness she had been looking fo...
Day realized she was broke after Melcher and his business partner Jerome Rosenthal had left her with nothing and committed her to several TV appearances, including The Doris Day Show. Day was eventually awarded over $22 million for fraud and malpractice.
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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.
"Secret Love" is a song composed by Sammy Fain (music) and Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) for Calamity Jane, a 1953 musical film in which it was introduced by Doris Day in the title role. Ranked as a number 1 hit for Day on both the Billboard and Cash Box, the song also afforded Day a number 1 hit in the UK.
- August 5, 1953
- "The Deadwood Stage"
- October 9, 1953
- Traditional pop
May 13, 2019 · According to Love, it was Doris Day, who, having become alarmed at the friendship developing between the volatile Manson and her son, convinced Melcher and Bergen to move out of the Cielo...
