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Doris Day


Birth name: Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff
Birth: 3 April 1922
Died: 13 May 2019
Nationality: American
Hollywood Walk Star: Yes
Doris Day

Career / Biography

Doris Day used an innocent sexuality in her films that was very successful during the 1950's and 1960's in a series of romantic comedies and musicals. Doris Day was the all American sweethart, being blonde, blue eyed and an attractive figure. She was both an actress and a singer.
Her early career was as a singer with several bands and had a hit record in 1945 and then several other hits. Her first film role was the musical Romance On The High Seas. With West Point Story she starts tomove from being just a singer to being a real actor. Ther followed a series of musicals including the commercially succesful I'll See You in My Dreams. She had another big hit with the musical Calamity Jane in which she dominated the film and the screen. She left Paramount to take on more dramatic than musical roles like Love Me or Leave Me where she sang in character in a dramatic role. She said it was her best role. This was followed by Alfred Hitchcock's The Man WHo Knew Too Much. It is in this film that she sang perhaps her most famous song Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) which won an Oscar. She returned to musicals with The Pajama Game. In 1959 she worked with Rock Hudson in Pillow Talk in the first of several romantic comedies. She also appeared with Cary Grant in That Touch Of Mink and was about at her peak in fame. She worked with James Garner in Move Over Darling and some other other films. In the mid 1960's her star waned as Hollywood changed. Her last major success was the Glass Bottom Boat, though her last film was With Six You Get Eggroll. At aged 89 she released her 29th studio album which went to number one in the charts.

Films

With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
Glass Bottom Boat 1966)
Do Not Disturb (1965)
Send Me No Flowers (1964)
The Thrill of It All (1963)
Move Over Darling (1963)
That Touch Of Mink (1962)
Lover Come Back (1961)
Midnight Lace (1960)
Pillow Talk (1959)
Teacher's Pet (1958)
The Pyjama Game (1957)
Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
Calamity Jane (1953)
By The Light Of The Silvery Moon (1953)
April In Paris (1952)
I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)
On Moonlight Bay (1951)
Tea For Two (1950)
The West Point Story (1950)
Romance On The High Seas (1948)

Oscars

Nomination - Best Actress - Pillow Talk (1959)
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