
Doris Day (born April 3 1924) is an United States singer, Actor, and animal welfare advocate. A vivacious blonde with a wholesome image, she was one of the most prolific actresses of the 1950s and 1960s. Day was born Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff in Evanston, Ohio, Ohio. The second of two children, she was named "Doris" after silent movie actress Doris Kenyon, whom her mother liked. Her family was Catholic, despite her parents' divorce. She later embraced Christian Science. Day started out as a dancer, winning a contract that enabled her to travel to Hollywood, California with her partner, Jerry Doherty, in 1936, but turned to singing when she injured her leg in an auto accident in 1937. She sang with the big bands of Barney Rapp, Bob Crosby, and Les Brown, before setting out on her own in the late 1940s. It was Barney Rapp who convinced her that "Kappelhoff" was too awkward a name and suggested "Day" after the song "Day after Day" that was part of her repertoire. She never really liked the name Doris Day, thinking it sounded too much like a stripper; this was ironic, since she eventually became associated with a nearly opposite image of wholesomeness and innocence. With Brown, she charted 12 popular music hits, among them her first two # 1's: "Sentimental Journey" and "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time". "Sentimental Journey" earned her a flood of letters from World War II GIs. She admitted coming to hate singing "Journey", but never tired of reading the letters. On her own, she had more # 1's, including "Secret Love". Day acted in many films, in most of which she sang. In Alfred Hitchcock's ''The Man Who Knew Too Much'', she sang "Que Será, Será", which won an Academy Award. "Que Será, Será" (Spanish for "What Will Be, Will Be") became her signature song, and was cover version by Sly & the Family Stone in 1973. Day began her film career in 1948 as a peppy, Betty Huttonesque persona. She continued to make saccharine and somewhat low-level musicals such as ''Starlift'', ''By the Light of the Silvery Moon'', and ''Tea for Two'' for Warner Brothers until the cycle exhausted itself. In 1955, she received some of the best notices of her career for her portrayal of singer Ruth Etting in ''Love Me or Leave Me'', co-starring James Cagney. She continued to be paired with some of Hollywood's biggest male stars, including James Stewart (actor), Cary Grant, David Niven, and Clark Gable. In 1959 Day entered her most successful phase as a film actress with the hugely popular ''Pillow Talk'' co-starring Rock Hudson, who became a lifelong friend. The film received positive reviews and was a box office favourite. It also brought a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Day. She and Hudson made two more films together. Many of her 1960s films ignored her singing abilities and painted her as a good-hearted woman with a strong will, a hint of naïveté, and the purest virtue this side of a nun. Times as well as attitudes changed, but Day's films did not. Critics, comics and pundits attacked Day as "the world's oldest virgin" and audiences began to shy away from her repetitive, gimmicky roles. Day herself found many of her mid-late 1960s films to be of very poor quality and did them only at the insistence of her third husband, Marty Melcher. One of the roles he turned down for her was Mrs. Robinson in ''The Graduate'' (a role that went to Anne Bancroft). Upon Melcher's death she learned that he had committed her to a television series. From 1968 to 1973, she therefore starred in her own situation comedy, ''The Doris Day Show''. Its theme song was "Que Será, Será". Day continued with the show only as long as she needed the work to help pay down her debts. Though generally presenting a happy, carefree image to the public, she had four difficult marriages: # To Al Jorden, a trombone whom she had met when he was in Barney Rapp's band, from March 1941 to 1943. Her only child, Terry Melcher, was born in this marriage, but Jorden was physically abusive. # To George Weidler, (a saxophone), from March 30, 1946 to May 31, 1949. Weidler never could accept the fact that his wife would become a bigger star than he, and they broke up after eight months. Weidler and Day met again years later and he helped her become involved in Christian Science. # To Marty Melcher, whom she married on her 27th birthday, April 3, 1951. This looked like a happy marriage, and lasted much longer than her first two. Melcher adopted Terry (thus becoming Terry Melcher), and also produced many of Day's movies. However, when he died in 1968 it turned out he had been spending her money without restraint, leaving her bankruptcy, and owing thousands. Her money difficulties continued for a number of years after his death, she ultimately returned to financial security. Day also later revealed that Melcher had physically abused Terry. # To Barry Comden, from April 14, 1976 to 1981. Comden was her only husband outside show business. In 1985 Day hosted her own talk show, ''Doris Day's Best Friends''. The show generated unexpected press when her old friend Rock Hudson appeared in the first episode. Day was taken aback by Hudson's emaciated and wizened frame, as he had always been in top physical condition. Soon after, she and the world learned that he was dying of AIDS. Day stood by his side. In 1987, she founded the Doris Day Animal League, and she currently devotes much of her time towards the cause of helping animals. She wrote a best-selling autobiography, ''Doris Day: My Own Story''. In 2004 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom but refused to attend the ceremony because of a aviophobia. In November 2004 her son Terry died from complications of melanoma. ==Songs == *"A Guy Is A Guy" *"Again (1949 song)" *"Anything You Can Do" *"Any Way the Wind Blows" *"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" *"But Not For Me" *"By The Light Of The Silvery Moon" *"Confess (song)" (duet with Buddy Clark) (also done by Patti Page) *"Cheek To Cheek" *"Dream A Little Dream Of Me" *"Everybody Loves A Lover" *"Everybody Loves My Baby" *"Hernando's Hideaway" (bigger hit done by Archie Bleyer) *"Hooray For Hollywood" *"If I Give My Heart to You" (also done by Denise Lor) *"I'll Never Stop Loving You" *"I'm An Indian Too" *"It All Depends on You" *"It's Magic" *"It's a Great Feeling" *"It Takes Time" *"Julie (song)" *"Just One of Those Things" *"Love Somebody" (duet with Buddy Clark) *"Lullaby of Broadway" *"Move Over, Darling (song)" *"My Darling, My Darling" (duet with Buddy Clark) *"My Young and Foolish Heart" *"Once In A While" (bigger hit for Patti Page) *"On Moonlight Bay (song)" *"Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" *"Pillow Talk (song)" *"Put 'em in a Box, Tie 'em with a Ribbon" *"Secret Love" *"Sentimental Journey" *"Singin' in the Rain (song)" *"Someone Like You (1949 song)" *"Tacos, Enchiladas and Beans" *"Teacher's Pet (song)" *"Whatever Will Be, Will Be" ("Que Será, Será") *"You Are My Sunshine" *"You Do Something For Me" ==Filmography== * Romance on the High Seas (1948) * My Dreams Is Yours (1949) * It's a Great Feeling (1949) * Young Man with a Horn (1950) * Tea for Two (1950) * The West Point Story (1950) * Storm Warning (1951) * Lullaby of Broadway (1951) * On Moonlight Bay (1951) * I'll See You in My Dreams (1951) * Starlift (1951) (cameo) * Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Night Life (1952) (short subject) * The Winning Team (1952) * April in Paris (1952) * By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953) * So You Want a Television Set (1953) (short subject) (cameo) * Calamity Jane (1953) * Lucky Me (1954) * Young at Heart (1954) * Love Me or Leave Me (1955) * The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) * Julie (1956) * The Pajama Game (1957) * Teacher's Pet (1958) * The Tunnel of Love (1958) * It Happened to Jane (1959) * Pillow Talk (1959) * Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960) * Midnight Lace (1960) * Lover Come Back (1961) * That Touch of Mink (1962) * Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) * The Thrill of It All (1963) * Move Over, Darling (1963) * Send Me No Flowers (1964) * Do Not Disturb (1965) * Every Girl's Dream (1966) (short subject) * The Glass Bottom Boat (1966) * The Ballad of Josie (1967) * Caprice (1967) * Rowan & Martin at the Movies (1968) (short subject) * Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968) * With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) ==Albums== *1949 ''You're My Thrill'' *1950 ''Young Man with a Horn'' (w/ Harry James) (soundtrack) *1951 ''Lullaby of Broadway'' (soundtrack) *1951 ''On Moonlight Bay'' (soundtrack) *1951 ''I'll See You in My Dreams'' (soundtrack) *1953 ''By the Light of the Silvery Moon'' (soundtrack) *1953 ''Calamity Jane'' (soundtrack) *1954 ''Young at Heart'' (soundtrack) (w/ Frank Sinatra) *1955 ''Love Me or Leave Me'' (soundtrack) *1956 ''Day By Day'' *1957 ''The Pajama Game'' (soundtrack) (w/ John Raitt and cast of film) *1957 ''Day By Night'' *1958 ''Hooray for Hollywood Vol. 1'' *1959 ''Hooray for Hollywood Vol. 2'' *1959 ''Cuttin' Capers'' *1960 ''What Every Girl Should Know'' *1960 ''Show Time'' *1961 ''Bright and Shiny'' *1961 ''I Have Dreamed'' *1962 ''Duet'' (w/ Andre Previn) *1962 ''You'll Never Walk Alone'' *1962 ''Billy Rose's Jumbo'' (soundtrack) (w/ cast of film) *1963 ''Annie Get Your Gun'' (w/ Robert Goulet) *1963 ''Love Him'' *1964 ''The Doris Day Christmas Album'' *1964 ''With a Smile and a Song'' *1965 ''Latin for Lovers'' *1965 ''Doris Day's Sentimental Journey'' *1967 ''The Love Album'' (released in 1994) ==External links == * *[http://www.dorisday.net/ Another filmography and fan page] *[http://www.legacyrecordings.com/dorisday/discography.html A discography of her work] *[http://www.parabrisas.com/d_dayd.html Another discography] *[http://www.ddal.org Doris Day Animal League] *[http://www.dorisday.de.vu Inoffizielle Doris Day Online Vita] *[http://www.dorisdaytribute.com/ Doris Day tribute page] *[http://www.mp3.com/doris-day/artists/2577/biography.html Biography on the MP3.com site] 1924 births Big band singers Cinema actors Female singers Traditional pop music singers American actors People from Ohio Best Actress Oscar Nominee Hollywood Walk of Fame Gay icons Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
Need a source cite on this statement about finances after Melcher died: :She was forced to do a television series to pay off his debts. The source I have (Leonard Maltin bio) says that her return to financial health was brought about by a favorable settlement from her former attorney as a result of a legal malpractice/breach of fiduciary duty suit. == Gay Icon Project == In my effort to merge the now-deleted list from the article Gay icon to the Gay icons category, I have added this page to the category. I engaged in this effort as a "human script", adding everyone from the list to the category, bypassing the fact-checking stage. That is what I am relying on you to do. Please check the article Gay icon and make a judgment as to whether this person or group fits the category. By distributing this task from the regular editors of one article to the regular editors of several articles, I believe that the task of fact-checking this information can be expedited. Thank you very much. User:Philwelch 20:24, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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Doris Day (born April 3 1924) is an United States singer, Actor, and animal welfare advocate. A vivacious blonde with a wholesome image, she was one of the most prolific actresses of the 1950s and 1960s. Day was born Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff in Evanston, Ohio, Ohio. The second of two children, she was named "Doris" after silent movie actress Doris Kenyon, whom her mother liked. Her family was Catholic, despite her parents' divorce. She later embraced Christian Science. Day started out as a dancer, winning a contract that enabled her to travel to Hollywood, California with her partner, Jerry Doherty, in 1936, but turned to singing when she injured her leg in an auto accident in 1937. She sang with the big bands of Barney Rapp, Bob Crosby, and Les Brown, before setting out on her own in the late 1940s. It was Barney Rapp who convinced her that "Kappelhoff" was too awkward a name and suggested "Day" after the song "Day after Day" that was part of her repertoire. She never really liked the name Doris Day, thinking it sounded too much like a stripper; this was ironic, since she eventually became associated with a nearly opposite image of wholesomeness and innocence. With Brown, she charted 12 popular music hits, among them her first two # 1's: "Sentimental Journey" and "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time". "Sentimental Journey" earned her a flood of letters from World War II GIs. She admitted coming to hate singing "Journey", but never tired of reading the letters. On her own, she had more # 1's, including "Secret Love". Day acted in many films, in most of which she sang. In Alfred Hitchcock's ''The Man Who Knew Too Much'', she sang "Que Será, Será", which won an Academy Award. "Que Será, Será" (Spanish for "What Will Be, Will Be") became her signature song, and was cover version by Sly & the Family Stone in 1973. Day began her film career in 1948 as a peppy, Betty Huttonesque persona. She continued to make saccharine and somewhat low-level musicals such as ''Starlift'', ''By the Light of the Silvery Moon'', and ''Tea for Two'' for Warner Brothers until the cycle exhausted itself. In 1955, she received some of the best notices of her career for her portrayal of singer Ruth Etting in ''Love Me or Leave Me'', co-starring James Cagney. She continued to be paired with some of Hollywood's biggest male stars, including James Stewart (actor), Cary Grant, David Niven, and Clark Gable. In 1959 Day entered her most successful phase as a film actress with the hugely popular ''Pillow Talk'' co-starring Rock Hudson, who became a lifelong friend. The film received positive reviews and was a box office favourite. It also brought a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Day. She and Hudson made two more films together. Many of her 1960s films ignored her singing abilities and painted her as a good-hearted woman with a strong will, a hint of naïveté, and the purest virtue this side of a nun. Times as well as attitudes changed, but Day's films did not. Critics, comics and pundits attacked Day as "the world's oldest virgin" and audiences began to shy away from her repetitive, gimmicky roles. Day herself found many of her mid-late 1960s films to be of very poor quality and did them only at the insistence of her third husband, Marty Melcher. One of the roles he turned down for her was Mrs. Robinson in ''The Graduate'' (a role that went to Anne Bancroft). Upon Melcher's death she learned that he had committed her to a television series. From 1968 to 1973, she therefore starred in her own situation comedy, ''The Doris Day Show''. Its theme song was "Que Será, Será". Day continued with the show only as long as she needed the work to help pay down her debts. Though generally presenting a happy, carefree image to the public, she had four difficult marriages: # To Al Jorden, a trombone whom she had met when he was in Barney Rapp's band, from March 1941 to 1943. Her only child, Terry Melcher, was born in this marriage, but Jorden was physically abusive. # To George Weidler, (a saxophone), from March 30, 1946 to May 31, 1949. Weidler never could accept the fact that his wife would become a bigger star than he, and they broke up after eight months. Weidler and Day met again years later and he helped her become involved in Christian Science. # To Marty Melcher, whom she married on her 27th birthday, April 3, 1951. This looked like a happy marriage, and lasted much longer than her first two. Melcher adopted Terry (thus becoming Terry Melcher), and also produced many of Day's movies. However, when he died in 1968 it turned out he had been spending her money without restraint, leaving her bankruptcy, and owing thousands. Her money difficulties continued for a number of years after his death, she ultimately returned to financial security. Day also later revealed that Melcher had physically abused Terry. # To Barry Comden, from April 14, 1976 to 1981. Comden was her only husband outside show business. In 1985 Day hosted her own talk show, ''Doris Day's Best Friends''. The show generated unexpected press when her old friend Rock Hudson appeared in the first episode. Day was taken aback by Hudson's emaciated and wizened frame, as he had always been in top physical condition. Soon after, she and the world learned that he was dying of AIDS. Day stood by his side. In 1987, she founded the Doris Day Animal League, and she currently devotes much of her time towards the cause of helping animals. She wrote a best-selling autobiography, ''Doris Day: My Own Story''. In 2004 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom but refused to attend the ceremony because of a aviophobia. In November 2004 her son Terry died from complications of melanoma. ==Songs == *"A Guy Is A Guy" *"Again (1949 song)" *"Anything You Can Do" *"Any Way the Wind Blows" *"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" *"But Not For Me" *"By The Light Of The Silvery Moon" *"Confess (song)" (duet with Buddy Clark) (also done by Patti Page) *"Cheek To Cheek" *"Dream A Little Dream Of Me" *"Everybody Loves A Lover" *"Everybody Loves My Baby" *"Hernando's Hideaway" (bigger hit done by Archie Bleyer) *"Hooray For Hollywood" *"If I Give My Heart to You" (also done by Denise Lor) *"I'll Never Stop Loving You" *"I'm An Indian Too" *"It All Depends on You" *"It's Magic" *"It's a Great Feeling" *"It Takes Time" *"Julie (song)" *"Just One of Those Things" *"Love Somebody" (duet with Buddy Clark) *"Lullaby of Broadway" *"Move Over, Darling (song)" *"My Darling, My Darling" (duet with Buddy Clark) *"My Young and Foolish Heart" *"Once In A While" (bigger hit for Patti Page) *"On Moonlight Bay (song)" *"Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" *"Pillow Talk (song)" *"Put 'em in a Box, Tie 'em with a Ribbon" *"Secret Love" *"Sentimental Journey" *"Singin' in the Rain (song)" *"Someone Like You (1949 song)" *"Tacos, Enchiladas and Beans" *"Teacher's Pet (song)" *"Whatever Will Be, Will Be" ("Que Será, Será") *"You Are My Sunshine" *"You Do Something For Me" ==Filmography== * Romance on the High Seas (1948) * My Dreams Is Yours (1949) * It's a Great Feeling (1949) * Young Man with a Horn (1950) * Tea for Two (1950) * The West Point Story (1950) * Storm Warning (1951) * Lullaby of Broadway (1951) * On Moonlight Bay (1951) * I'll See You in My Dreams (1951) * Starlift (1951) (cameo) * Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Night Life (1952) (short subject) * The Winning Team (1952) * April in Paris (1952) * By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953) * So You Want a Television Set (1953) (short subject) (cameo) * Calamity Jane (1953) * Lucky Me (1954) * Young at Heart (1954) * Love Me or Leave Me (1955) * The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) * Julie (1956) * The Pajama Game (1957) * Teacher's Pet (1958) * The Tunnel of Love (1958) * It Happened to Jane (1959) * Pillow Talk (1959) * Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960) * Midnight Lace (1960) * Lover Come Back (1961) * That Touch of Mink (1962) * Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) * The Thrill of It All (1963) * Move Over, Darling (1963) * Send Me No Flowers (1964) * Do Not Disturb (1965) * Every Girl's Dream (1966) (short subject) * The Glass Bottom Boat (1966) * The Ballad of Josie (1967) * Caprice (1967) * Rowan & Martin at the Movies (1968) (short subject) * Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968) * With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) ==Albums== *1949 ''You're My Thrill'' *1950 ''Young Man with a Horn'' (w/ Harry James) (soundtrack) *1951 ''Lullaby of Broadway'' (soundtrack) *1951 ''On Moonlight Bay'' (soundtrack) *1951 ''I'll See You in My Dreams'' (soundtrack) *1953 ''By the Light of the Silvery Moon'' (soundtrack) *1953 ''Calamity Jane'' (soundtrack) *1954 ''Young at Heart'' (soundtrack) (w/ Frank Sinatra) *1955 ''Love Me or Leave Me'' (soundtrack) *1956 ''Day By Day'' *1957 ''The Pajama Game'' (soundtrack) (w/ John Raitt and cast of film) *1957 ''Day By Night'' *1958 ''Hooray for Hollywood Vol. 1'' *1959 ''Hooray for Hollywood Vol. 2'' *1959 ''Cuttin' Capers'' *1960 ''What Every Girl Should Know'' *1960 ''Show Time'' *1961 ''Bright and Shiny'' *1961 ''I Have Dreamed'' *1962 ''Duet'' (w/ Andre Previn) *1962 ''You'll Never Walk Alone'' *1962 ''Billy Rose's Jumbo'' (soundtrack) (w/ cast of film) *1963 ''Annie Get Your Gun'' (w/ Robert Goulet) *1963 ''Love Him'' *1964 ''The Doris Day Christmas Album'' *1964 ''With a Smile and a Song'' *1965 ''Latin for Lovers'' *1965 ''Doris Day's Sentimental Journey'' *1967 ''The Love Album'' (released in 1994) ==External links == * *[http://www.dorisday.net/ Another filmography and fan page] *[http://www.legacyrecordings.com/dorisday/discography.html A discography of her work] *[http://www.parabrisas.com/d_dayd.html Another discography] *[http://www.ddal.org Doris Day Animal League] *[http://www.dorisday.de.vu Inoffizielle Doris Day Online Vita] *[http://www.dorisdaytribute.com/ Doris Day tribute page] *[http://www.mp3.com/doris-day/artists/2577/biography.html Biography on the MP3.com site] 1924 births Big band singers Cinema actors Female singers Traditional pop music singers American actors People from Ohio Best Actress Oscar Nominee Hollywood Walk of Fame Gay icons Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
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Need a source cite on this statement about finances after Melcher died: :She was forced to do a television series to pay off his debts. The source I have (Leonard Maltin bio) says that her return to financial health was brought about by a favorable settlement from her former attorney as a result of a legal malpractice/breach of fiduciary duty suit. == Gay Icon Project == In my effort to merge the now-deleted list from the article Gay icon to the Gay icons category, I have added this page to the category. I engaged in this effort as a "human script", adding everyone from the list to the category, bypassing the fact-checking stage. That is what I am relying on you to do. Please check the article Gay icon and make a judgment as to whether this person or group fits the category. By distributing this task from the regular editors of one article to the regular editors of several articles, I believe that the task of fact-checking this information can be expedited. Thank you very much. User:Philwelch 20:24, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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