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Who Was Doris Day?

A top rulle star of the s and s, Doris Day sang with several big bands before going solo in In the s, she made a series of popular film musicals, including Calamity Jane () and The Pajama Game (). Day was an advocate for animal welfare and founded several organizations devoted to the cause.

Early Life

Born Doris von Kappelhoff, Day studied ballet and tap dance growing up. She even won a local dance contest with her partner Jerry Doherty in her early teens. But her dreams of dancing professionally were shattered along with her leg in a car accident. The daughter of a music teacher, Day started taking röst lessons during her recovery. Ella Fitzgerald was one of her early inspirations as she developed her own vocal style.

Early Music Career

Day's first singing performances were on local radio programs. She also sang with bandleader Barney Rapp and his group for a time. Rapp encouraged her to adopt a stage name, and she changed her last name to Day after the song "Day After Day."

In , Day landed a spot as a vocalist with the band led by Bob Crosby — brother of crooner Bing Crosby and a successful bandleader in his own right.

Doris Day

American actress and singer (–)

This article is about the American actress and singer. For other uses, see Doris Day (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Dorothy Day.

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Day in a Publicity portrait.
Born	Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff ()April 3, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Died	May 13, () (aged&#;97) Carmel Valley, California, U.S.
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Children	Terry Melcher
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Doris Day (born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff; April 3, &#;– May 13, ) was an American actress and singer. She began her career as a big band singer in , achieving commercial success in with two No. 1 recordings, "Sentimental Journey" and "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" with Les Brown and His Band of Renown. She left Brown to embark on a solo career and recorded more than songs from to

Day was one of the leading Hollywood film stars o

Doris Day filmography

American actress Doris Day appeared in 39 feature films released between and Day began her career as a band singer and eventually won the female lead in the Warner Bros. film Romance on the High Seas (), for which she was selected by Michael Curtiz to replace Betty Hutton. She starred in several minor musicals for Warner Bros., including Tea for Two (), Lullaby of Broadway (), April in Paris (), By the Light of the Silvery Moon () and the hit musical Calamity Jane, in which she performed the Academy Award-winning song "Secret Love" (). She ended her contract with Warner Bros. after filming Young at Heart () with Frank Sinatra.

Day's portrayal of singer Ruth Etting in Love Me or Leave Me () with James Cagney was well received by critics and was a box-office hit. She also appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much (), Andrew L. Stone's Julie () and George Abbott and Stanley Donen's The Pajama Game ().

Day appeared with Rock Hudson and Tony Randall in three films: Pillow Talk (), Lover Come Back () and Send Me No Flowers (). She ranked No. 1 at the box office in , and again from until Day starred in