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Today is the 99th birthday of Doris Day. If you see nothing else that she has done, see "The Man Who Knew Too Much." It gives you everything you could ever want from her. If you feel like going deep, watch "The Doris Day Show," it is amazing.
The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.
NAME: Doris Day
OCCUPATION: Animal Rights Activist, Actress
BIRTH DATE: April 03, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH: Cincinnati, Ohio
HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME 6278 Hollywood Blvd (music)
HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME 6735 Hollywood Blvd (motion pictures)
PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM 23-Jun-2004
OCCUPATION: Animal Rights Activist, Actress
BIRTH DATE: April 03, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH: Cincinnati, Ohio
HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME 6278 Hollywood Blvd (music)
HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME 6735 Hollywood Blvd (motion pictures)
PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM 23-Jun-2004
DATE OF DEATH: May 13, 2019
PLACE OF DEATH: Carmel Valley, Monterey County, California, USA
REMAINS: Cremated, Ashes scattered
PLACE OF DEATH: Carmel Valley, Monterey County, California, USA
REMAINS: Cremated, Ashes scattered
BEST KNOWN FOR: Doris Day was a singer and actress most popular in the 1950s and early-1960s. She starred in a television sitcom called "The Doris Day Show" from 1968-1973.
Doris Day (born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff; April 3, 1924) is an American actress, singer and, since her retirement from show business, an animal rights activist.
With an entertainment career that spanned through almost 50 years, Day started her career as a big band singer in 1939, but only began to be noticed after her first hit recording, "Sentimental Journey", in 1945.
After leaving the Les Brown & His Band of Renown to try a solo career, she started her long-lasting partnership with Columbia Records, which would remain her only recording label.
The contract lasted from 1947 to 1967, and included more than 650 recordings, making Day one of the most popular and acclaimed singers of the 20th century.
In 1948, after being persuaded by Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne and her agent at the time, Al Levy, she auditioned for Michael Curtiz, which led to the lead in Romance on the High Seas, her first film with close friend, Jack Carson.
With a legendary Hollywood "girl next door" image and capable of delivering comedy, romance as well as heavy drama, she appeared in 39 films, released 29 albums, spent 460 weeks in the Top 40 charts and eventually became one of America's most beloved entertainers.
She received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Pillow Talk, won three Henrietta Award (World Film Favorite), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Legend Award from the Society of Singers, Los Angeles Film Critics Association's…
…Career Achievement Award and, in 1989, received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures.
Day's strong commitment to animal rights began in 1971, when she cofounded the "Actors and Others for Animals". She started her own non-profit organization in the late 1970s, the Doris Day Animal Foundation and, later, the Doris Day Animal League.
Establishing the annual observance Spay Day USA in 1994, The Doris Day Animal League now partners with the Humane Society of the United States and continues to be a leading advocacy organization. In 2004 she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W.
Bush in recognition of her distinguished service to the country. President Bush recognized Miss Day's work on behalf of animals by saying, "It was a good day for our fellow creatures when she gave her good heart to the cause of animal welfare."
Day was ranked the biggest box-office star for four years (1960; 1962–1964) and ranked in the top 10 for 10 years (1951–1952; 1959–1966).
She became the top-ranking female box-office star of all time and ranked sixth among the top 10 box-office performers (male and female), as of 2009.
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
With Six You Get Eggroll (7-Aug-1968) · Abby McClure
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (19-Jun-1968)
Caprice (18-Apr-1967)
The Ballad of Josie (1-Feb-1967) · Josie
The Glass Bottom Boat (9-Jun-1966) · Jennifer Nelson
Do Not Disturb (22-Dec-1965) · Janet Harper
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (19-Jun-1968)
Caprice (18-Apr-1967)
The Ballad of Josie (1-Feb-1967) · Josie
The Glass Bottom Boat (9-Jun-1966) · Jennifer Nelson
Do Not Disturb (22-Dec-1965) · Janet Harper
Send Me No Flowers (14-Oct-1964) · Judy
Move Over, Darling (19-Dec-1963) · Ellen Wagstaff Arden
The Thrill of It All (17-Jul-1963) · Beverly Boyer
Billy Rose's Jumbo (6-Dec-1962) · Kitty Wonder
That Touch of Mink (14-Jun-1962) · Cathy Timberlake
Move Over, Darling (19-Dec-1963) · Ellen Wagstaff Arden
The Thrill of It All (17-Jul-1963) · Beverly Boyer
Billy Rose's Jumbo (6-Dec-1962) · Kitty Wonder
That Touch of Mink (14-Jun-1962) · Cathy Timberlake
Lover Come Back (20-Dec-1961) · Carol Templeton
Midnight Lace (13-Oct-1960) · Kit Preston
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (31-Mar-1960) · Kate Mackay
Pillow Talk (6-Oct-1959) · Jan Morrow
It Happened to Jane (14-Jul-1959) · Jane Osgood
The Tunnel of Love (21-Nov-1958) · Isolde Poole
Midnight Lace (13-Oct-1960) · Kit Preston
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (31-Mar-1960) · Kate Mackay
Pillow Talk (6-Oct-1959) · Jan Morrow
It Happened to Jane (14-Jul-1959) · Jane Osgood
The Tunnel of Love (21-Nov-1958) · Isolde Poole
Teacher's Pet (1-Apr-1958)
The Pajama Game (29-Aug-1957) · Katie Williams
Julie (17-Oct-1956) · Julie Benton
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1-Jun-1956)
Love Me or Leave Me (26-May-1955) · Ruth Etting
Young at Heart (Dec-1954)
Lucky Me (9-Apr-1954) · Candy Williams
The Pajama Game (29-Aug-1957) · Katie Williams
Julie (17-Oct-1956) · Julie Benton
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1-Jun-1956)
Love Me or Leave Me (26-May-1955) · Ruth Etting
Young at Heart (Dec-1954)
Lucky Me (9-Apr-1954) · Candy Williams
Calamity Jane (4-Nov-1953) · Calamity Jane
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (26-Mar-1953) · Marjorie Winfield
April in Paris (24-Dec-1952) · Ethel "Dynamite" Jackson
The Winning Team (20-Jun-1952) · Aimee Alexander
Starlift (14-Dec-1951) · Herself
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (26-Mar-1953) · Marjorie Winfield
April in Paris (24-Dec-1952) · Ethel "Dynamite" Jackson
The Winning Team (20-Jun-1952) · Aimee Alexander
Starlift (14-Dec-1951) · Herself
I'll See You in My Dreams (6-Dec-1951) · Grace LeBoy Kahn
On Moonlight Bay (26-Jul-1951) · Marjorie Winfield
Lullaby of Broadway (26-Mar-1951) · Melinda Howard
Storm Warning (3-Mar-1951) · Lucy Rice
The West Point Story (22-Dec-1950) · Jan Wilson
On Moonlight Bay (26-Jul-1951) · Marjorie Winfield
Lullaby of Broadway (26-Mar-1951) · Melinda Howard
Storm Warning (3-Mar-1951) · Lucy Rice
The West Point Story (22-Dec-1950) · Jan Wilson
Tea for Two (1-Sep-1950) · Nanette Carter
Young Man with a Horn (9-Feb-1950) · Jo Jordan
It's a Great Feeling (1-Aug-1949) · Judy Adams
My Dream is Yours (15-Apr-1949) · Martha Gibson
Romance on the High Seas (25-Jun-1948) · Georgia Garrett
Young Man with a Horn (9-Feb-1950) · Jo Jordan
It's a Great Feeling (1-Aug-1949) · Judy Adams
My Dream is Yours (15-Apr-1949) · Martha Gibson
Romance on the High Seas (25-Jun-1948) · Georgia Garrett
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