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IMDb profile of Doris Day, one of America's most loved actresses and singers, who starred in movies like Calamity Jane and Pillow Talk. Learn about her life, career, awards, trivia, and animal activism.
- January 1, 1
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- January 1, 1
- Carmel Valley, California, USA
- Early years
- Early career
- Film
- Later career
- Later years
- Retirement
One of America's most prolific actresses was born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff on April 3, 1922, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Alma Sophia (Welz), a housewife, and William Joseph Kappelhoff, a music teacher and choir master. Her grandparents were all German immigrants. She had two brothers, Richard, who died before she was born and Paul, a few years older. ...
It was a terrible setback, but after taking singing lessons she found a new vocation, and at age 17, she began touring with the Les Brown Band. She met trombonist Al Jorden, whom she married in 1941. Jorden was prone to violence and they divorced after two years, not long after the birth of their son Terry. In 1946, Doris married George Weidler, bu...
In 1953, Doris starred in Calamity Jane (1953), which was a major hit, and several more followed: Lucky Me (1954), Love Me or Leave Me (1955), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) and what is probably her best-known film, Pillow Talk (1959). She began to slow down her filmmaking pace in the 1960s, even though she started out the decade with a hit, Plea...
In 1958, her brother Paul died. Around this time, her husband, who had also taken charge of her career, had made deals for her to star in films she didn't really care about, which led to a bout with exhaustion. The 1960s weren't to be a repeat of the previous busy decade. She didn't make as many films as she had in that decade, but the ones she did...
By the time Martin Melcher died, Doris discovered she was millions of dollars in debt. She learned that Melcher had squandered virtually all of her considerable earnings, but she was eventually awarded $22 million by the courts in a case against a man that Melcher had unwisely let invest her money. She married for the fourth time in 1976 and since ...
Today, she runs the Doris Day Animal League in Carmel, California, which advocates homes and proper care of household pets.
- April 3, 1922
- May 13, 2019
When American couple Janet (Doris Day) and Mike (Rod Taylor) move to England for his business, she soon fears he's having an affair with his attractive secretary and decides to get back at him by pretending she has been unfaithful.
Doris Day, nome d'arte di Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff (Cincinnati, 3 aprile 1922 – Carmel-by-the-Sea, 13 maggio 2019), è stata un'attrice e cantante statunitense.
Signature. Doris Day (born Doris Mary 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.
American actress Doris Day appeared in 39 feature films released between 1948 and 1968. Day began her career as a band singer and eventually won the female lead in the Warner Bros. film Romance on the High Seas (1948), for which she was selected by Michael Curtiz to replace Betty Hutton.
14 mag 2019 · Doris Day, the People’s Actor. The late film icon’s ordinariness was most extraordinary, and the secret of her success. By Todd S. Purdum. "People on the street always call me Doris. That’s ...
