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Doris Day. Actress: Love Me or Leave Me. One of America's most loved actresses was born Doris Mary 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.
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- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Carmel Valley, California, USA
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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
1. With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) G | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Family. 6.4. Rate. Two widowed people fall in love and marry, unprepared for the hostile reactions of their children. Director: Howard Morris | Stars: Doris Day, Brian Keith, Pat Carroll, Barbara Hershey. Votes: 3,038 | Gross: $10.10M. 2. Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)
Con all'attivo 39 film tra il 1948 e il 1968, oltre 75 ore di programmi televisivi e la registrazione di più di 650 canzoni, la carriera di Doris Day è stata coronata da numerosi premi, tra cui un Golden Globe, un Grammy Award e una candidatura al premio Oscar.
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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 .
YearTitleRole1948Georgia Garrett1949Martha Gibson1949Judy Adams1950Jo JordanFilmografia di Doris Day. Doris Day (Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff). Data di nascita 3 aprile 1922 a Cincinnati, Ohio (USA) ed è morto il 13 maggio 2019 all'età di 97 anni a Carmel Valley Village, California (USA). Nei suoi 76 anni di carriera ha recitato in L'uomo che sapeva troppo, I Am Not Your Negro e Il visone sulla pelle.
My Dream is Yours. 1949. It's a Great Feeling. 1949. Young Man With a Horn. 1950.
