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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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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.
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- May 13, 2019
38 titles. Sort by List order. 1. With Six You Get Eggroll. 1968 1h 35m G. 6.4 (3K) 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.
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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Doris Day (born Doris Mary Anne 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 ...
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.
2 apr 2014 · Singer and actress Doris Day was one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s and early-1960s. She also starred in the popular television sitcom called 'The Doris Day Show' from...
