Doris Day was a recording star in the 1940s and a popular film star from the early 1950s through the early 1960s.
With a bubbly screen presence and a blinding smile, Day effectively traded barbs with leading men and marched into the workplace in such lighthearted films as “Pillow Talk” and “Lover Come Back” , two of the three films she made with Rock Hudson. From 1948 to 1968, Day appeared in 39 films, most often as the wholesome girl-next-door. At age 46, she made her last film, “With Six You Get Eggroll.”
She was at her best in films that allowed her sultry voice and “wonderful way with a song” to carry some of the dramatic weight, Turan wrote, including “Calamity Jane” and “Young Man With a Horn,” in which she played a band singer opposite Kirk Douglas’ trumpet player. Yet her insistence on making mostly sunny, upbeat films earned the rancor of some feminists in the 1960s, who thought Day’s roles glorified an ideal woman who never really existed.
Novelist John Updike disclosed his deep-rooted crush on Day in a 1976 New Yorker essay: “Singing or acting, she manages to produce, in her face or in her voice, an ‘effect,’ a skip or tremor, a feathery edge that touches us.” Married four times, Day was beaten when she was pregnant by her trombonist first husband, Al Jorden, and was divorced by 21; he later committed suicide. Her second husband, saxophonist George Weidler, abandoned her within months and said he did not want to be known as Mr. Doris Day.
She sued Melcher’s business partner, lawyer Jerome Rosenthal, for fraud and malpractice and was awarded almost $23 million in 1974. She settled for $6 million rather than drag out the case on appeal.Although she had sworn off marriage, Day married Barry Comden, a restaurant manager, in 1976. When they divorced in 1981, he claimed she preferred the company of dogs.
When she released “My Heart” in 2011, the album of old recordings was her first in 17 years, and proceeds were earmarked for her foundation. With her son, she also was part-owner of the Cypress Inn, a Carmel hotel that welcomes pets. Despite needing rest, Hudson insisted on taping the show, which aired days after he died in October 1985. Day, her voice choked with emotion, taped an introduction that recalled how Hudson always told her, “The best time I’ve ever had was making comedies with you.” She said she felt the same way.
She still is one of my favorites. I grew up watching her with my mum wanting to be her.
Childhood 😍! 🙏👆
Sad to see the good ones die . Rest in peace
LATimesfarmer Que Sera Sera.
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ent What a wonderful obituary. I learned so much. RIP Ms. Doris Day. 💖
Condolences to her family. Such a cute actress and singer over the CA years!
she had a good long run
respect
Traurig 😥 sehr sehr traurig das die tollste Schauspielerin Doris Day auf dem Plant, heute gestorben ist 😥. Liebe Doris Day Du wirst immer in meinem Herzen sein. Danke das Du so lange hier auf dem Planet warst. Scheinbar wirst Du da oben jetzt gebraucht. Der einzige Trost.
Sad. RIP.
So sorry to hear this news, she was loved by many and made many films with well known leading men?
Now this LA Times’ tweet, with its lengthy lead to reporting the death of a silver screen legend, Doris Day, is fully justified.
She was pretty and rich.
Legend and classy lady. RIP, Doris.
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