1- Doris Day Born: April 3, 1922
2- Her Born name is Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff
3- Doris Day began her professional career as a vocalist on the WLW radio program ‘Carlin’s Carnival’.
4- The first episode of ‘The Doris Day Show’ aired in September 1968, and the show became very successful.
5- She received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in the film Pillow Talk.
6- She was married four times
7- Doris’ nickname among her friends is Clara Bixby. She got it from actor Billy De Wolfe while filming Tea For Two in 1950, when he said she didn’t look like a ‘Doris Day’ but more like a ‘Clara Bixby’.
8- In Italy, most of her films were dubbed by Rosetta Calavetta. She was occasionally dubbed by Dhia Cristiani, Rina Morelli and once by Lydia Simoneschi in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956).
9- On August 12, 2018, she was honored with a day of her film work during the TCM Summer Under The Stars.
10-Day’s only child, Terry Melcher made a name for himself producing California rock legends like the Byrds and the Beach Boys
11- Doris Day co-starred with James Cagney in the 1955 biographical film, ‘Love Me or Leave Me’, which was based on the life story of Ruth Etting, a singer who rose from dancer to movie star.
12 -Awarded two Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6735 Hollywood Blvd. and for Recording at 6278 Hollywood Blvd.
13- She Made her film debut in the 1948 musical Romance on the High Seas
14- At age 15, Doris began performing locally and while working with local bandleader Barney Rapp, she adopted the stage name “Day” after Rapp suggested “Kappelhoff” was too long and cumbersome for marquee appeal.
15- Calamity Jane is her personal favorite of all the films she appeared in.
16- Doris Day received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a Legend Award from the Society of Singers.
17- She Released a revealing autobiography, Doris Day: Her Own Story, in 1975.
18- In 2005 “Premiere” magazine ranked her as #24 on a list of the Greatest Movie Stars of All Time in their Stars in Our Constellation feature.
19- Rock Hudson called her “Eunice” because he said that whenever he thought of her as Eunice, it made him laugh.
20- 1989 was given the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures. In 2004
21- All of Doris’ grandparents were German immigrants.
22- Clint Eastwood offered Day a role in a film he was planning to direct in 2015. Although she reportedly was in talks with Eastwood, her neighbor in Carmel, about a role in the film, she eventually declined
23- She recorded more than 650 songs from 1947 to 1967
24- President George W. Bush awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work on behalf of animal welfare.
25- She’s known for her signature song, “Que Sera Sera.”
26- She badly injured her legs in a tragic car accident in 1937 which made it impossible for her to follow her ambition of becoming a professional dancer
27- After stepping away from acting, Doris dedicated her life to helping animals
28- She was afraid of flying
29- Doris Day was a vegetarian
30- In 1960, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress
31- Was named the top box-office star of 1963 by the Motion Picture Herald, based on an annual poll of exhibitors as to the drawing power of movie stars at the box-office, conducted by Quigley Publications.
32- Day died on May 13, 2019, after suffering from pneumonia. She was 97 years old
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Thank you for sharing the info on dear Doris Day. However, I question # 29. I was Doris Day’s personal secretary in the 1970s – worked with her at CBS in her dressing room for the last 2 years of her filming THE DORIS DAY SHOW at CBS in Studio City. I prepared several meals for her – she loved steaks and other meats. After the show ended, I lived with Doris in her Beverly Hills home for two more years and we went out to eat and I also cooked for her, but at that time, she was definitely NOT a vegetarian. If she changed in later years, I do not know. She loved going to the wonderful La Cienega restaurants, and also Musso Frank…my book is now in its 2nd printing:
DAY AT A TIME – A Sentimental Journey to Doris Day’s Hollywood & Beyond. My website is: http://www.dayatatimesentimentaljourney.com
Doris was and continues to be a wonderful role model for me and many other – God bless Doris Day!!!!