Doris Day 1922-2019
A portrait of actress Doris Day from1963.
Known for her silky singing voice and wholesome beauty, Day rose to become one of the most popular Hollywood stars of the 1950s and 60s. She died May 13, 2019 at the age of 97.
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Actress and singer Doris Day poses in a two-piece bathing suit in 1948. She originally aspired to be a dancer, but it was her singing voice that first made her a star.
Day starred in such films as Hitchcock's "The Man Who Knew Too Much" with James Stewart (1956); "Pillow Talk" with Rock Hudson (1959); and "That Touch of Mink" with Cary Grant (1962). She also recorded the song "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)," which became her signature.
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Doris Day in a posed photo at the witness stand after obtaining a divorce from musician George Wiedler at the Los Angeles County Superior Court on May 31, 1949. She was married four times and had one son.
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Ronald Reagan and Doris Day made a movie together in 1952 called "The Winning Team" -- a biopic of pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander.
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Doris Day, left, did some fast stepping in a dance number in the 1952 film "April in Paris."
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Doris Day, in the title role of "Calamity Jane," poses between scenes with co-stars Howard Keel, left, and Chubby Johnson, center, on the Warner Ranch in Burbank, Calif., in February 1953.
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Actress Doris Day gets tough in a scene from "Calamity Jane."
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Actress Doris Day performs in a scene from "Love Me or Leave Me" Jan. 29, 1955. Her co-star in the film was James Cagney.
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Actress Doris Day is shown in costume from the 1957 movie "The Pajama Game."
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Doris Day, center, Tony Curtis, right, and Buddy Adler pose with their Golden Globe awards from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at an awards dinner at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles Feb. 26, 1958. Adler was presented the Cecil B. DeMille award for outstanding contribution to the motion picture industry.
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A little more than 30 years later, on Jan. 28, 1989, it was Doris Day's turn to receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony.
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Actress Doris Day, starring in "Pillow Talk," is shown in April 1959.
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Doris Day and Cary Grant, standing in the dugout, pose with New York Yankees, from left, Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris and Yogi Berra before the Yankees-Dodgers game in Los Angeles July 12, 1962. The players appeared in the movie "That Touch of Mink" with Day and Grant.
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Doris Day shown in a pose in 1962.
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Another classic 60s photo.
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Doris Day poses on the set of the movie, "Do Not Disturb," Feb. 16, 1965.
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Doris Day is shown in August 1968.
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Doris Day as she appeared in 1979. She mostly retired from the entertainment business by the 1980s and devoted herself to the Doris Day Animal Foundation.
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Doris Day and Rock Hudson speak at a July 18, 1985, news conference in Monterey, Calif. Less than three months later, Hudson would die of AIDS.