Her maternal and paternal grandparents were German; her paternal grandfather Franz Joseph Wilhelm Kappelhoff immigrated to the United States in 1875 and settled in Cincinnati which had a large German community with its own churches, clubs, and German-language newspapers.
As of 2020, she was one of eight record performers to have been the top box-office earner in the United States four times. ==Early life== Day was born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff on April 3, 1922 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Alma Sophia (née Welz; 1895–1976) and William Joseph Kappelhoff (1892–1967).
Doris Day (born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist.
As of 2020, she was one of eight record performers to have been the top box-office earner in the United States four times. ==Early life== Day was born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff on April 3, 1922 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Alma Sophia (née Welz; 1895–1976) and William Joseph Kappelhoff (1892–1967).
For most of her life, Day stated she was born in 1924; it was not until her 95th birthday – when the Associated Press found her birth certificate, showing a 1922 date of birth – that she stated otherwise.
For most of her life, Day stated she was born in 1924; it was not until her 95th birthday – when the Associated Press found her birth certificate, showing a 1922 date of birth – that she stated otherwise.
A car accident on October 13, 1937 injured her right leg and curtailed her prospects as a professional dancer. ==Career== ===Early career (1938–1947)=== While recovering from her car accident, Kappelhoff started to sing along with the radio and discovered a talent she did not know she had.
She began her career as a big band singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No.
According to Rapp, he had auditioned about 200 singers when Kappelhoff got the job. While working for Rapp in 1939, she adopted the stage surname "Day", at Rapp's suggestion.
But I just brushed that off and I came out and put my arms around him and said, 'Am I glad to see you'." ===1980s and 1990s=== Day's husband and agent, Martin Melcher, had Beverly Hills lawyer Jerome Rosenthal handle his wife's money since the 1940s.
In 1941, Day appeared as a singer in three Soundies with the Les Brown band. While working with Brown, Day recorded her first hit recording, "Sentimental Journey", released in early 1945.
From March 1941 to February 1943, she was married to trombonist Al Jorden (1917–1967), whom she met in Barney Rapp's Band.
Their son, Terrence "Terry" Paul Jorden, was born in 1942, and changed his name to Terrence Paul Melcher when he was adopted by Day's third husband. Her second marriage was to George William Weidler (1926–1989) from March 30, 1946, to May 31, 1949, a saxophonist and the brother of actress Virginia Weidler.
From March 1941 to February 1943, she was married to trombonist Al Jorden (1917–1967), whom she met in Barney Rapp's Band.
She began her career as a big band singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No.
In 1941, Day appeared as a singer in three Soundies with the Les Brown band. While working with Brown, Day recorded her first hit recording, "Sentimental Journey", released in early 1945.
During 1945–46, Day (as vocalist with the Les Brown Band) had six other top ten hits on the Billboard chart: "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time", "'Tain't Me", "Till The End of Time", "You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)", "The Whole World is Singing My Song", and "I Got the Sun in the Mornin'".
Their son, Terrence "Terry" Paul Jorden, was born in 1942, and changed his name to Terrence Paul Melcher when he was adopted by Day's third husband. Her second marriage was to George William Weidler (1926–1989) from March 30, 1946, to May 31, 1949, a saxophonist and the brother of actress Virginia Weidler.
She left Brown to embark on a solo career and recorded more than 650 songs from 1947 to 1967. Day was one of the biggest film stars in the 1950s–1960s era.
Day was the discovery of which Curtiz was proudest during his career. The film provided her with a hit recording as a soloist, "It's Magic", which followed by two months her first hit ("Love Somebody" in 1948) recorded as a duet with Buddy Clark.
Rosenthal had been her attorney since 1949, when he represented her in her uncontested divorce action against her second husband, saxophonist George W.
Their son, Terrence "Terry" Paul Jorden, was born in 1942, and changed his name to Terrence Paul Melcher when he was adopted by Day's third husband. Her second marriage was to George William Weidler (1926–1989) from March 30, 1946, to May 31, 1949, a saxophonist and the brother of actress Virginia Weidler.
She left Brown to embark on a solo career and recorded more than 650 songs from 1947 to 1967. Day was one of the biggest film stars in the 1950s–1960s era.
1 hit single in the United States. Between 1950 and 1953, the albums from six of her movie musicals charted in the Top 10, three of them at No.
Weidler and Day met again several years later during a brief reconciliation, and he introduced her to Christian Science. Day married American film producer Martin Melcher (1915–1968) on April 3, 1951, her 29th birthday, and this marriage lasted until he died in April 1968.
It was broadcast on CBS in 1952–1953. ===Breakthrough (1955–1958)=== Having become primarily recognized as a musical-comedy actress, Day gradually took on more dramatic roles to broaden her range.
1 hit single in the United States. Between 1950 and 1953, the albums from six of her movie musicals charted in the Top 10, three of them at No.
Day played the title role in the thriller/noir Julie (also 1956) with Louis Jourdan. After three successive dramatic films, Day returned to her musical/comedic roots in The Pajama Game (1957) with John Raitt.
She co-starred with Richard Widmark and Gig Young in the romantic comedy film The Tunnel of Love (also 1958), but found scant success opposite Jack Lemmon in It Happened to Jane (1959). Billboard annual nationwide poll of disc jockeys had ranked Day as the No.
1 female vocalist nine times in ten years (1949 through 1958), but her success and popularity as a singer was now being overshadowed by her box-office appeal. ===Box-office success (1959–1968)=== In 1959, Day entered her most successful phase as a film actress with a series of romantic comedies.
Her best-known films are those in which she co-starred with Rock Hudson, chief among them 1959's Pillow Talk, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
1 female vocalist nine times in ten years (1949 through 1958), but her success and popularity as a singer was now being overshadowed by her box-office appeal. ===Box-office success (1959–1968)=== In 1959, Day entered her most successful phase as a film actress with a series of romantic comedies.
Her final feature, the comedy With Six You Get Eggroll, was released in 1968. From 1959 to 1970, Day received nine Laurel Award nominations (and won four times) for best female performance in eight comedies and one drama.
From 1959 through 1969, she received six Golden Globe nominations for best female performance in three comedies, one drama (Midnight Lace), one musical (Jumbo), and her television series. ===Bankruptcy and television career=== After her third husband Martin Melcher died on April 20, 1968, a shocked Day discovered that Melcher and his business partner and "adviser" Jerome Bernard Rosenthal had squandered her earnings, leaving her deeply in debt.
During 1960 and the 1962 to 1964 period, she ranked number one at the box office, the second woman to be number one four times, an accomplishment equalled by no other actress except Shirley Temple.
In between these comedic roles, Day co-starred with Rex Harrison in the movie thriller Midnight Lace (1960), an updating of the stage thriller Gaslight. By the late 1960s, the sexual revolution of the baby boomer generation had refocused public attitudes about sex.
Her only child was music producer and songwriter Terry Melcher, who had a hit in the 1960s with "Hey Little Cobra" under the name The Rip Chords.
During 1960 and the 1962 to 1964 period, she ranked number one at the box office, the second woman to be number one four times, an accomplishment equalled by no other actress except Shirley Temple.
She set a record that has yet to be equaled, receiving seven consecutive Laurel Awards as the top female box office star. Day teamed up with James Garner starting with The Thrill of It All, followed by Move Over, Darling (both 1963).
During 1960 and the 1962 to 1964 period, she ranked number one at the box office, the second woman to be number one four times, an accomplishment equalled by no other actress except Shirley Temple.
The following year (1968), she starred in the comedy film Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? which centers on the Northeast blackout of November 9, 1965.
She left Brown to embark on a solo career and recorded more than 650 songs from 1947 to 1967. Day was one of the biggest film stars in the 1950s–1960s era.
Day was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2007, and in 2010 received the first Legend Award ever presented by the Society of Singers. ===2010s=== Day, aged 89, released My Heart in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2011, her first new album in nearly two decades since the release of The Love Album, which, although recorded in 1967, was not released until 1994.
After ending her film career in 1968, only briefly removed from the height of her popularity, she starred in her own sitcom The Doris Day Show (1968–1973). In 1989, she was awarded the Golden Globe Cecil B.
Her final feature, the comedy With Six You Get Eggroll, was released in 1968. From 1959 to 1970, Day received nine Laurel Award nominations (and won four times) for best female performance in eight comedies and one drama.
From 1959 through 1969, she received six Golden Globe nominations for best female performance in three comedies, one drama (Midnight Lace), one musical (Jumbo), and her television series. ===Bankruptcy and television career=== After her third husband Martin Melcher died on April 20, 1968, a shocked Day discovered that Melcher and his business partner and "adviser" Jerome Bernard Rosenthal had squandered her earnings, leaving her deeply in debt.
The first episode of The Doris Day Show aired on September 24, 1968, and, from 1968 to 1973, employed "Que Sera, Sera" as its theme song.
Rosenthal claimed that millions of dollars Day lost were in real estate sold after Melcher died in 1968, in which Rosenthal asserted that the attorneys gave Day bad advice, telling her to sell, at a loss, three hotels, in Palo Alto, California, Dallas, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia, plus some oil leases in Kentucky and Ohio.
Weidler and Day met again several years later during a brief reconciliation, and he introduced her to Christian Science. Day married American film producer Martin Melcher (1915–1968) on April 3, 1951, her 29th birthday, and this marriage lasted until he died in April 1968.
From 1959 through 1969, she received six Golden Globe nominations for best female performance in three comedies, one drama (Midnight Lace), one musical (Jumbo), and her television series. ===Bankruptcy and television career=== After her third husband Martin Melcher died on April 20, 1968, a shocked Day discovered that Melcher and his business partner and "adviser" Jerome Bernard Rosenthal had squandered her earnings, leaving her deeply in debt.
Day filed suit against Rosenthal in February 1969, won a successful decision in 1974, but did not receive compensation until a settlement in 1979. Day also learned to her displeasure that Melcher had committed her to a television series, which became The Doris Day Show. Day hated the idea of performing on television, but felt obligated to do it.
Her final feature, the comedy With Six You Get Eggroll, was released in 1968. From 1959 to 1970, Day received nine Laurel Award nominations (and won four times) for best female performance in eight comedies and one drama.
She largely retired from acting after The Doris Day Show, but did complete two television specials, The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special (1971) and Doris Day Today (1975), and was a guest on various shows in the 1970s. In the 1985–86 season, Day hosted her own television talk show, Doris Day's Best Friends, on the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN).
Two of the hotels sold in 1970 for about $7 million, and their estimated worth in 1986 was $50 million. Terry Melcher stated that his adoptive father's premature death saved Day from financial ruin.
Tracks include the 1970s Joe Cocker hit "You Are So Beautiful", the Beach Boys' "Disney Girls" and jazz standards such as "My Buddy", which Day originally sang in the film I'll See You in My Dreams (1951). After the disc was released in the United States it soon climbed to No.
The song continues to be associated with Day, and she re-recorded it on several occasions, including a version in her 1971 television special.
The production company had to set up "feeding stations" for the various goats, sheep, camels, et cetera, and feed them every day before Day would agree to go back to work. In 1971, she co-founded Actors and Others for Animals, and appeared in a series of newspaper advertisements denouncing the wearing of fur, alongside Mary Tyler Moore, Angie Dickinson, and Jayne Meadows. In 1978, Day founded the Doris Day Pet Foundation, now the Doris Day Animal Foundation (DDAF).
The first episode of The Doris Day Show aired on September 24, 1968, and, from 1968 to 1973, employed "Que Sera, Sera" as its theme song.
It is remembered today for its abrupt season-to-season changes in casting and premise. By the end of its run in 1973, public tastes had changed, as had those of the television industry, and her firmly established persona was regarded as passé.
Day filed suit against Rosenthal in February 1969, won a successful decision in 1974, but did not receive compensation until a settlement in 1979. Day also learned to her displeasure that Melcher had committed her to a television series, which became The Doris Day Show. Day hated the idea of performing on television, but felt obligated to do it.
They were both Christian Scientists, resulting in her not seeing a doctor for some time for symptoms which suggested cancer. Day's fourth marriage was to Barry Comden (1935–2009) from April 14, 1976, until April 2, 1982.
Although she reportedly was in talks with Eastwood, her neighbor in Carmel, about a role in the film, she eventually declined. Day granted ABC a telephone interview on her birthday in 2016, which was accompanied by photos of her life and career. In a rare interview with The Hollywood Reporter on April 4, 2019, the day after her 97th birthday, Day talked about her work on the Doris Day Animal Foundation, founded in 1978.
The production company had to set up "feeding stations" for the various goats, sheep, camels, et cetera, and feed them every day before Day would agree to go back to work. In 1971, she co-founded Actors and Others for Animals, and appeared in a series of newspaper advertisements denouncing the wearing of fur, alongside Mary Tyler Moore, Angie Dickinson, and Jayne Meadows. In 1978, Day founded the Doris Day Pet Foundation, now the Doris Day Animal Foundation (DDAF).
Day filed suit against Rosenthal in February 1969, won a successful decision in 1974, but did not receive compensation until a settlement in 1979. Day also learned to her displeasure that Melcher had committed her to a television series, which became The Doris Day Show. Day hated the idea of performing on television, but felt obligated to do it.
before becoming a successful producer whose acts included The Byrds, Paul Revere & the Raiders, and—in the late 1980s—The Beach Boys; he died of melanoma in November 2004.
Since the 1980s Day owned a hotel in Carmel-by-the-Sea called the Cypress Inn which she originally co-owned with her son.
The cut required stitches. Day was inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame in 1981 and received the Cecil B.
They were both Christian Scientists, resulting in her not seeing a doctor for some time for symptoms which suggested cancer. Day's fourth marriage was to Barry Comden (1935–2009) from April 14, 1976, until April 2, 1982.
She largely retired from acting after The Doris Day Show, but did complete two television specials, The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special (1971) and Doris Day Today (1975), and was a guest on various shows in the 1970s. In the 1985–86 season, Day hosted her own television talk show, Doris Day's Best Friends, on the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN).
"During that period, Rosenthal committed breaches of professional ethics that are difficult to exaggerate", as one court put it. In October 1985, the California Supreme Court rejected Rosenthal's appeal of the multimillion-dollar judgment against him for legal malpractice, and upheld conclusions of a trial court and a Court of Appeal that Rosenthal acted improperly.
In April 1986, the U.S.
Two of the hotels sold in 1970 for about $7 million, and their estimated worth in 1986 was $50 million. Terry Melcher stated that his adoptive father's premature death saved Day from financial ruin.
In June 1987, Rosenthal filed a $30 million lawsuit against lawyers he claimed cheated him out of millions of dollars in real estate investments.
The DDAF continues to operate independently. To complement the Doris Day Animal Foundation, Day formed the Doris Day Animal League (DDAL) in 1987, a national non-profit citizens' lobbying organization whose mission is to reduce pain and suffering, and protect animals through legislative initiatives.
After ending her film career in 1968, only briefly removed from the height of her popularity, she starred in her own sitcom The Doris Day Show (1968–1973). In 1989, she was awarded the Golden Globe Cecil B.
Author David Kaufman asserts that one of Day's costars, actor Louis Jourdan, maintained that Day herself disliked her husband, but Day's public statements regarding Melcher appear to contradict that assertion. Day was scheduled to present, along with Patrick Swayze and Marvin Hamlisch, the Best Original Score Oscar at the 61st Academy Awards in March 1989 but she suffered a deep leg cut and was unable to attend.
DeMille Award for career achievement in 1989.
But I just brushed that off and I came out and put my arms around him and said, 'Am I glad to see you'." ===1980s and 1990s=== Day's husband and agent, Martin Melcher, had Beverly Hills lawyer Jerome Rosenthal handle his wife's money since the 1940s.
That same year, Day recorded The Love Album, although it was not released until 1994.
In 1994, Day's Greatest Hits album became another entry into the British charts.
Day was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2007, and in 2010 received the first Legend Award ever presented by the Society of Singers. ===2010s=== Day, aged 89, released My Heart in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2011, her first new album in nearly two decades since the release of The Love Album, which, although recorded in 1967, was not released until 1994.
Day actively lobbied the United States Congress in support of legislation designed to safeguard animal welfare on a number of occasions, and in 1995 she originated the annual Spay Day USA.
Day received a Grammy for Lifetime Achievement in Music in 2008, albeit again in absentia. She received three Grammy Hall of Fame Awards, in 1998, 1999 and 2012, for her recordings of "Sentimental Journey", "Secret Love", and "Que Sera, Sera", respectively.
Day received a Grammy for Lifetime Achievement in Music in 2008, albeit again in absentia. She received three Grammy Hall of Fame Awards, in 1998, 1999 and 2012, for her recordings of "Sentimental Journey", "Secret Love", and "Que Sera, Sera", respectively.
It was an early pet–friendly hotel and was featured in Architectural Digest in 1999. ===Marriages=== Day was married four times.
In 2004, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In 2004, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W.
The album is a compilation of previously unreleased recordings produced by Day's son, Terry Melcher, before his death in 2004.
before becoming a successful producer whose acts included The Byrds, Paul Revere & the Raiders, and—in the late 1980s—The Beach Boys; he died of melanoma in November 2004.
The DDAL merged into The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) in 2006.
Day was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2007, and in 2010 received the first Legend Award ever presented by the Society of Singers. ===2010s=== Day, aged 89, released My Heart in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2011, her first new album in nearly two decades since the release of The Love Album, which, although recorded in 1967, was not released until 1994.
In 2008, she received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award as well as a Legend Award from the Society of Singers.
In July 2008, she appeared on the Southern California radio show of longtime friend and newscaster George Putnam. Day turned down a tribute offer from the American Film Institute and from the Kennedy Center Honors because they require attendance in person.
Day received a Grammy for Lifetime Achievement in Music in 2008, albeit again in absentia. She received three Grammy Hall of Fame Awards, in 1998, 1999 and 2012, for her recordings of "Sentimental Journey", "Secret Love", and "Que Sera, Sera", respectively.
Day was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2007, and in 2010 received the first Legend Award ever presented by the Society of Singers. ===2010s=== Day, aged 89, released My Heart in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2011, her first new album in nearly two decades since the release of The Love Album, which, although recorded in 1967, was not released until 1994.
In 2011, she was awarded the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's Career Achievement Award.
Also in 2011, she released her 29th studio album My Heart which contained new material and became a UK Top 10 album.
Day was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2007, and in 2010 received the first Legend Award ever presented by the Society of Singers. ===2010s=== Day, aged 89, released My Heart in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2011, her first new album in nearly two decades since the release of The Love Album, which, although recorded in 1967, was not released until 1994.
The HSUS now manages World Spay Day, the annual one-day spay/neuter event that Day originated. A facility bearing her name, the Doris Day Horse Rescue and Adoption Center, which helps abused and neglected horses, opened in 2011 in Murchison, Texas, on the grounds of an animal sanctuary started by her late friend, author Cleveland Amory.
Day received a Grammy for Lifetime Achievement in Music in 2008, albeit again in absentia. She received three Grammy Hall of Fame Awards, in 1998, 1999 and 2012, for her recordings of "Sentimental Journey", "Secret Love", and "Que Sera, Sera", respectively.
Day became the oldest artist to score a UK Top 10 with an album featuring new material. In January 2012, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association presented Day with a Lifetime Achievement Award. In April 2014, Day made an unexpected public appearance to attend the annual Doris Day Animal Foundation benefit.
Day became the oldest artist to score a UK Top 10 with an album featuring new material. In January 2012, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association presented Day with a Lifetime Achievement Award. In April 2014, Day made an unexpected public appearance to attend the annual Doris Day Animal Foundation benefit.
According to The Hollywood Reporter in 2015, the Academy offered her the Honorary Oscar multiple times, but she declined as she saw the film industry as a part of her past life.
The benefit raises money for her Animal Foundation. 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. Day granted ABC a telephone interview on her birthday in 2016, which was accompanied by photos of her life and career. In a rare interview with The Hollywood Reporter on April 4, 2019, the day after her 97th birthday, Day talked about her work on the Doris Day Animal Foundation, founded in 1978.
Doris Day (born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist.
Although she reportedly was in talks with Eastwood, her neighbor in Carmel, about a role in the film, she eventually declined. Day granted ABC a telephone interview on her birthday in 2016, which was accompanied by photos of her life and career. In a rare interview with The Hollywood Reporter on April 4, 2019, the day after her 97th birthday, Day talked about her work on the Doris Day Animal Foundation, founded in 1978.
During the 2019 event, there was a special screening of her film Pillow Talk (1959) to celebrate its 60th anniversary.
He later complained that she cared more for her "animal friends" than she did for him. ===Death=== Day died on May 13, 2019, at the age of 97, after having contracted pneumonia.
As of 2020, she was one of eight record performers to have been the top box-office earner in the United States four times. ==Early life== Day was born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff on April 3, 1922 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Alma Sophia (née Welz; 1895–1976) and William Joseph Kappelhoff (1892–1967).
Day contributed $250,000 toward the founding of the center. A posthumous auction of 1,100 of Day's possessions in April 2020 generated $3 million for the Doris Day Animal Foundation. ==Personal life== After her retirement from films, Day lived in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
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