EARLY DAYS PRODUCTIONS
Doris Day was born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff on April 3, 1922 in the Cincinnati, Ohio, neighborhood of Evanston to Alma Sophia Welz (a housewife) and Wilhelm (later William) von Kappelhoff (a music teacher). The youngest of three children, she had two brothers: Richard, who died before she was born, and Paul, a few years older. She was named after silent movie actress Doris Kenyon, whom her mother admired.
B. 1922
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Bith Name:
Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff
Height: 5' 7"
Eye Color: blue
Hair Color: blonde
Nickname: "Clara Bixby"
Quote: "Some of the downbeat pictures, in my opinion, should never be made at all. Most of them are made for personal satisfaction, to impress other actors who say 'Oh, God! what a shot, what camera work!' But the average person in the audience, who bought his ticket to be entertained, doesn't see that at all. He comes out depressed."
Bith Name:
Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff
Height: 5' 7"
Eye Color: blue
Hair Color: blonde
Nickname: "Clara Bixby"
Quote: "Some of the downbeat pictures, in my opinion, should never be made at all. Most of them are made for personal satisfaction, to impress other actors who say 'Oh, God! what a shot, what camera work!' But the average person in the audience, who bought his ticket to be entertained, doesn't see that at all. He comes out depressed."
Day developed an early interest in dance, and in the mid-1930s formed a dance duo that performed locally in Cincinnati. A car accident on October 13, 1937 damaged her legs and curtailed her prospects as a professional dancer. While recovering, Day took singing lessons, and at 17 she began performing locally. It was while working for local bandleader Barney Rapp in 1939 or 1940 that she adopted the stage name "Day" as an alternative to "Kappelhoff," at his suggestion. Rapp felt her surname was too long for marquees. After working with Rapp, Day worked with a number of other bandleaders including Les Brown. It was while working with Brown that Day scored her first hit recording, "Sentimental Journey", which was released in early 1945
While singing with the Les Brown band and briefly with Bob Hope, Day toured extensively across the United States. Her popularity as a radio performer and vocalist, which included a second hit record My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time, led directly to a career in films. Her agent Al Levy convinced her to attend a party at the home of composer Jule Styne. Her personal circumstances at the time and her reluctance to perform contributed to an emotive performance of Embraceable You, which greatly impressed Styne and his partner, Sammy Cahn. They then recommended her for a role in Romance on the High Seas which they were working on for Warner Brothers. The withdrawal of Betty Hutton due to pregnancy left the main role to be re-cast, and Day got the part.
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Doris Day's Selected Filmography
1948 Romance on the High Seas
1949 My Dream Is Yours
1949 It's a Great Feeling
1950 Young Man with a Horn
1950 Tea for Two
1950 The West Point Story
1951 Storm Warning
1951 Lullaby of Broadway
1951On Moonlight Bay
1951 I'll See You in My Dreams
1951 Starlift
1952 The Winning Team
1952 April in Paris
1953 By the Light of the Silvery Moon
1953 Calamity Jane
1954 Lucky Me
1954 Young at Heart
1955 Love Me or Leave Me
1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much
1957 The Pajama Game
1958 Teacher’s Pet
1958 The Tunnel of Love
1959 It Happened to Jane
1959 Pillow Talk
1960 Please Don’t Eat the Daisies
1960 Midnight Lace
1961 Lover Come Back
1962 That Touch of Mink
1962 Billy Rose’s Jumbo
1963 The Thrill of It
1963 Move Over, Darling
1964 Send Me No Flowers
1965 Do Not Disturb
1966 The Glass Bottom Boat
1967 The Ballad of Josie
1968 Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968 With Six You Get Eggroll
1949 My Dream Is Yours
1949 It's a Great Feeling
1950 Young Man with a Horn
1950 Tea for Two
1950 The West Point Story
1951 Storm Warning
1951 Lullaby of Broadway
1951On Moonlight Bay
1951 I'll See You in My Dreams
1951 Starlift
1952 The Winning Team
1952 April in Paris
1953 By the Light of the Silvery Moon
1953 Calamity Jane
1954 Lucky Me
1954 Young at Heart
1955 Love Me or Leave Me
1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much
1957 The Pajama Game
1958 Teacher’s Pet
1958 The Tunnel of Love
1959 It Happened to Jane
1959 Pillow Talk
1960 Please Don’t Eat the Daisies
1960 Midnight Lace
1961 Lover Come Back
1962 That Touch of Mink
1962 Billy Rose’s Jumbo
1963 The Thrill of It
1963 Move Over, Darling
1964 Send Me No Flowers
1965 Do Not Disturb
1966 The Glass Bottom Boat
1967 The Ballad of Josie
1968 Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968 With Six You Get Eggroll
Full Movie: Pillow Talk (1959)
A man and woman share a telephone line and despise each other, but then he has fun by romancing her with his voice disguised. - Taken from IMDB
She continued to make minor and frequently nostalgic period musicals such as Starlift, On Moonlight Bay, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, and Tea For Two for Warner Brothers. In 1953 Day appeared as Calamity Jane, winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Secret Love (her recording of which became her fourth U.S. No. 1 recording). After filming Young at Heart (1954) with Frank Sinatra, Day chose not to renew her contract with Warner Brothers. Day subsequently took on more dramatic roles, including her 1954 portrayal of singer Ruth Etting in Love Me or Leave Me. Day would later call it, in her autobiography, her best film. She was also paired with such top stars as Jack Lemmon, James Stewart, Cary Grant, David Niven, and Clark Gable.
After Teacher's Pet (1958), Day's popularity at the box office waned. From 1957 to 1959, she was no longer regarded a "Top Ten Box Office Draw" by U.S. film exhibitors. In 1959, Day entered her most successful phase as a film actress with a series of romantic comedies, starting with Pillow Talk, co-starring Rock Hudson, who became a lifelong friend. Day received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Day and Hudson made two more films together, Lover Come Back (1961) and Send Me No Flowers (1964). Day also teamed up with James Garner, starting with 1963's The Thrill of It All, followed later that year by Move Over, Darling. Doris Day retired from the silver screen after 1968's "With Six You Get Eggroll." She lives near Carmel, California where she is passionate about animal welfare activism. Day released My Heart in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2011, her first new album in nearly two decades. The album is a compilation of previously unreleased recordings produced by Day's son, Terry Melcher, prior to his death in 2004. Day became the oldest artist to score a UK Top 10 with an album featuring new material, according to the Official Charts Company, entering at Number 9.
Early Days Productions: Doris Day 04/22/2012
