DORIS DAY
Facts ‐ Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff ‐ Born on April 3, 1922 ‐ Died on May 13, 2019 ‐ Was an American Actress, singer, and animal welfare activist 2
Music Career ‐ Big band singer in 1939 ‐ Achieving commercial success in 1945 with “sentimental Journey“ and “My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time” with Les Brown and His Band of Renown ‐ Created 10” LP and 12’ LP albums ‐ Most albums were from movies she starred in 3
MUSIC You’re My Thrill Young Man with a Horn ‐ Released on August 1949 - Released on 1950 ‐ https://youtu.be/l1Q1cX1K-Fk - “Too Marvelous for Words” - https://youtu.be/zYTymnSQ40w 4
MUSIC Tea for Two Lullaby on Broadway ‐ Released on September 4, 1950 - Released on March 5, 1951 ‐ https://youtu.be/vjGwxPNKMtg - https://youtu.be/Fo0JKOiVv10 5
MUSIC On Moonlight Bay I’ll See You In My Dreams ‐ Released on July 2, 1951 - Released on December 14, 1951 ‐ https://youtu.be/Ud7ZTU4FS3U - https://youtu.be/vylxH7Kd4WM 6
MUSIC By the Light of Silvery Moon Calamity Jane ‐ Released on March 13, 1953 - Released on November 9,1953 ‐ https://youtu.be/td7lCCO9aaQ - “Secret Love” - https://youtu.be/H8P_p7dB2dw 7
MUSIC Love Me or Leave Me Day Dreams ‐ Released on May 12, 1955 - Released on June 13, 1955 ‐ https://youtu.be/eBtvCHKn_oU - “Imagination“ - https://youtu.be/WHCjQPtE-IY 8
Film Career - Began her film career with Romance on the High Seas, 1948 - This lead to a 20- year career as a motion picture actress - She starred in films of many genres: musicals, comedies, dramas, and thrillers. 9
Other Well Known Movies The Man Who Knew Too Much - Released 1956 - Directed by Alfred Hitchcock - co starred with James Stewart - Film won an Academy Award for Best Original Song “Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)” - The movie is about a family figuring out a way to get their child back with no help from the police - https://youtu.be/_91hU6LDjoA 10
Other Well Known Movies Pillow Talk - Released 1959 - Directed by Michael Gordon - Movie nominated her for the Academy Award for Best Actress - The movie is about a man and a woman who share a party line cannot stand each other, but he has fun romancing her with his voice disguised. - https://youtu.be/F2umX5T2Zs0 11
Other Well Known Movies Lover Come Back - Released in 1961 - Directed by Delbert Mann - Co starred with Rock Hudson - Earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay - The movie is about a series of misunderstanding leaves on an advertising executive with a campaign for a product which has not yet been invented, while he romances his rival in the guise of its inventor - https://youtu.be/XVLqG0P_NWo 12
Other Well Known Movies Move Over, Darling - Released on 1963 - Co starred James Garner and Polly Bergen - Nominated for Best Actress in Comedy/Musical at the 21st Golden Globes - This movie is about a husband‘s missing wife thought long dead after being lost at sea for several years returns just after he remarried - https://youtu.be/Jj4IUhrgM7Y 13
Citations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Day https://www.biography.com/actor/doris-day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Day_discography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Day_filmography 14
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