Listening to the radio while recuperating, she began singing along with Ella Fitzgerald, studying the singer and the subtleties of her voice.ĭay began singing at a Cincinnati radio station, then a nightclub, then in New York.
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He cited films like “Calamity Jane,” ″Move Over, Darling” and others and said he would “always remember her twinkling smile and infectious laugh.”ĭay “was kind and decent, onscreen and off she maintained her friendship with Rock Hudson after his AIDS diagnosis, in a climate of fear and abandonment - one of his last appearances was on a TV show with her,” playwright Paul Rudnick tweeted.īorn to a music teacher and a housewife in Cincinnati, Day dreamed of a dance career but at age 12 broke her leg badly when a car in which she was traveling was hit by a train. “She had a heart of gold and was a very funny lady who I shared many laughs with.” “Visiting her in her Californian home was like going to an animal sanctuary where her many dogs were taken care of in splendid style,” he said in a statement. Paul McCartney, a friend, called Day “a true star in more ways than one.” “She is an icon in the animal protection world and will be sorely missed for her singular advocacy,” Amundson said. Her foresight “led to dozens of bills, final rules and policies on the federal level,” which helped end abusive videos, protect chimpanzees from invasive research and regulate the online sale of puppies. In 1987, Day “founded one of the first national animal protection organizations dedicated to legislative remedies for the worst animal abuse,” said the league’s executive director, Sara Amundson.
The Humane Society of the United States, of which The Doris Day Animal League is an affiliate, praised Day as a pioneer in animal protection. The running joke, attributed to both Groucho Marx and actor-composer Oscar Levant, was that they had known Day “before she was a virgin.” Right down to her cheerful, alliterative stage name, she stood for the era’s ideal of innocence and G-rated love, a parallel world to her contemporary Marilyn Monroe. Over time, she became more than a name above the title. With her lilting contralto, fresh-faced beauty and glowing smile, Day was a top box-office draw and recording artist known for comedies such as “Pillow Talk” and “That Touch of Mink,” as well as songs like “Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)” from the Alfred Hitchcock film “The Man Who Knew Too Much.” She requested that no memorial services be held and no grave marker erected. Her Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed her death at her Carmel Valley, California, home.ĭay “had been in excellent physical health for her age” but had recently contracted pneumonia, the foundation said in a statement. In more recent years, Day had been an animal rights advocate. (AP Photo/Bob Dear, File)ĭoris Day, the sunny blond actress and singer whose frothy comedic roles opposite the likes of Rock Hudson and Cary Grant made her one of Hollywood’s biggest stars in the 1950s and ’60s and a symbol of wholesome American womanhood, died Monday. The Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed Day died early Monday, May 13, 2019, at her Carmel Valley, California, home.
Day, whose wholesome screen presence stood for a time of innocence in '60s films, has died, her foundation says. FILE - In this Apfile photo, film actress and singer Doris Day smiles in London.
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