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PEOPLE & ARTS Tuesday 14 May 2019
Doris Day, actress who honed wholesome image, dies at 97

By JULIA RUBIN an innocent couple en-
Associated Press snared in an international
Doris Day, the sunny blond assassination plot. She sang
actress and singer whose "Que Sera, Sera" just as the
frothy comedic roles oppo- story reached its climax.
site the likes of Rock Hud- But she found her greatest
son and Cary Grant made success in slick, stylish sex
her one of Hollywood's big- comedies, beginning with
gest stars in the 1950s and 1959's Oscar-nominated
'60s and a symbol of whole- "Pillow Talk," in which she
some American woman- and Hudson played two
hood, died Monday. She New Yorkers who shared a
was 97. telephone party line. It was
In more recent years, Day the first of three films with
had been an animal rights Hudson.
advocate. Her Doris Day In "That Touch of Mink," she
Animal Foundation con- turned back advances
firmed her death at her from Grant and in "The Thrill
Carmel Valley, California, of It All" played a housewife
home. who gains fame as a TV
Day "had been in excellent pitchwoman to the chagrin
physical health for her age" of obstetrician husband
but had recently contract- James Garner.
ed pneumonia, the foun- The nation's theater owners
dation said in a statement. voted her the top money-
She requested that no me- In this April 15, 1955, file photo, American actress and singer Doris Day holds a bouquet of roses at making star in 1960, 1962,
morial services be held and Le Bourget Airport in Paris after flying in from London. 1963 and 1964.
no grave marker erected. Associated Press Her first singing hit was the
With her lilting contralto, 1945 smash "Sentimental
fresh-faced beauty and A.E. Hotchner, who col- helped end abusive vid- 12 broke her leg badly Journey," when she was
glowing smile, Day was a laborated with Day on her eos, protect chimpanzees when a car in which she barely in her 20s. Among
top box-office draw and memoir, said she had a from invasive research and was traveling was hit by a the other songs she made
recording artist known for "sweet and sour" existence regulate the online sale of train. Listening to the radio famous were "Everybody
comedies such as "Pillow and never let her personal puppies. while recuperating, she be- Loves a Lover," ''Secret
Talk" and "That Touch of difficulties "change her at- "She is an icon in the animal gan singing along with Ella Love," and "It's Magic," a
Mink," as well as songs like titude toward people." protection world and will Fitzgerald, "trying to catch song from her first film, "Ro-
"Whatever Will Be, Will Be "She was such a positive, be sorely missed for her sin- the subtle ways she shaded mance on the High Seas."
(Que Sera, Sera)" from the absolutely enchanting gular advocacy," Amund- her voice, the casual yet Critic Gary Giddins called
Alfred Hitchcock film "The woman," he told The Asso- son said. clean way she sang the her "the coolest and sexiest
Man Who Knew Too Much." ciated Press on Monday. Paul McCartney, a friend, words." female singer of slow-bal-
Over time, she became "And she was so loved." called Day "a true star in Day began singing at a lads in movie history."
more than a name above Day received a Presiden- more ways than one." Cincinnati radio station, Day was cast in "Romance
the title. Right down to her tial Medal of Freedom in "Visiting her in her Califor- then a nightclub, then in on the High Seas" after
cheerful, alliterative stage 2004. Although mostly re- nian home was like going to New York. A bandleader Judy Garland and Betty
name, she stood for the tired from show business an animal sanctuary where changed her name to Day Hutton bowed out. Warner
era's ideal of innocence since the 1980s, she still had her many dogs were taken after the song "Day after Bros. cashed in on its new
and G-rated love, a paral- enough of a following that care of in splendid style," Day" to fit it on a marquee. star with a series of musi-
lel world to her contempo- a 2011 collection of pre- he said in a statement. A marriage at 17 to trom- cals, including "My Dream
rary Marilyn Monroe. The viously unreleased songs, "She had a heart of gold bonist Al Jorden ended Is Yours," ''Tea for Two" and
running joke, attributed to "My Heart," hit the top 10 and was a very funny lady when, she said, he beat "Lullaby of Broadway." Her
both Groucho Marx and in the United Kingdom. The who I shared many laughs her when she was eight dramas included "Young
actor-composer Oscar Le- same year, she received a with." months' pregnant. She Man with a Horn" and
vant, was that they had lifetime achievement hon- He cited films like "Calam- gave birth to her son, Terry, "Storm Warning."
known Day "before she was or from the Los Angeles Film ity Jane," ''Move Over, Dar- in early 1942. Her second Her last film was "With Six
a virgin." Critics Association. ling" and others and said marriage also was short- You Get Eggroll," a 1968
Day herself was no Do- The Humane Society of the he would "always remem- lived. She returned to Les comedy about a widow
ris Day, by choice and by United States, of which The ber her twinkling smile and Brown's band after the first and a widower who blend
hard luck. Her 1976 tell-all Doris Day Animal League is infectious laugh." marriage broke up. families.
book, "Doris Day: Her Own an affiliate, praised Day as Day "was kind and de- Her Hollywood career be- In the 1960s, Day discov-
Story," chronicled her mon- a pioneer in animal protec- cent, onscreen and off; she gan after she sang at a Hol- ered that failed investments
ey troubles and three failed tion. maintained her friendship lywood party in 1947. After by her third husband, Mar-
marriages. In 1987, Day "founded one with Rock Hudson after his early stardom as a band tin Melcher, left her deeply
"I have the unfortunate of the first national ani- AIDS diagnosis, in a climate singer and a stint at War- in debt. She eventually won
reputation of being Miss mal protection organiza- of fear and abandonment ner Bros., Day won the best a multimillion-dollar judg-
Goody Two-Shoes, Ameri- tions dedicated to legisla- — one of his last appear- notices of her career with ment against their lawyer.
ca's Virgin, and all that, so tive remedies for the worst ances was on a TV show 1955's "Love Me or Leave With movies trending to-
I'm afraid it's going to shock animal abuse," said the with her," playwright Paul Me," the story of songstress ward more explicit sex, she
some people for me to say league's executive direc- Rudnick tweeted. Ruth Etting and her gang- turned to television to re-
this, but I staunchly believe tor, Sara Amundson. Her Born to a music teacher ster husband-manager. coup her finances. "The Do-
no two people should get foresight "led to dozens of and a housewife in Cincin- She followed with "The Man ris Day Show" was a moder-
married until they have bills, final rules and policies nati, Day dreamed of a Who Knew Too Much," star- ate success in its 1968-1973
lived together," she wrote. on the federal level," which dance career but at age ring with James Stewart as run on CBS.q