Legendary actress and singer Doris Day dead at 97

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP



LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Doris Day, the honey-voiced singer and actress whose film dramas, musicals and innocent sex comedies made her a top star in the 1950s and '60s and among the most popular screen actresses in history, has died. She was 97.

The Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed Day died early Monday at her Carmel Valley, California, home. The foundation said she was surrounded by close friends. "Day had been in excellent physical health for her age, until recently contracting a serious case of pneumonia, resulting in her death," the foundation said in an emailed statement.

With her lilting contralto, wholesome blonde beauty and glowing smile, she was a top box office draw and recording artist known for such films as "Pillow Talk" and "That Touch of Mink" and for such songs as "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)" from the Alfred Hitchcock film "The Man Who Knew Too Much."

But over time, she became more than a name above the title: Right down to her cheerful, alliterative stage name, she stood for a time of innocence and G-rated love, a parallel world to her contemporary Marilyn Monroe. The running joke, attributed to both Groucho Marx and actor-composer Oscar Levant, was that they had known Day "before she was a virgin."

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Another legendary one has left us.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Que Sera Sera. R.I.P.

[barbtries]

8. exactly what i was going to say.

we had one record as i recall (i was maybe 4 years old?) - this was it.

I also read her autobiography so many years ago that i have to say it amazes me that she's just now dying. she lived a good long time.

[utopian]

9. I cited this song just yesterday

As part of a mother-related list.

She was a great singer and actor. I especially love Pillow Talk with Rock Hudson. A class act.

RIP Doris

[Scarsdale]

2. R.I.P.

Great entertainer, then went on to be animal activist. She will be missed. Glad she was healthy until recently.

[Coventina]

3. A wonderful advocate for animals.

When filming in Morocco for "The Man Who Knew Too Much" it was during Ramadan.

When the animals used in the scenes were clearly suffering, she inquired why.

Turned out, the animals were being refused water during the day, along with the observant Muslims.

Well, she went on strike, refusing to work on the picture any more, until that policy was changed.

The animals got their water!

[PSPS]

4. "Sorry we're late. We had to go pick up Hank."

Day also got to work with Hitchcock. Her "Que Sera, Sera" song debuted in "The Man Who Knew Too Much."

[hlthe2b]

5. Talented in so many ways and a friend to people and animals alike...

[Kind of Blue]

6. My goodness! My husband and I were watching

My Dinner With Hervé last night. Fly Me to the Moon was sung in the background throughout the film. He wondered who the singer was and I said she sounds like Doris Day, there's a unique sweetness in her voice. I thought she was 100. He said, n'eh, I bet mid to late 90's.

We both loved her to pieces, especially got a kick out of the rumor that she dated Sly Stone.

Rest In Peace, Ms. Day. You brought us lot joy.

[LovingA2andMI]

7. Lifelong Republican.....

Make of that what you will......

[DeminPennswoods]

10. Republicans were a lot more liberal when she was young

More like today's Dems.

[WePurrsevere]

46. Maybe it's because I was alive & paying attention...

back then (my dad was a big one on watching & discussing the news) but it's amazing to me how many people don't know how much the parties have changed over the decades.

[DeminPennswoods]

47. John Doar is a good example

He was a regustered Republican and selected to be the House Judiciary committee impeachment hearings councel by Rodino. Yet Doar was a very important player in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. No member of today's Republican party would be involved in anything remotely similar.

[WePurrsevere]

48. Yes, he's a great historical example.

It was my now late, life long registered Republican/40+ year Democrat voting, dad that I was remembering when I wrote that but Doar is certainly a more well known (and Googled for info for those unfamiliar).

[nini]

14. Sad..

Her standing by Rock Hudson when the AIDS hysteria was a full peak was legendary.
Add to that her animal rights work.

Not a shitty person at all.

[rockfordfile]

20. Well she was a supporter of all the gay hating in the 70s with Reagan. A mixed bag

[Coventina]

36. Not true! She was a staunch advocate for Rock Hudson

and was outspokenly critical of the hysteria during the AIDS crisis and many in the LGBTQ+ community consider her an icon.

[rockfordfile]

19. Yeah that's tough one. Some democrats were friends of her

But She stuck by all of the Racism and bigotry of the gop back then in the 1950s,60s, 70s etc.

[Raine]

45. THAT is NOT true. nt

[Hulk]

39. Disappointing...but otherwise universally admired around the world.

I’m not too surprised. Back in those days, wealth often determined party. They were just as enabling to a backward party as the cult is today.

[OnlinePoker]

11. Her compassion with Rock Hudson after his AIDS diagnoses was uplifting

It humanized the disease and showed what a good person she really was. Most of her movies were fluff, but maybe that's what we need from time to time to get away from the stresses of daily life.

[FailureToCommunicate]

12. "Glass Bottom Boat" may have been a silly movie, but my father would laugh his

head off as we sat and watched it together as a family. If only for that one role, among her many, I am grateful for Doris Day's life. I wish that she may rest in peace. May her family know how much we look back fondly on the era when she was a star.

[riverwalker]

13. Her loyalty to Rock Hudson

After his AIDs diagnosis was inspiring. At a time when people thought you could get it from sneezing and Hollywood shunned him, she was openly affectionate, kissed him on her TV show.

[catbyte]

15. She was a tireless advocate for animals. She had a wholesome image, but she could torch

with the best of them. Here's one of my favorites:

[Duppers]

42. "An icon in the animal protection world"

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.

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. 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.

“She is an icon in the animal protection world and will be sorely missed for her singular advocacy,” Amundson said.


She was one of my heroines.

[pazzyanne]

16. Doris Day - a wonderful actress and humanitarian!

May she rest in peace

[LakeArenal]

17. Just had a birthday April 3rd.

Have a nice trip, Doris.

[mobeau69]

18. R.I.P., Doris.

[Norbert]

21. She was a beautiful lady til the end.

[calimary]

22. And an animal rights advocate in her later years.

Awwwww... Doris Day.

Julia Roberts later became known as an “America’s Sweetheart” but she had nothing on Doris Day.

[shenmue]

23. She had an animal league

A worthy cause.

Rest in peace.

[TygrBright]

24. An amazing and inspiring life, layered and complex and joyful. Pass serenely, friend. n/t

[Liberty Belle]

25. She also founded a pet-friendly hotel, Cypress Inn, in California.

Looks like it's still around: https://cypress-inn.com/doris-day-carmel-california-hotel/

This was one of the first such hotels, if not the first. Her work in animal rights was admirable, as well as her talent as a performer.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

26. Sad news... :(

[kimbutgar]

27. My all time favorite movie of hers was Pajama Game

Where she was the union rep for the pajama factory and she stood up to management. I learned about labor unions as a kid from that movie. But I laugh they were fighting about a 3 cents raise!


RIP Doris Day. I know you are surrounded and cuddled by all the animals you saved!

[SoCalNative]

28. It was actually

7 1/2 Cents

[Hekate]

31. LOL. A buck sure went a lot further in those days! Safe journey, Doris; you brought us joy.

[kimbutgar]

32. Great scene!

I like the steam heat dance also!

[msongs]

33. classic songs and routines including early bob fosse...

[displacedtexan]

29. She must've had a great sense of humor.

She played a Broadway actress in Where Were You When The Lights Went Out?, & the name of the play she was starring in was The Constant Virgin.

[Martin Eden]

30. I liked her early work

But the "Pillow Talk" and goody-two-shoes kind of movies were not my cup of tea.

RIP to a Hollywood legend.

[solara]

40. She was also a fine dramatic actress

"Love Me Or Leave Me" with James Cagney, The story of Jazz Singer Ruth Etting (1955)

"The Man Who Knew Too Much" with James Stewart (1956)

"Midnight Lace" with Rex Harrison & Roddy McDowell (1960)

She was an interesting actress, even in her fluffier movies..a natural comedienne and a very good singer.. Doris had a pretty tough life before she started singing which was her beginning in show biz.

She has created quite a legacy, especially because of her Animal Rights work

She will be missed for sure

[isenhour]

34. Day

I and my buddy were just talking about her, his father played trumpet in the Doris Day Band in Cincy. There pay was so low that when the second child arrived it was bye bye Doris.

[Dem2theMax]

35. This hurts.

[suston96]

37. My Secret Love.......

....has gone away.

[Yavin4]

41. The world is a little less graceful today.

RIP

[Maxheader]

43. RIP Doris..

[Raine]

44. Very very sad news...

but I bet there was a lot of animals to greet her at the Rainbow Bridge ... R-I-P Doris