The iconic American actress filmed alongside such classics as Rock Hudson and Cary Grant.
The American actress Doris Day died Monday at the age of 97 in her house in California, as she has confirmed her foundation. The actress was an icon of the big screen in the 1960s, being nominated for several Golden Globes throughout her long career.
Doris Day starred in almost fifty films in the 1960s and 1970s, including classics in film history such as Love Me or leave me, Tea for Two, The man who knew too much, In the Light of the Moon, Pajamas for Two or Confidences Midnight, a film for which he earned his only Oscar nomination.
"Day had enjoyed excellent health for her age until she recently contracted severe pneumonia that led to her death," the foundation, dedicated to the protection of animals, has reported.
Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff, known as Doris Day (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1922), was not only an actress but also a traditional pop and jazz singer. One of her best-known songs was, what will be, will be, covered on multiple occasions. However, her career began in dancing, although she had to abandon it due to an accident at the age of 19.
The actress starred in almost fifty films in the 1950s and 1960s, including classics in film history such as The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) or Midnight Confidence (1959). After her last film, in 1968, she went on to star in her own television show, The Doris Day Show, from 1968 to 1973.
Since then, she has moved away from the cameras and focused on animal rights activism through her Doris Day Animal Foundation. However, the American artist never completely abandoned her musical career: in 2011 she published an album at the age of 89. Now that she has passed away, her foundation has claimed that Day did not want a funeral for her to be held after her death.
Born in Cincinnati (Ohio) in 1924, her first film on the big screen was Romance on the High Seas, from 1948. Her romantic comedies, many of them starring actors like Rock Hudson, were huge box-office successes, and in them, she showed also his talent as a singer.
Married four times, three of which ended in divorce, Day was always skeptical of love and romance. "The more I study human beings, the more I love animals," was one of her most repeated phrases. In 2004, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, but due to her fear of flying, she was unable to come to collect it at an official ceremony at the White House.
