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Early life. [edit] Childhood home in Cincinnati. Day was born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff [ 3 ] on April 3, 1922, in Cincinnati, Ohio, [ 4 ] the daughter of German-American [ 5 ][ 6 ][ 7 ] parents Alma Sophia (née Welz; 1895–1976) and William Joseph Kappelhoff (1892–1967). She was named after actress Doris Kenyon. [ 8 ]
May 13, 2019 · The legendary actress and singer, who died at 97 on Monday at her home in California, lived through a series of heartbreaks that she documented in her 1975 tell-all Doris Day: Her Own Story....
Mar 15, 2022 · On a Chariot of Sunshine. On April 3, 1922, in Cincinnati, Doris Kappelhoff was born into a large German American family. While her gregarious mother, Alma, was devoted to her sunny daughter, her...
Apr 2, 2014 · Doris Day was a singer and actress most popular in the 1950s and early-1960s. She starred in a television sitcom called 'The Doris Day Show' from 1968-1973.
Doris Day was an American actress, singer and renowned animal rights activist. Best known for her performance in the romantic comedy, ‘Pillow Talk’ which earned her an Academy Award nomination for the Best Actress in a Leading Role, she was one of the most popular actresses in the 1950s and 1960s.
One of America's most loved actresses was born Doris Mary Kappelhoff on April 3, 1922, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Alma Sophia (Welz), a housewife, and William Joseph Kappelhoff, a music teacher and choir master.
Apr 2, 2012 · Day started her career as a teenage dancer in Cincinnati. She was spotted by a Paramount Pictures talent scout who wanted to fly her out to Hollywood, but a car accident on the night of her...
