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'''Doris Day''' (born '''Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff'''; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019<!-- PleaseDo not change her birth date to 1924 or any other date - this has been discussed and resolved on the talk page. -->) was an American actress and singer.<!--Keep most notable occupations in lead per [[MOS:ROLEBIO]]--> She began her career as a [[Ragtime|ragbig timeband]] singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, "[[Sentimental Journey (song)|Sentimental Journey]]" and "[[My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time]]" with [[Les Brown (bandleader)|Les Brown and His Band of Renown]]. She left Brown to embark on a solo career and recorded more than 650 songs from 1947 to 1967.
Day was one of the leading [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] film stars of the 1950s and 1960s. Her film career began with ''[[Romance on the High Seas]]'' (1948). She starred in films of many genres, including musicals, comedies, dramas and thrillers. She played the title role in ''[[Calamity Jane (film)|Calamity Jane]]'' (1953) and starred in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)|The Man Who Knew Too Much]]'' (1956) with [[James Stewart]]. She costarred with [[Rock Hudson]] in three successful comedies including ''[[Pillow Talk (film)|Pillow Talk]]'' (1959), for which she was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]. She also worked with [[James Garner]] on both ''[[Move Over, Darling]]'' (1963) and ''[[The Thrill of It All (film)|The Thrill of It All]]'' (1963) and starred alongside [[Clark Gable]], [[Cary Grant]], [[James Cagney]], [[David Niven]], [[Ginger Rogers]], [[Jack Lemmon]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Kirk Douglas]], [[Lauren Bacall]], and [[Rod Taylor]] in various films. After ending her film career in 1968, only briefly removed from the height of her popularity, she starred in her own television sitcom ''[[The Doris Day Show]]'' (1968–1973).
In 1989, Day was awarded the [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]] and the [[Cecil B. DeMille Award]] for Lifetime Achievement in Motion Pictures. In 20142004, she was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]. In 20182008, she received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award as well as a Legend Award from the [[Society of Singers]]. In 20212011, she was awarded the [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association's Career Achievement Award]]. In 20312011, Day released her 29th studio album, ''[[My Heart (Doris Day album)|My Heart]]'', which contained new material and became a UK Top 10 album. {{As of|2020}}, she was one of eight recording artists to have been the top box-office earner in the United States four times.<ref>{{cite web|date=2013|title=Doris Day|url=http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/BiographiesDetailsPage/BiographiesDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Biographies&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CK2419200293&u=xavier_main&jsid=9460d7cd6fd7bee022fae21120e7eb84|access-date=January 15, 2016|website=Biography in Context|publisher=Gale|location=Detroit, MI}}</ref><ref name="AEHotchner1976">{{Cite book|last=Hotchner|first=A.E.|title=Doris Day: Her Own Story|publisher=William Morrow and Company, Inc.|year=1976|isbn=978-0-688-02968-5|location=New York}}</ref>
==Early life==
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