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Doris Day was the queen of romantic comedies.
See my tribute to Doris on her 90th birthday:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3140772/posts
Doris Day is a living legend, an American treasure- the likes of which we will never see again.
Over the course of her career, Day appeared in 39 films. She was ranked the biggest box-office star, the only woman on that list, for four years (1960, 1962, 1963 and 1964) ranking in the top 10 for ten years (1951–1952 and 1959–1966).
She became the top-ranking female box-office star of all time and is currently ranked sixth among the top 10 box office performers (male and female), as of 2012.
She received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Pillow Talk, won three Henrietta Awards (World Film Favorite), received the Los Angeles Film Critics Association’s Career Achievement Award and, in 1989, received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures.
Doris Day has also released 31 albums, and her songs have spent a total of 460 weeks in the Top 40 charts. She has been awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a Legend Award from the Society of Singers. In 2011, she released her 29th studio album, My Heart, which debuted at No. 9 on the UK Top 40 charts. As of January 2014, Day is the oldest living artist to score a UK Top 10 with an album featuring new material.
She could do it ALL; sing, dance, drama, comedy- you name it. If you haven’t seen her in a drama, see ‘Midnight Lace’ [the best crier in the movies] and ‘Love Me or Leave me’- both outstanding dramatic performances.
And, by the way, we may have Doris to thank for the greatest president; Ronald Reagan.
When she was dating him she encouraged him to go into politics.
(What a First Lady she would have made!)
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Now doubt she was an arch conservative, and what makes her chemistry with Rock Hudson so much more interesting.
Thanks for the reminder on Doris Day.
Just finished watching “Bird on a Wire” on cable movies. Romantic, comedy, action with Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn. Nice enough movie. Had been long enough ago when I last watched it that I forgot most of it!