Doris Day

Who they were

Personal life Day was married four times. [ 1 ] From April 1941 to February 1943, she was married to trombonist Al Jorden (1917–1967), whom she met in Barney Rapp's band. [ 2 ] Jorden was violent, had schizophrenia, and died by suicide years after their divorce. When Day became pregnant and refused to have an abortion, he beat her in an attempt to force a miscarriage. Their son was born Terrence Paul Jorden in 1942, and he adopted the surname of Melcher when he was adopted by Day's third husband.

Doris Day was an American actress and singer. With an entertainment career that spanned 75 years, Day was one of the most popular and acclaimed female singers of the 1940s and 1950s, with a parallel career as a leading actress in Hollywood films, where she became one of the biggest box-office stars of the 1960s. She was known for her on-screen girl next door image and her distinctive singing voice.

Early life

Early life Childhood home in Cincinnati Day was born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff [ 1 ] on April 3, 1922, in Cincinnati , Ohio, [ 2 ] the daughter of German-American [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] parents Alma Sophia ( née Welz; 1895–1976) and William Joseph Kappelhoff (1892–1967). [ 6 ] [ 7 ] She was named after actress Doris Kenyon . [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Her mother was a homemaker , and her father was a music teacher and choirmaster . [ 10 ] [ 11 ]

Path and career

Worked with / for: Warner Bros. Entertainment.

Awards / honours: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Henrietta Award, Henrietta Award, and Henrietta Award.

Career Early career (1938–1947) Day and Bob Crosby (1940) While recovering from her car accident, Day sang along with the radio and discovered her singing talent. She later said: "During this long, boring period, I used to while away a lot of time listening to the radio, sometimes singing along with the likes of Benny Goodman , Duke Ellington , Tommy Dorsey , and Glenn Miller . But the one radio voice I listened to above others belonged to Ella Fitzgerald . There was a quality to her voice that fascinated me,

Why this date

Doris Day appears on our May 13 calendar for 2019 as a death entry.