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May132019
Doris Day (1922-2019)
Monday, May 13, 2019 at 6:30PM by Nathaniel R
"Legend" and "Icon" and "Classic" are all overused words in showbiz prose, and we're as guilty of anyone at letting those words fly out with abandon. But they're nothing like overstatements when it comes to the career of Doris Day, one of the 20th Century's most beloved and successful stars. She began her career as a teenage big band singer and nine years later debuted on the big screen in her most regular genre, the romantic comedy (with or without songs) via Busby Berkeley's Romance on the High Seas (1948).
She was an instant hit with audiences but it took a few more years for her true classics to emerge...