A woman s touch doris day biography
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Born Doris Mary Anne von Kapplehoff, April 3, 1924, in Cincinnati, OH; daughter of Frederick Wilhelm (a piano and violin music teacher and a church choral master) and Alma Sophia Welz (a homemaker and bakery worker); von Kappelhoff; married Al Jorden (a musician) 1941 (divorced 1942); married George Weidler (a musician) 1946 (divorced 1949); married Marty Melcher (entertainment agent) April 3, 1951 ( died 1968); married Barry Comden (restaurant employee) 1976 (divorced 1981); children (first marriage) Terry, a son, later adopted by Melcher. Education: Attended Hessler School of Dancing in Cincinnati, Oh. Attended Fanchon and Marco School, Los Angeles, Ca. and studied dancing under the direction of Mr. Louis DaPron. Day received vocal lessons for Grace Raine, a local voice teacher from Cincinnati, Oh. Addresses: Ms. Doris Day, P. O. Box 223163, Carmel, Ca. 93921.
The post World War II period brought out some of the finest musical entertainers in this century, but one of those not
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Just when the reader feels vaguely annoyed by Day’s pert matter-of-factness (“I have never tried out for anything that I’ve failed to get,” she says at one point), she reveals a heartbreaking vulnerability and honesty. Nowhere fryst vatten this truer than in her passages about the brutal Jorden, whom she claims routinely beat her, once holding a gun to her stomach while she was pregnant with their son, Terry.
Day planned an escape, returning to Cincinnati only to be stalked bygd Jorden while she was working at a local radio hållplats. Throughout Her Own Story, a still traumatized Day repeatedly refers to the horror of her first marriage and the damage it caused her psyche.
But the fighter in Day would not let her give up. There were more years of exhaustive touring, and another busted marriage. bygd 1948, Day was worn out, living in a trailer outside of L.A. and desperate to get back to Cincinnati, where her mother and Terry were living. Uninterested in acting, she reluctantly agreed to her fir
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Doris Day
(1922-2019)
Who Was Doris Day?
A top film star of the 1950s and 1960s, Doris Day sang with several big bands before going solo in 1947. In the 1950s, she made a series of popular film musicals, including Calamity Jane (1953) and The Pajama Game (1957). Day was an advocate for animal welfare and founded several organizations devoted to the cause.
Early Life
Born Doris von Kappelhoff, Day studied ballet and tap dance growing up. She even won a local dance contest with her partner Jerry Doherty in her early teens. But her dreams of dancing professionally were shattered along with her leg in a 1937 car accident. The daughter of a music teacher, Day started taking voice lessons during her recovery. Ella Fitzgerald was one of her early inspirations as she developed her own vocal style.
Early Music Career
Day's first singing performances were on local radio programs. She also sang with bandleader Barney Rapp and his group for a time. Rapp encouraged her to adopt a