Post by Nats on May 13, 2019 21:51:19 GMT
Wow she lived to 97
Doris Day died Monday at 97. An actress and singer known for her wholesome, sunny screen presence, Day was a major movie star of the 1950s and ’60s: first as a dynamic leading lady during the golden age of the Hollywood musical; and then as a love interest for rugged leading men like Rock Hudson and Cary Grant in several suggestive-but-chaste screwball sex comedies, like “Pillow Talk” and “That Touch of Mink.”
As the public’s taste in entertainment changed in the 1970s — shifting toward gritty realism and adult themes — Day’s popularity declined. She went into semiretirement after wrapping up the fifth season of her CBS sitcom “The Doris Day Show” in 1973. But she retained a fervent fan base for her cheery movies and for her TV show.
Doris Day died Monday at 97. An actress and singer known for her wholesome, sunny screen presence, Day was a major movie star of the 1950s and ’60s: first as a dynamic leading lady during the golden age of the Hollywood musical; and then as a love interest for rugged leading men like Rock Hudson and Cary Grant in several suggestive-but-chaste screwball sex comedies, like “Pillow Talk” and “That Touch of Mink.”
As the public’s taste in entertainment changed in the 1970s — shifting toward gritty realism and adult themes — Day’s popularity declined. She went into semiretirement after wrapping up the fifth season of her CBS sitcom “The Doris Day Show” in 1973. But she retained a fervent fan base for her cheery movies and for her TV show.
