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  • Doris Day: Shout-Outs For Her 90th Birthday

    “Que sera, sera, whatever will be, will be. The future’s not ours to see, que sera sera.”

    I wonder what Doris Day was pondering when she sang her signature song – Que Sera, Sera – for the first time when it was released back in 1956?

    I bet she never dreamed where life would take her during the past nine decades of her life.

    “All I ever wanted in my life was to get married, have kids, keep house and cook, and even though I did all these things, I still ended up in Hollywood,” she told Closer magazine. “It was a great trip. I’ve had an amazing life and wonderful times. And I’m happy!”

    The actress and singer turned 90 today, April 3, and she is still just as vibrant and beautiful as she ever was in her heyday.

    Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff was born in Cincinnati to a music teacher and a homemaker. Her dream was to be a dancer, but when a tragic automobile accident severely injured her leg, she started singing to compensate, never realizing the blessing in disguise.

    She began singing on the radio and had her first real break with several Big Bands, including those led by Barney Rapp and Bob Cosby. She copped her first hit with the single, Sentimental Journey, with Les Brown’s Band.

    Her acting career dates from 1947 when she joined Warner Brothers Studios, starring in musicals like Calamity Jane.

    By the mid-’50s, she was becoming a bonified superstar, especially with hit films like Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much, in which Que Sera, Sera was introduced.

    In 1959, she was in the first of many movies with long-time friend Rock Hudson, in the racy (for its time) romantic comedy Pillow Talk, which led to a Best Actress Oscar nomination.

    For many years after that, she was the top box office star in the world.

    She has also been known and recognized for her work with animals.

    To celebrate her birthday, she will host an event featuring local animal rescues that need to be adopted, and will raise money for her charity, the Doris Day Animal Foundation.

    “I’ve never been a fan of celebrating my own birthdays,” she said. “[And] helping animals has been a lifelong passion. They give us unconditional love and ask very little in return.”

    Asked what the years have taught her, the forever girl-next-door said, “Live life to the fullest … It’s not coming back again.”

    Shout-outs have been coming from the many stars who have known and worked with her throughout the years.

    Happy birthday Miss Day!

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  • Doris Day Plans 90th Birthday Bash

    Doris Day is planning her 90th birthday bash, but the gifts people give will go to the animals she loves to serve. Animals have long been the actress and singer’s most cherished cause, and the Doris Day Animal Foundation will be the recipients of her birthday fundraising celebration.

    A sold-out event celebrating Day’s 90th birthday will take place at Day’s Cypress Inn and will even include a doggie fashion show. There will be an adoption event held as well, and a tribute dinner will take place for fans and friends. Auction items at the event will include memorabilia autographed by Doris Day as well as some of her celebrity friends including Paul McCartney and Tony Bennett. Fans can bid on items both at the event and online. Online bidding ends on April 1st.

    Doris Day issued a statement about her birthday bash, saying she doesn’t care all that much about birthday cards or birthday gifts, and that she much preferred the animals get the gifts instead.

    “I’m all about the four-leggers,” she said.

    Doris Day is known for her roles in more than three dozen films from the 1940s to the 1960s, including Calamity Jane and Pillow Talk. One of her best loved hit songs was Que Sera, Sera. She released the compilation album called My Heart in 2011.

    Ever since Day left show business she has devoted all of her energy to helping animals in need. She has served to raise money as well as educate those about properly caring for their pets.

    “There is so much work still to do to rescue animals, and to inform people about the importance of spaying and neutering their pets,” she said as part of her statement.

    It’s hard to believe that Doris Day will soon be 90 years old. She graced the big screen and the music world for decades and now animals reap the benefit of her big heart.

    Happy birthday wishes will no doubt arrive from all around the world on April 3rd.

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