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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 Turns 90: Celebrates For The Animals

    The bubbly and beautiful screen legend Doris Day is celebrating her 90th birthday with friends, including the furry kind, and with compassion. She will be hosting an auction to benefit animals.

    The nonprofit Doris Day Animal Foundation will be hosting a tribute dinner and fundraiser in honor of Day’s milestone 90th birthday, helping her celebrate with a huge party in Carmel, Calif.

    The full weekend celebration of events includes a tribute dinner, with music, gourmet food and wine, souvenirs and an auction. The event will celebrate Day’s lifelong love of animals and the many accomplishments of the Doris Day Animal Foundation and its grantees. This landmark event will be held at the gracious Quail Lodge in Carmel.

    The party being held at Day’s Cypress Inn is sold out, but will entertain those lucky enough to be there with a doggie fashion show and an adoption event.

    Some of the items that will be auctioned include personal autographs from Doris, and other celebrity friends that include Paul McCartney and Tony Bennett – and will be available at the dinner, as well as online. Bidding for some of the items online begin April 1.

    In a statement, Day said she doesn’t care much for celebrating birthdays with cards or gifts, inviting fans to help animals instead. As Day put it: “I’m all about the four-leggers.”

    Day was born April 3, 1924, and starred in more than three dozen films from the 1940s to the 1960s, including Pillow Talk and Calamity Jane.

    She was more than just an actress, she was also an accomplished singer, recording hit songs that included, “Que Sera, Sera.” and “Secret Love.”

    She lives in the seaside city of Carmel in Northern California and has devoted herself to animal welfare since stepping out of show business.

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

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