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She was known for her on-screen girl next door image and her distinctive singing voice.","summary_more":["Day began her career as a big band singer in 1937, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, \"Sentimental Journey\" and \"My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time\" with Les Brown and His Band of Renown. She left Brown to embark on a solo career and recorded more than 650 songs from 1947 to 1967. Her recording of \"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)\" became known as her signature song and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011.","Day made her film debut with the musical Romance on the High Seas (1948). She played the title role in the musical Calamity Jane (1953) and starred in the thriller The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). She co-starred with Rock Hudson in three successful comedies: Pillow Talk (1959), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, Lover Come Back (1961) and Send Me No Flowers (1964). Day also worked with actor  James Garner on both Move Over, Darling (1963) and The Thrill of It All (1963). After ending her film career in 1968, she starred in her own television sitcom The Doris Day Show (1968–1973).","In 1989, Day was awarded the Golden Globe and the Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement in Motion Pictures. In 2004, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2008, she received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award as well as a Legend Award from the Society of Singers. In 2011, she was awarded the Los Angeles Film…"],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"3 April 1922","date":"1922-04-03"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104372#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Cincinnati","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43196"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104372#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"13 May 2019","date":"2019-05-13"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104372#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Carmel Valley","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139301779"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104372#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104372#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"film actor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10800557"},{"text":"singer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177220"},{"text":"television actor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10798782"},{"text":"recording artist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55960555"},{"text":"actor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33999"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104372#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Republican Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29468"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104372#P102"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Al Jorden","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61839510","start":"1941-03","end":"1943-02-08"},{"text":"George William Weidler","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5546356","start":"1946-03-30","end":"1949-05-31"},{"text":"Martin Melcher","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1644646","start":"1951-04-03","end":"1968-04-20"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104372#P26"}},{"key":"website","label":"Official website","values":[{"text":"dorisday.com","url":"https://www.dorisday.com"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104372#P856"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q935843","date":"2008"},{"text":"Henrietta Award","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1534911","date":"1959"},{"text":"Golden Globe Cecil B. 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: DorisDay-midnightlace-full.jpg — Universal Pictures, Public domain.","cite":"\"Doris Day\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/doris-day. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T15:28:16Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/doris-day","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/doris-day","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/doris-day?lang=ne"}}