Doris Day: Difference between revisions

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'''Doris Day''' (born '''Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff'''; April 3, 19241922) is an American actress, singer, and [[animal welfare]] activist. After she began her career as a big band singer in 1939, her popularity increased with her first hit recording "[[Sentimental Journey (song)|Sentimental Journey]]" (1945). After leaving [[Les Brown & His Band of Renown]] to embark on a solo career, she recorded more than 650 songs from 1947 to 1967, which made her one of the most popular and acclaimed singers of the 20th century.

Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff{{hsp}}<ref>{{cite AV media|year=1991|title=Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey|medium=Television production|publisher=WWTW Production Company|quote=I'm still Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff.}}</ref> was born on April 3, 19241922, in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]],<ref name=shes95>{{Cite web|last=Elber|first=Lynn|date=April 2, 2017|title=Birthday surprise for ageless Doris Day: She's actually 95|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4e59795cb64440bfa2567554e1f53097/only-ap-birthday-surprise-doris-day-shes-really-95|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|accessdate=April 2, 2017|archivedate=April 4, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404111630/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4e59795cb64440bfa2567554e1f53097/only-ap-birthday-surprise-doris-day-shes-really-95|deadurl=no|quote=A copy of Day's birth certificate, obtained by The Associated Press from Ohio's Office of Vital Statistics, settles the issue: Doris Mary Kappelhoff, her pre-fame name, was born on April 3, 19241922, making her 95. Her parents were Alma and William Kappelhoff of Cincinnati.|df=mdy-all}}</ref> the daughter of Alma Sophia (née Welz), a housewife, and William Joseph Kappelhoff, a music teacher and choir master.{{Sfn|Kaufman|2008|p=4}}<ref name="census">{{cite web|title=Ancestry.com|url=http://interactive.ancestry.com/2442/m-t0627-03199-00438/34332334?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fround-lake.dustinice.workers.dev%3a443%2fhttp%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3findiv%3d1%26db%3d1940usfedcen%26rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d0%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dangs-d%26gsfn%3dDoris%26gsln%3dKappelhoff%26msbpn__ftp%3dCincinnati%252c%2bHamilton%252c%2bOhio%252c%2bUSA%26msbpn%3d51335%26msbpn_PInfo%3d8-%257c0%257c1652393%257c0%257c2%257c3247%257c38%257c0%257c1266%257c51335%257c0%257c%26msrpn__ftp%3dCincinnati%252c%2bHamilton%252c%2bOhio%252c%2bUSA%26msrpn%3d51335%26msrpn_PInfo%3d8-%257c0%257c1652393%257c0%257c2%257c3247%257c38%257c0%257c1266%257c51335%257c0%257c%26msmng0%3dAlma%26uidh%3dxh6%26_83004003-n_xcl%3dm%26pcat%3d35%26fh%3d0%26h%3d34332334&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord|quote=Born 19241922: age on April 10, 1940, in Hamilton County, Ohio, 91–346 (enumeration district), 2552 Warsaw Avenue, was 18 years old as per 1940 United States Census records; name transcribed incorrectly as "Daris Kappelhoff", included with mother Alma and brother Paul, all with same surname}}. (registration required; initial 14-day free pass)</ref> All of her grandparents were [[German American|German immigrants]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.wargs.com/other/day.html|title=Doris Day profile|type=ancestry|publisher=Wargs|accessdate=April 5, 2014}}</ref> For most of her life, Day reportedly believed she had been born in 1924 and reported her age accordingly; it was not until her 95th birthday, when the [[Associated Press]] found her birth certificate, showing a 19241922 date, that she learned otherwise.<ref name=shes95/>

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