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Doris Day

Actress, singer
3 April 1922 to 13 May 2019

An American actress and singer whose Sentimental Journey became a WWII anthem, Day performed an Oscar-winning song in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). She shone in musicals such as Calamity Jane (1953) and became the defining star of the sex-battle romantic comedies in the likes of Pillow Talk (1959) and Lover Come Back (1961).

Read Doris Day's Guardian obituary here.

Read Doris Day's New York Times obituary here.