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OT: RIP: Doris Day

LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,166
edited May 2019 in The Commons

The 1950s idea of the perfect woman has left the building:  https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48257670

But for us old timers out here, if you remember who Oscar Levant* was, then I particularly love his comment about her. "I've been around so long, I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin."

 

*Note:  Oscar Levant was a classical pianist, composer, author, etc. but later became known for often appearing on TV shows drunk/intoxicated/loopy/sloppy/morose/... and willing to say anything he thought would shock.

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  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191

    I was obsessed with Doris Day movies growing up. I always enjoyed her sense of comic timing. She had a beautiful voice, too. She was an all around versatile actress. Ninety-seven years is a great run, but it's sad to think she's no longer with us. I think it's time to binge watch her movies again.

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,398

    She was a helluva woman for any era.  Nice tribute video 1 to 96 years old.

  • RAMWolffRAMWolff Posts: 10,365

    R.I.P. dear lady.  Thank you for all the wonderful moments on film and all your work you did for animals small and large! heart

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,704

    Doris and I live in the same area. She was big on supporting rescued animals and I loved her for it. Stupendous person.

  • Worlds_EdgeWorlds_Edge Posts: 2,153

    She had one of those faces that make you smile.  RIP Doris Day. 

  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,781

    I only remember seeing her in 'Please Don't Eat the Daisies' & 'Calamity Jane'. When i was a boy, much like 'The Wizard of Oz', 'Calamity Jane' was a movie that was very popular and played once per year on network television for the few years when I was very little.

    I remember once on the way back home as a small boy I saw an English Sheepdog that had been dumped by the roadside by it's owners. Having only ever seen an English Sheepdog in the movie 'Please Don't Eat the Daisies' I called the dog Daisy because I didn't even know it was a dog. I begged my parents for him and to my surprise they picked him and they huge dog rode in the back in the station wagon with me all the way back to Chicago. Unfortunately, because our neighbors already had a huge Saint Bernard and Daisy had behavioural issues my mom had to take him to an Animal Rescue Shelter where he could be trained to behave and be adopted. I wonder now if a dog as big as an English Sheepdog, let alone a Saint Bernard, are even allowed as pets in downtown Chicago as small as those yards are where we lived. 

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