Information on Doris Day

March 1941 Doris married Al Jordon

1943 Doris and Al Jordon divorce

March 30, 1946 Doris marries George Weidler

May 9, 1947 Big-Band Singer Doris Day signs with Warners

May 31, 1949 Doris and George Weidler divorce

Doris is number 9 at the box office in 1951

April 3, 1951 Doris marries Martin Melcher, ex-husband of Patti Andrews of The Andrews Sisters

April 18, 1952 "Doris Day wants her husband referred to as MARTIN Melcher," says the Hollywood Reporter, of the man who will dissipate her considerable fortune.

May 26, 1955 Love me or Leave me, starring Doris Day and James Cagney, opens at the Radio City Music Hall.

May 16, 1956 Alfred Hitchcock's remake of his 1934 The Man Who Knew Too Much opens at the Paramount. It stars James Stewart and Doris Day, who sings "Que, Sera, Sera."

July 1957 Movie and TV Album magazine features the story:"Doris Day: Did you Ever See a Dream Perking?"

Doris is number 4 at the box office in 1959

October 6, 1959 Pillow Talk premieres at the Palace and Murry Hill theaters. Rock Hudson and Doris Day are starring in the first of their three films together.

Doris Day is Number 1 at the box office in 1960

Doris is number 3 at the box office in 1961

Doris Day is number 1 at the box office in 1962

The Golden Globe Awards Best Picture Comedy: That Touch of Mink

Doris Day is number 1 at the box office in 1963

Doris is number 3 at the box office in 1965

Number 8 at the box office in 1966

September 18, 1974 Doris Day wins a $22.8 million suit against her former lawyer and manger, Jerome B. Rosenthal, for malpractice in handling her affairs. She eventually settles for $6 million. "My husband (Martin Melcher, who has died) trusted Rosenthal and I trusted my husband," she says.

April 14, 1976 Doris marries Barry Comden

1981 Doris divorces Barry Comden

Information was taken for the MOVIE TIME book by Gene Brown

 

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