DAY Dreams
Mar 05, 2020
4 minutes
BY PAUL KENNEDY
She was the girl next door. Or more likely, the girl you dreamed about living next door.
Freckled faced with an upturned nose, blue eyes, blond hair and with an angel’s voice, the eternally perky Doris Day appeared in 39 films from 1948 to 1968, most often playing the wholesome and virtuous girl just out of reach. She was the rare movie star who was adored by men and women alike.
“She was a good girl,” said Norman Jewison who directed the actress in (1963) and (1964). “She wasn’t snide. She wasn’t too smart. She brought a kind of an
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