Doris Day - A Reluctant Star

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With her bobbed, blonde hair & flashing smile, Doris Day was portrayed as the girl next door ? a virginal girl that you could take home to your parents. In real life, she was not quite the happy-go-lucky blonde with the bubbly personality promoted by Warner Brothers who simply wanted to market her as a commodity. Married young, to a violent bully, & with a child, Day had to work hard, touring with bands, to get her start in showbusiness. A reluctant star, all Doris Day wanted to do was settle down to a happy, simple life but somehow managed to always attract the wrong kind of men ? thugs & crooks who took their anger out on her. & yet this didn?t stop her from enjoying sexual exploits with a number of leading men. She worked hard ? not to become a success but for a job ? & yet her manager managed to defraud her of millions. How could this happen to such a smart lady ? perhaps she was too trusting? In this revealing biography, David Bret takes a fascinating look at the trials & tribulations behind what seemed to her adoring fans to be the perfect woman. From her German Jewish parents to her donation to an airlift of cats & dogs in Louisiana, as well as full discography & film lists, this is a captivating look at a resilient American icon. David Bret was born in Paris & is a leading celebrity biographer. His many acclaimed books include biographies of Marlene Dietrich, Gracie Fields, Freddie Mercury, Tallulah Bankhead, Maria Callas, Rudolph Valentino, Edith Piaf & Joan Crawford. He lives in Yorkshire.