Doris Day

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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 didnt 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.