Doris Day was an American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist. After she began her career as a big band singer in 1939.She recorded more than 650 songs from 1947 to 1967, which made her one of the most popular and acclaimed singers of the 20th century. Day's film career began with the film Romance on the High Seas, and its success sparked her 20 year career as a motion picture actress, including musicals, comedies, and dramas. She starred in Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much with James Stewart. Her most successful films were the ones she made co-starring Rock Hudson and James Garner. She also co-starred in films with such leading men as Clark Gable, Cary Grant, David Niven, and Rod Taylor..Day was usually one of the top ten singers between 1951 and 1966. In 2011, she released her 29th studio album, My Heart, which became a UK Top 10 album featuring new material. She was one of the last surviving stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
