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Her first films were three 1941 music videos

posted a year ago by Satan2016 (23385)
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She started singing with this Big Band at 17 in 1939. Imdb quotes her as saying:
The happiest times in my life were the days when I was traveling with Les Brown and his band.

Performed by Doris Day with Les Brown and His Orchestra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i0j3eufjJo & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTrtXmg9eTg

[–] Quasimodo (16388) a year ago

Yep a better singer than an actress.

[–] Otter (24464) a year ago

And not that great a singer, either!

Seriously, the most unusual thing about her is that she started in Hollywood films in her teens, and only became a huge star in her thirties, an age when most Hollywood starlets of the era saw their careers evaporate. And that's why the standard joke about her was "I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin!", bazinga!

[–] Satan2016 (23385) a year ago

Her first feature film was in 1948 when she was 26.

[–] Otter (24464) a year ago

Wasn't she already moderately famous as a singer with big bands and in short films?

[–] Kowalski (58548) a year ago

[–] Otter (20029) 5 minutes ago
Wasn't she already moderately famous as a singer with big bands ? YES

and in short films? NO