The Hollywood Reporter obituary for Doris Day describes her in the headline as “Hollywood’s Favorite Girl Next Door,” which is reasonable enough, if not terribly imaginative. The truth, hidden in plain sight in so many of her movies and musical performances, is that Doris Day was a sex goddess. [Read our obituary of Doris Day. | Stream four great Day movies (and one TV show).] Day wasn’t a glamorous blond enigma like Grace Kelly or Kim Novak — though she did, like both of them, work with Alfred Hitchcock.

Source: New York Times May 14, 2019 11:00 UTC