Timeline

Toddler Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff

Doris already showing that famous smile.

Dancing was her first love and she started at a very young age.

Doris Mary Ann and brother Paul Kappelhoff.

Bob Hope's 1940s USO tour plane, "Sentimental Journey"

Doris at the bandstand in the early '40s

Glamour shot from Doris' time with Les Brown's Band

Doris & Frank Sinatra hamming it up on "Your Hit Parade"

Flowers for "Your Hit Parade" co-stars, Doris Day and Frank Sinatra

Movie star Doris Day may have been pretty as a picture, but to Terry, she was just Mom.

Doris and co-star Jack Carson in "My Dream is Yours"

Doris back on the bandstand in her second movie, "My Dream Is Yours"

Doris and chum Jack Carson

Doris, Oscar Levant & Michael Curtiz discussing the script of "Romance On The High Seas"

Doris in her dressing room on the first day of shooting her first movie, "Romance On The High Seas"

Choreographer Donald Saddler said Doris was one of the most talented dancers with whom he had ever worked.

Doris had a string of hits in the early '50s with one of her favorite co-stars, Gordon MacRae.

If Doris wasn't on the set, she was in a recording studio.

In the early '50s, Doris made two films with Ronald Reagan: "The Winning Team" and "Storm Warning".

Doris performed on Bob Hope's radio show in 1948 and had her own radio show in 1952–53.

Animals have always been a big part of Doris' life. Here she is with Terry and Smudgie.

"Calamity Jane" was Doris' favorite movie to make, and she says the character was more like her than any other she played.

Doris teamed up again in 1954 with Frank Sinatra for the film "Young At Heart."

Jimmy Cagney specifically asked for little Doris Day to be his co-star in "Love Me or Leave Me."

Doris and Alfred Hitchcock on the set of "The Man Who Knew Too Much"

Doris Day and Rock Hudson, the most popular romantic comedy team of all time

Doris relaxing in her dressing room with four of her best friends

Doris & Rock made three successful movies together: Pillow Talk, Lover Come Back and Send Me No Flowers.

Doris loved working with Rock Hudson, and he would often come to her Malibu home to just kick back and relax.

By now Doris was an international star and was honored with her hand prints at Grauman's Chinese Theater.

Doris with one of her favorite co-stars from "Do Not Disturb"

Doris is a one woman band in "Do Not Disturb".

Doris still recording between films, thank goodness

Doris and legendary radio personality Arthur Godfrey in "The Glass Bottom Boat"

Doris' last film, "With Six You Get Eggroll," is one of her favorites. She especially liked working with Brian Keith.

Doris closes her TV special with "Sentimental Journey".

Doris made two TV specials; this one featured John Denver, Rich Little and Tim Conway.

Doris with Biggest, her heart of hearts

Doris and Terry when she received the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille award in 1989.

Always at the forefront of animal welfare, here is Doris at one of many fundraisers.

Doris in her newly decorated kitchen, surrounded by tulips from an adoring fan