New to BBC Radio 4 Extra. Hollywood star Doris Day (b. 1922, d. 2019) is nominated as a great life by author, podcaster and columnist Dolly Alderton.
Dolly Alderton’s love of Doris Day began when she watched Calamity Jane as a young child. And for Dolly, the incandescent film star was as much of a poster girl as The Spice Girls. But Dolly’s view of the legendary actress and singer has changed as she’s matured.
Dolly joins Matthew Parris and Dr Tamar Jeffers McDonald, Reader in Film and Head of the School of Arts at the University of Kent, to discuss dancing, divorces and dogs. Together they explore whether the image of Doris Day as a happy-go-lucky girl-next-door is a true reflection of the life and character of one of the twentieth century’s most famous stars.
- Producer: Camellia Sinclair
- First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2020.
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