Doris Day
publication date: Thursday, September 30, 2021 (part of Fall 2021)
category: 
Movies
clue: As a singer, she dreamed of things getting better, so she went into movies. After a calamity and a thrill happened to her, she moved over into an eponymous sitcom.
explanation: Day was a popular singer whose hits included "My Dreams are Getting Better All the Time." She starred in the films Calamity Jane, The Thrill of It All, It Happened to Jane, and Move Over, Darling, as well as the sitcom The Doris Day Show. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, and Erik Bates
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