Many people see Doris Day as a role model for her love and dedication to the film and music industry. Day's on-screen personality became the ideal girl of the 1950s. Since she was such a role model, she is remembered by many people who continue to admire her. Doris Day grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was born April 3, 1924 (Kehoe 120). Her real name is Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff. She was told that Kapplehoff was too long for a good musical call, so she changed her last name to Day after a popular song at the time called "Day after Day" ("About Doris;" Kehoe 120) . Her mother named her after a silent musical actress, Doris Kenyon, because she admired her so much ("About Doris"). Day had lived with her mother since her parents divorced when she was still a child ("Doris Day Biography"). . Her mother, Alma Sophia Welz, was an outgoing woman who loved listening to country music. His father, Frederick Wilhelm (later William) Von Kappelhoff, taught music, worked in the church as a choir director and church organist. He likes to listen to classical music. Day is the youngest of three children. She has two brothers, Richard, who died before she was born, and Paul, a few years older. Like all girls growing up in the 1930s, Day loved music and dancing (“About Doris”). When Day was in her early teens, she was in She once danced at a local talent show with her friend and they won $500.00. When Day was in her early teens, she was in a disaster that changed her life forever. The car she was in was hit by a train. The accident kept her in the hospital for almost a year. The tragic accident ruined her dream of becoming a dancer (“Kehoe 120”). When Day was in 10th grade, she dropped out of high school ("Kehoe 120"). She was in the middle of a paper......to return stray dogs to their owners and give them a lecture on the importance of letting a dog run free. “Dogs are just as important to me as people,” she once said. She rarely makes public appearances today, and almost all of them are for the Doris Day Animal League, an organization dedicated to controlling pet overpopulation. She also co-owns a hotel in Carmel, California. The hotel allows people to bring their pets to stay with them, it also keeps an album with photos of happy four-legged guests ("Kehoe 120"). Works Cited “About Doris.” -Doris Day. Np, and Web. February 13, 2014. “Day, Doris. » Britannica Biographies (2012): 1. Middle Search Plus. Internet. January 24, 2014 “Biography of Doris Day”. Doris Day. The Biographical Channel, 2014. Web. February 9, 2014. Kehoe, John. “Doris Day.” Biography 2.11 (1998): 120. Middle Search Plus. Internet. January 24. 2014