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If Kaley Cuoco had asked the mother, “What will I be?” as a child, Mrs. Cuoco could have taken a shot and guessed “the star of a biographical series by Doris Day”, but if “Que Sera, Sera” taught us anything, it is not how to rush. According Weekly entertainment, a Flight attendant The star will soon be portraying the late film legend in a limited series by Warner Bros. Television, produced by Bertlanti Productions by Greg Berlanti and Yes, Norman Productions by Cuoco, which obtained the rights to the late actress’s official biography Doris Day: her own story by AE Hotchner.
No word yet on the specific time frame or limited series focus, but Day was one of the greatest movie actresses of the 1950s and 1960s, and had an equally impressive musical career. She appears in films as Calamity Jane, The thrill of it all, Love me or Leave Me, and Conversation pillow, for which she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress. In addition to starring Alfred Hitchcock’s 1956 film The Man Who Knew Too Much in front of Jimmy Stewart, Day sang two of the songs in the film, including “Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)”, which won the Oscar for Best Original Song. The song would become one of Day’s signature hits.
Four times married and mother to son Terry Melcher, Day became an animal welfare activist and created the Doris Day Animal Foundation before her death on May 13, 2019 at the age of 97.