Doris Day: the wholesome face of postwar American optimism

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Doris Day: the wholesome face of postwar American optimism
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The actress, who has died aged 97, worked with the greats of Hollywood’s golden era to rival the crossover success of Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley

The face of Doris Day, eerily beautiful in all its buttery-blond wholesomeness, beamed over Hollywood in the 50s and early 60s like a gigantic roadside billboard advertising the American way.

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