Doris Day was an American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist. She began her career as a big band singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, "Sentimental Journey" and "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" with Les Brown & His Band of Renown.

What was Doris Day's net worth when she died?

Day also did well with real estate and owned several hotels, as well as residential properties in Malibu and Beverly Hills. By the time of her death in 2019, Day had a net worth of $200 million.

Did Doris Day die at home?

Photographs of Doris Day, Who Died at 97. Doris Day, the freckle-faced movie actress whose irrepressible personality and golden voice made her America's top box-office star in the early 1960s, died on Monday at her home in Carmel Valley, Calif.