Doris Day Dies at 97: See Rare, Unearthed Photos of Hollywood Star in the Prime of Her Career

Hollywood legend Doris Day has died at 97 — but her incredible legacy lives on forever.

In honor of the 70th anniversary of Day’s very first time onscreen — in the 1948 musical comedyRomance on the High Seas— Getty Images’ FOTO unearthed rare images in 2018 of the actress earlier in her career and in her private life.

Below, a look at a few of the rare images of thePillow Talkstar.

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Doris at home with third husband Martin Melcher and her son Terry (splashing behind them) circa early 1950s. Melcher was also her manager and a producer on many of her movies; after his death in 1968 she discovered he’d mismanaged or embezzled almost $20 million from her. Her son Terry was the initial target of theManson Family murders, which ended in the grisly killing of actress Sharon Tate.

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This portrait of the girl-next-door was shot in 1949, a year after her film debut inRomance on the High Seas. (“She was honest, and her freckles made her look like the all-American girl,” Michael Curtiz, that film’s director, once said.)

This undated image shows Day with one of her beloved horses. She had long been an animal rights activist, and was the founder of theDoris Day Animal Foundation.

Doris playing ball at home with one of her French poodles, the year unknown.

source: people.com