In Doris Day: Her Own Story, Day asserts " I was named by my mother in honor of her favorite actress, Doris Kenyon, a silent screen star of that year 1924.

Her first screen appearance was at the age of 10, when she appeared briefly in Frank Capra ’ s It Happened One Night.

Her many memorable screen roles include a supporting role as Joan Crawford's wise-cracking friend in Mildred Pierce ( 1945 ) for which she received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress, and James Stewart's wistful secretary in Otto Preminger's then-explicit murder mystery, Anatomy of a Murder ( 1959 ).

Her son-in-law is Glenn Wilhide the producer and screen writer.

Her performance was well received by critics, with BBC film critic Brandon Graydon saying that Cruz " is an enchanting screen presence ," and Ethan Alter of the Film Journal International noting that Cruz and her co-star Cruise were " able to generate some actual chemistry.

Her final screen appearance was in the 1991 film The Shepherd and the Women, directed by her ex-husband Ali Badrakhan.

Her final screen appearance was in 1991, with the movie Al Ra ' i We El Nissa.

Her on screen chemistry with Alec Baldwin was either criticized or praised, with Eye For Film commenting, " The film works best when Baldwin and Gellar are together – aside from the fact that Gellar seriously needs to eat a bun or two ".

Her screen test with Macnee showed that the two immediately worked well together, and a new era in Avengers history began.

Her game concept included animated color graphics, a pseudo 3D-perspective where the main character was visible on the screen, a more competent text parser that would understand advanced commands from the player, and music playing in the background through the PCjr sound hardware.

Her first professional screen experience was as an extra in the three part TF1 television series Dorothée, danseuse de corde ( 1983 ) directed by Jacques Fensten, which was followed by a similarly small role in the provincial television film Fort bloque directed by Pierrick Guinnard.

Her reticence and fear of strangers perpetuated the mystery and mystique that she projected both on screen and in real life.

Her first screen role was in 1967 in The Happening.

Hannah and Her Sisters opened on February 7, 1986 in 54 theatres, where it gained a stellar $ 1, 265, 826 ($ 23, 441 per screen ) in its opening weekend.

Her big screen debut was in Hue and Cry, in 1947, followed with performances in Nicholas Nickleby, The Winslow Boy, The History of Mr Polly, Scott of the Antarctic, Mother Riley Meets the Vampire and Dickens ' The Pickwick Papers.

Her earliest theatrical influences were the teenaged actress Deanna Durbin, screen star Irene Dunne and Lansbury's mother, who encouraged her daughter's ambition by taking her to plays at the Old Vic.

" Her screen test was directed by Harold S. Bucquet, and she later recalled that she was hired because of a close-up he took of her.

Her inaugural screen performance was popular with both the public and critics alike and was the catalyst for not only a sequel, Claudia and David ( both movies co-starring Robert Young ), but also for numerous other film roles.

Her entrepreneurial spirit became evident as she began to screen and distribute her films in the United States, Canada, and Cuba, lecturing and writing on avant-garde film theory, and Vodoun as well.

On the big screen she became a Bond girl in On Her Majesty's Secret Service ( 1969 ), playing Tracy Bond, James Bond's only wife.

Her other notable screen roles included Academy Award-nominated performances in Tennessee Williams ' Summer and Smoke, Sweet Bird of Youth, You're a Big Boy Now, Pete ' n ' Tillie, Woody Allen's Interiors, and The Pope of Greenwich Village.

Her distinctive warbling voice and round cheeks made her a familiar and much-loved personality to British theatre and film audiences at the beginning of World War II, but her popularity waned in the 1940s after several years ' absence from the screen followed by an unsatisfactory thriller, Candles at Nine.

Her screen debut however was as the lead in the Anna Campion directed film Loaded, and has subsequently stated that she had a " miserable time with the director ( Anna Campion )... it was my first film job, I needed to be mollycoddled, I needed to be helped through it, and I wasn't.

Her screen name is often translated as Stainless Steel Mouse.

Her image was much satirized and taken up as camp, and today, the " Carmen Miranda " persona is popular among drag performers.

Her wealth and persona also brought attention to women who were serving in government.

Her forthright manner, clipped vocal style and ubiquitous cigarette contributed to a public persona which has often been imitated and satirized.

Bernard Dick summed up Holliday's acting: " Perhaps the most important aspect of the Judy Holliday persona, both in variations of Billie Dawn and in her roles as housewife, is her vulnerability ... Her ability to shift her mood quickly from comic to serious is one of her greatest technical gifts.

Her Diana Fox persona climbs up the rank of Albion's Shadow Captains as Britannia and develops a rivalry with Lionheart.

Her Weakest Link persona has been likened to that of Judge Judy .< ref >

Her larger-than-life persona and scathing but dead-on commentary on society and celebrity, as well as her habit of treating celebrities like ordinary people ( on her TV shows ) and ordinary people like celebrities ( in her stage shows ) have become signatures.

Her larger-than-life persona has resulted in characters named Thaïs appearing in several literary works, the most famous of which are listed below.

Her reprised role as the over-the-top glamour vixen was so successful that the company created numerous sequels around her persona.

Her brassy persona was used to great effect in

Her frailty and inability to handle the laundry leads readers to notice a sharp contrast between her and the tough persona of Brave Orchid.

Her bubbly and vivacious persona led to comparisons with Clara Bow, but White's career was slow to progress.

Her attention eventually shifts from Shaw to her own media persona as her fighter's number of wins continues to climb.

Her fierce persona is attributed partly to her peasant background, and partly to her virginity, which provides ( according to Balzac ) " une force diabolique ou la magie noire de la volonté " (" diabolical strength, or the black magic of the Will ").

Her " Mary " personality is a timid, quiet, pacifist ; her " Typhoid " personality is adventurous, lustful, and violent ; and her " Bloody Mary " persona is brutal, sadistic, and misandrous.

Her mod persona opened many doors ( and perhaps started a sexual revolution ) in country music, but Riley herself was not comfortable with her image, and she eventually abandoned it for a more conservative wardrobe.

Her act was full of malapropisms and catchphrases that had become part of her public persona, her most famous of which was " She knows, y ' know!

Rich Juzwiak of Stylus Magazine gave the album an A rating, stating " Her adventurous and, yes, massive, persona is allowed to wander wherever it wants on The Cookbook, be it avant or common.

Perry has written a book in the character's persona titled Don't Make A Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries On Love And Life, which was published April 11, 2006.

Her close-cropped hair and somewhat boyish persona ( she was several times cast as a woman mistaken for a young man ) became fashionable during the era.