Doris Day was a sunny actress and a domestic violence survivor; are there lessons?
- Written by Joan M. Cook, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University

Hollywood legend Doris Day died May 13, 2019 at age 97 at her home in Carmel Valley, California. The beautiful, blonde singer turned actress was viewed by many as America’s wholesome girl next door. In the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s, Day was a guaranteed motion picture box-office and...
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