Flashback Friday: 45 Years Ago Today This Box-Office Starlet Graced The Front Of The RTÉ Guide

On this day in 1969, leading lady Doris Day graced the cover of RTÉ's TV Guide. Yesterday the lovely folk over at RTEArchives shared the 45-year-old front cover on Twitter and so we decided to dedicate this week's #FlashbackFriday to one of America's most popular actresses and silver screen favourites. The Doris Day Show was a sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS Television network and spanned across five seasons from September 1968 until March 1973, lasting a total of 128 episodes.

Dorris Day graces the cover of @RTE_GUIDE 30 May 1969 pic.twitter.com/tuYaUCeq7J — RTÉ Archives (@RTEArchives) May 29, 2014

Day starred in a total of 39 films over her career, earning her the position as the highest rank box-office star for four years in the early 60s. The movie starlet also released 31 albums in her time and received the prestigious Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The actress, who celebrated her 90th birthday in April, is arguably best known for her role as the title character in the comedic western-themed musical, Calamity Jane, for which  'Secret Love' received the Academy Award for Best Original Song. In Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 suspense film, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Day sang only two songs in the film, "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)", which also won an Academy Award for Best Original Song. In the opening credits of The Doris Day Show the blonde beauty gave viewers a snippet of that same track. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgok9ZcVYXc Before we go we will leave you with our favourite Doris Day moment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MnUrhptPSo