Doris Day Birthday: Top Quotes By ‘Calamity Jane’ Star As She Turns 95

Retired American actress Doris Day celebrates her 95th birthday on April 3, Monday. Until this weekend, the “Pajama Game” star believed she was born in 1924 and would turn 93 this year. However, her birth certificate copy obtained by the Associated Press (AP) revealed the actress was, in fact, born in 1922.

“I’ve always said that age is just a number,” Day said in a statement to the AP. “I have never paid much attention to birthdays, but it’s great to finally know how old I really am!”

The “Calamity Jane” actress has been a longtime animal rights activist and founded the nonprofit Doris Day Animal Foundation in 1978. She said she used her past birthdays as occasion to raise awareness about animal rights, according to the AP. However, this year she will spend her birthday in a low-key affair at her home in Carmel, California, People magazine reported Sunday.

“Doris is in great health and we now learn she’s even closer to being a centenarian. I will not be at all surprised if we’re celebrating her 100th in five more years,” her publicist Charley Cullen Walters told the magazine.

Throughout her career, Day earned an Academy Award nomination for "Pillow Talk" and also won critical acclaim for role in "Midnight Lace" and "Love Me or Leave Me."

Check out some of Day’s quotes gathered from AZ Quotes and Brainy Quote.

“Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.”

“I love to laugh. It's the only way to live. Enjoy each day-it's not coming back again!”

“Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children.”

“If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.”

“Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.”

“The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.”

“I have never found in a human being loyalty that is comparable to a dog's loyalty.”

“No matter what happens, if I get pushed down, I’m going to come right back up.”

“If I can do it, you can do it. Anybody can.”

“Sometimes I think I should have stayed longer and I should have done more films.”