Ms. Doris Day actress

9/27/2017

Ms. Doris Day

c/o Doris Day Animal Foundation

P.O. Box 223163

Carmel, CA  93922

Dear Ms. Day,

My name is Matt Winick and I’m a fan of your acting and singing. My favorite movies that you played in were Young at Heart, Teacher’s Pet,  and The Thrill of It All.  Teacher’s Pet is a great movie because I enjoyed the plot of it about Erica Stone, a journalism instructor who asks a journalist names James Gannon to talk at her school which he refuses, then he gets humiliated which results him in pretending to be a student as Jim Gallagher, and he falls in love with the professor.  In the movie, I thought you did an excellent job portraying as Professor Erica Stone because I liked on how you made her be like a journalism instructor, having a sense of humor, and many others. Also in Teacher’s Pet I thought you and Mr. Clark Gable did an excellent job making this movie a great romantic comedy.  My favorite scene in that movie was where James Cannon (Jim Gallagher) in the classroom where he challenges professor Stone on some literature.   Also my favorite songs that you sang were It’s Magic, Everywhere You Go, Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered, and My Darling My Darling.  In your singing career I thought you did an excellent job working with Frank Sinatra, Buddy Clark, and many other singers.  

Ms. Day, I have autism with a learning disability. Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different advance subjects, sometimes I struggle to communicate my thoughts, and get teased.  Sometimes when I struggle with a disability I have trouble speaking, understand some vocabulary, and many others. Watching movies including movies that you played in and seeing different tv shows helped assist me on improving on vocabulary and some speech.   Your continuous support for people with disabilities’ rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability.   Besides your acting career, I truly appreciate on how you are an animal rights activist and created the Doris Day Animal Foundation to help protect animals from being abused and provide money for animal health care to help animals get medical treatment they need.  In 2004, Congrats on winning the Presidential Medal of Freedom award for you commitment to make a great difference for society through your activism.  Your activism on animal rights motivates me to learn the importance of protecting animals including domestic animals from being abused, the need for animals to have a safe environment from danger, and have medical care for animals to help them from getting diseases.

I strongly believe that you made a great difference in the film industry and that you are a very talented actress.  Also you did a really great job singing because you made the lyrics flow well with the music.  You have inspired me to work hard on my disability, watch the movies that you starred in, and understand the importance of animal rights. I’m providing you a picture of me as a gift to you, my hand drawing of a dog with a cat for you to keep, and $10 donation for the Doris Day Animal Foundation to help improve animal rights. I hope that my donation can help you for  improve society.  Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, doing an excellent job acting including your activism, and inspiring me.  Best wishes for to you continue to live a great life and make a great impact on society.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick

Doris Day Animal Foundation info that was included with Ms. Day's response

My drawing of a dog and a sleeping cat that I sent to Ms. Day