Editing Doris Day (section)

===1980s and 1990s===
In October 1985, the [[Supreme Court of California]] rejected Rosenthal's appeal of the multimillion-dollar judgment awarded to Day in her suit against him for [[legal malpractice]] and upheld the conclusions of a trial court and an appeals court<ref>
''Day v. Rosenthal'', 170 Cal.App.3d 1132 (1985)</ref> that Rosenthal had acted improperly.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-10-17-mn-14780-story.html|title=High Court Rejects Judgment Appeal : Doris Day Wins 17-Year Battle With Ex-Attorney|last=Morain|first=Dan|date=October 17, 1985|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 14, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> In April 1986, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review the lower court's judgment. In June 1987, Rosenthal filed a $30&nbsp;million lawsuit against lawyers who he claimed had cheated him out of millions of dollars in real-estate investments. He named Day as a codefendant, describing her as an "unwilling, involuntary plaintiff whose consent cannot be obtained." Rosenthal claimed that much of the money that Day had lost was the result of the unwise advice of other attorneys who had suggested that she sell three hotels at a loss, as well as some oil leases in [[Kentucky]] and [[Ohio]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-14-re-7056-story.html|title=Doris Day Investments Subject of Suit|last=Ryon|first=Ruth|date=June 14, 1987|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 14, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> He claimed that he had made the investments under a long-term plan and did not intend to sell them until they appreciated in value. Two of the hotels sold in 1970 for about $7&nbsp;million, and their estimated worth in 1986 was $50&nbsp;million.<ref name="Disbarred1987">{{cite news|last=Hager|first=Philip|title=Doris Day's Former Lawyer Disbarred|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-14-mn-4016-story.html|access-date=August 9, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=July 14, 1987}}</ref>

[[Terry Melcher]] stated that his father's premature death saved Day from financial ruin. It was not known whether Martin Melcher had himself been duped by Rosenthal,<ref name="Champlin1988">{{cite news|last=Champlin|first=Charles|title=Doris Day: Singing and Looking for Pet Projects|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-13-ca-1534-story.html|access-date=August 9, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=March 13, 1988}}</ref> and Day stated publicly that she believed him to be innocent of any deliberate wrongdoing, stating that he "simply trusted the wrong person."<ref>{{Citation|title=Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey|type=Television Documentary|publisher=Arwin Productions, PBS|year=1991}}</ref> According to author David Kaufman, Day's former costar [[Louis Jourdan]] maintained that Day disliked her husband,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Kaufman|first=David|title=Doris Day's Vanishing Act|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/05/dorisday200805|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=January 17, 2014|date=May 2008|ref=none|quote=Both Doris and I hated the director [Andrew L. Stone]. I also disliked her husband, and I was surprised to discover she did, too.}}</ref> but Day's public statements regarding Melcher appear to contradict that assertion.{{Sfn|Hotchner|1975|p=226}}

Day was scheduled to present, along with [[Patrick Swayze]] and [[Marvin Hamlisch]], the award for Best Original Score Oscar at the [[61st Academy Awards]] in March 1989, but she suffered a deep leg cut from a sprinkler and was unable to attend.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cut keeps Doris Day from Academy Awards|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10047563/the_republic/|access-date=April 4, 2017|work=[[The Republic (Columbus, Indiana)|The Republic]]|agency=Associated Press|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 30, 1989|page=A2}} {{free access}}</ref>

Day was inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame in 1981 and received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for career achievement in 1989.<ref>video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhdtG6CtT0k "Doris Day Receives the Cecil B. Demille Award – Golden Globes 1989"], Dick Clark Productions</ref> In 1994, Day's ''Greatest Hits'' album entered the British charts.<ref name="Day" /> Her cover of "[[Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps]]" was included in the soundtrack of the Australian film ''[[Strictly Ballroom]].''<ref>{{cite web|last=Ruhlmann|first=William|title=Strictly Ballroom [CBS] – Original Soundtrack|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/strictly-ballroom-cbs-mw0000090706|work=AllMusic|access-date=August 8, 2013}}</ref>