Greenwood and her composer husband Martin Broones were particularly obsessive practitioners of Christian Science. To Doris, their word was law. They strongly advised her not to seek medical help for her problems. The following year and was cast in the studio's attempts to rival the romantic musicals that were the specialty of rival MGM. By the mid-'50s came better roles at other studios, including her. This went on for several weeks until Doris was in such agony that she could hardly walk. Eventually, he allowed her to check herself into hospital where surgeons discovered a huge intestinal tumour. Seeing how weak the old lady looked when being helped out of her wheelchair was too much for Doris. All her own health insecurities welled up and she broke down. To make matters. Removing it involved a hysterectomy. Doris had said that she would rather have died on the operating table than face the prospect of never being able to conceive again, though she also made. But a compelling new biography reveals that, behind her girl-next-door image, lay a fatal weakness for violent and unsuitable men. In part one of our serialisation at the weekend, we told how one. The Man Who Knew Too Much, the suspense thriller in which she introduced the Oscar-winning song that became her signature, "Que Sera Sera.". In 1959 she was paired for the first time with. But, once again, it wasn't to be. On the face of it, everything certainly looked perfect: she and her new husband Marty Melcher bought a beautiful home in Los Angeles, where Doris's son. Seeing so much of Doris was rather a shock. But Marty was also Doris's agent, and there was no way he was ready to allow his money-making wife to give up work.

“Sinatra promptly started laying into the technician until he was dragged off by security men. Meanwhile, all of Doris's considerable earnings were being handed over to Melcher and his lawyer and business partner.”
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The doctor said there was nothing wrong with Doris's mental health, that she was suffering from an over-active imagination and 'acute hyperventilation and should simply breathe in and out of a paper bag.

For years after that, she was the top box office star in the world. And, to many, she still remains No. 1 especially at 90. Asked what the years have taught her, the.