Legendary actress Doris Day is celebrating her 97th birthday Wednesday.
To celebrate, the lifelong animal lover and advocate is holding a series of events including a dog adoption and fundraiser to benefit the Doris Day Animal Foundation.
(MORE: Doris Day to celebrate 96th birthday with friends one year after birthday mix-up)"On her actual birthday we'll just have a small dinner at home for her and some of her close friends will come over," Bob Bashara, Day's business manager and longtime friend, told "Good Morning America" last week. "She really likes ice cream. We're thinking of getting her an ice cream cake."
"She's always been humorous, and she still is," Bashara added. "She leads a very quiet life."
Day's birthday kicked off March 28 at Day's Cypress Inn in Carmel-by-the-Sea in California.
Please sign Doris' card and wish her a Happy 97th Birthday! If you would like to make a donation in Doris' honor while you are there, it would mean so much to her, to all of us at DDAF, and most of all, to the animals.https://t.co/QveYoEvDY8 pic.twitter.com/rKoLyXExfE
— DDAF (@DDAF_org) March 27, 2019
In addition to live auctions and raffles, there were performances by Michael Feinstein, Jackie Joseph from "The Doris Day Show” and more.
A 60th anniversary screening of the 1959 film,"Pillow Talk," in which Day co-starred with Rock Hudson, also took place.
All proceeds will go to Day's non-profit, the Doris Day Animal Foundation.
"Originally Doris went out and did all of the rescues herself. That's how it all started," Bashara said. "She'd pick any animal up on the street and bring it home. She can't do that anymore [because] she's 97. But she's so interested in her foundation and how it's helping animals."
