Film legend Doris Day has died, aged 97.

The Calamity Jane and Pillow Talk actress passed away at her California home after a bout of pneumonia.

Though Day was a star of the screen, many younger audiences will better recognise her as the voice behind many standards, including Que Sera Sera and Dream A Little Dream of Me.

Her personal life was complicated with four marriages, three divorces, financial troubles and a breakdown.

But in an interview the star said her life had been full of fun.

“I had a great time, and I think that they (the audiences) sensed it,” she said.

“I had fun! I wore all the gorgeous clothes and work with Rock Hudson and Jimmy Garner and Clark Gable,

“I mean, how hard can it be?”