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Doris Dear is a female actor, cabaret singer and a comedian impersonated by Ray DeForest.

Overview
The character Doris Dear, also known as “Perfect American Housewife”, is based on DeForest’s mother, Taffy. The stories are based on the life of Doris and her mother.

Education and Careers
She studied in University of Maryland and after passing out from the college, she worked for the Disney Production as “Kid of the Kingdom”. After staying in Disney for 5 years, she moved to Denmark where she wrote, produced and performed.

She later travelled to, Paris to model, London to sing, Vegas to perform. She then started hosting her own shows on Food Network, HGTV, Lifetime and a syndicated tv design show.

She does her own one-woman show named, “Don’t tell Mama” at the Residence.

Popular Shows

 * “Like Mother, Like Daughter: A Mother’s Day Special” at Feinstein’s/54 Below.
 * A Doris Dear Christmas Special was played at the Triad Theatre.
 * Doris Dear’s Gurl Talk at Feinstein’s/54 Below.

Achievements
In 2016, Doris became the winner of 2016 MAC awards for Impersonation/Drag.