Rock Hudson and Doris Day

 From their first meeting when they made Pillow Talk a lifetime bond was formed and it shows in the three movies they made together

Reminiscing about the first time they met, Doris told PEOPLE that she “knew almost nothing about him” beforehand. “I remember asking someone ‘Is his name really Rock? That’s odd, don’t you think?’ ” remembered Day.

But it didn’t take long to get to know him because he was funny. He really has a great sense of humor. And he named me Eunice. He always had to have a name for me. There were many of them, but Eunice he liked best,” she recalled. “We had a marvelous time.”

“I think the reason people liked our movies is that they could tell how much we liked each other,” said Day. “It came across that way on screen. He was a good friend.”

He loved Doris Day before he even met her,” said Barbara Rush. “He did, he absolutely did. He just loved her singing. We were on location and he would play some of her music. He just loved it. Doris had such a wonderful singing voice. I remember him playing her records on the jukebox. He played it a lot.”

"The trouble we had was trying not to laugh. Doris and I

couldn't look at each other."

~ Rock Hudson on working. with Doris Day in PILLOW TALK ('59) which Day received her one and only Best Actress Oscar nomination.

They also appeared together in Lover Come Back (1961) and Send Me No Flowers (1964).