DR JANE maybe it was a logistical thing - Doris "wrote" in her "autobiography" that there was always a huge crowd outside her London hotel, and she couldn't go anywhere without being mobbed....she didn't say it in a 'humble brag' way....but matter of factly......
Folks used to yell up their names, Doris would sign pictures for them, and her son Terry would throw them out the window to them....