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American singer and actress (1916-1994)

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Dinah Shore was an American singer, screenwriter, and film and television actor. Born in Winchester, Tennessee, on February 29, 1916, she began her professional career in 1937. Her musical work spanned jazz, traditional pop, and vocal jazz genres, with recordings released on Capitol Records, Columbia Records, RCA Victor, and His Master's Voice. She was educated at Vanderbilt University and was married to George Montgomery.

Shore received several honors, including Peabody Awards, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame. She also authored four books, including *The Dinah Shore Cookbook* and *The celebrity cookbook*. In addition to her entertainment career, she participated in golf.

She died of ovarian cancer in Beverly Hills on February 24, 1994. Her manner of death was natural causes, and she had previously suffered from poliomyelitis. She is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1917
Died
1994
Works
4

Top works

  • The celebrity cookbook
  • The Dinah Shore American kitchen
  • The Dinah Shore Cookbook
  • Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah

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Film & TV

Acting · Winchester, Tennessee, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore; February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994) was an American singer, actress, and television personality. She was most popular during the Big Band era of the 1940s and 1950s. After failing singing auditions for the bands of Benny Goodman and both Jimmy Dorsey and his brother Tommy Dorsey, Shore struck out on her own to…

Known for

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) — Self (archive footage)2021
  • My Darling Vivian — Self (archive footage)2020
  • I Am Richard Pryor — Self - TV Host (archive footage)2019
  • Mike Wallace Is Here — Self (archive footage)2019
  • Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic — Self (archive footage)2013
  • Alice in Wonderland — Alice (voice) (archive footage)2010
  • The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' — Self (archive footage)1997
  • Frank Sinatra: The Voice of Our Time1990
  • Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC — Self1988
  • Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special — Self1988

via TMDB

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
282,109
Total plays
1,446,190

Tags

jazzfemale vocalistsswingoldiesjazz vocal

Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore February 29, 1916 - February 24, 1994) was an American singer and actress. She was most popular during the Big Band era of the 1940s and 1950s. She became one of the popular "girl singers" from that era. She enjoyed a string of popular hits and afterwards became a successful actress for a number of years, being compared to such singers as Doris Day. She also made regular appearances on early television, and hosted several series of her own. <a href="https://w

via Last.fm · Dinah Shore

Quotes

  • Trouble is a part of your life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.

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Key facts

Born
Frances Rose Shore , February 29, 1916, Winchester, Tennessee , U.S.
Died
February 24, 1994 (1994-02-24) (aged 77), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place
Hillside Memorial Park
Alma mater
Vanderbilt University
Occupations
Singer actress talk show host author
Years active
1939–1994
Known for
The Dinah Shore Show (radio program) The Dinah Shore Show Dinah Shore Chevy Show Dinah!
Spouses
George Montgomery ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1943 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1963 ) ​ Maurice F. Smith ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1963 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1964 ) ​
Partner
Burt Reynolds (1971–1976)

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Encyclopedic overview

Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore; February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994) was an American singer, actress, television personality, author, and talk show host. Born in Winchester, Tennessee and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, she rose to prominence as a recording artist during the Big Band era. She achieved even greater success a decade later in television, mainly as the host of a series of variety programs sponsored by Chevrolet. After failing singing auditions for the bands of Benny Goodman, and both Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Shore struck out on her own. She became the first singer of her era to achieve huge solo success. She had a string of eighty charted popular hits, spanning from 1940 to 1957, and after appearing in a handful of feature films, she went on to a four-decade career in American television. She starred in her own music and variety shows from 1951 through 1963 and hosted two talk shows in the 1970s. TV Guide ranked her at number 16 on their list of the top 50 television stars of all time. Stylistically, Shore was compared to two singers who followed her in the mid-to-late 1940s and early 1950s, Jo Stafford and Patti Page.

Early life

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