Quick Facts
Born:
1916-02-29
Birthplace:
Winchester, Tennessee, USA
Credits:
64 Total Roles
Dinah Shore
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Biography
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 become the first singer of her era to achieve huge solo success. She had a string of 80 charted popular hits, lasting from 1940 into the late '50s, and after appearing in a handful of films went on to a four-decade career in American television, starring in her own music and variety shows in the '50s and '60s and hosting two talk shows in the '70s. TV Guide magazine ranked her at #16 on their list of the top fifty television stars of all time. Stylistically, Dinah Shore was compared to two singers who followed her in the mid-to-late '40s and early '50s, Doris Day and Patti Page.
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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 become the first singer of her era to achieve huge solo success. She had a string of 80 charted popular hits, lasting from 1940 into the late '50s, and after appearing in a handful of films went on to a four-decade career in American television, starring in her own music and variety shows in the '50s and '60s and hosting two talk shows in the '70s. TV Guide magazine ranked her at #16 on their list of the top fifty television stars of all time. Stylistically, Dinah Shore was compared to two singers who followed her in the mid-to-late '40s and early '50s, Doris Day and Patti Page.
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Known For
Fun and Fancy Free
Narrator (voice)
Murder, She Wrote
Emily Dyers
Make Mine Music
Self (voice)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self (archive footage)
Oh, God!
Dinah Shore
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest Hostess
The Carol Burnett Show
Melody
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) MOVIE | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | My Darling Vivian MOVIE | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Mike Wallace Is Here MOVIE | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | I Am Richard Pryor MOVIE | Self - TV Host (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic MOVIE | Self (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland MOVIE | Alice (voice) (archive footage) |
| 1997 | The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' MOVIE | Self (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Frank Sinatra: The Voice of Our Time MOVIE | Self |
| 1988 | Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special MOVIE | Self |
| 1988 | Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC MOVIE | Self |