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Dinah Shore
Age: 77 (passed away Feb. 24th, 1994)
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Birth Place: Winchester, Tennessee, USA
Born: Feb. 29th, 1916
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BIOGRAPHY: Her real name was Frances "Fanny" Rose Shore, and she was born in Winchester, Tennessee. Stricken with polio at 18 months of age, she recovered after receiving the Sister Kenny treatment. She became a cheerleader at Hume-Fogg High School in Nashville and went on to graduate from Vanderbilt University in 1938, where she majored in sociology. She took voice and acting lessons on the side and sang on radio station WSM in Nashville. In 1938 she left Tennessee for New York City and began singing on radio station WNCW in New York. Her first recordings were with bandleader Xavier Cugat, and she later changed her named to Dinah after her success with the song of the same name. She received numerous Emmy awards for television specials and productions and appeared in many films. She was married to actor George Montgomery (I), with whom she had one daughter and adopted a son.
TRIVIA:
- The first female star to have her own prime-time TV variety show.
- She was awarded 3 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard; for Radio at 1751 Vine Street; and for Television at 6916 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1994.
- Dinah gave birth to daughter Melissa Ann ('Melissa Montgomery' (qv), now known as Melissa Montgomery-Hime) in January 1948. She later adopted her son, John "Jody" David Montgomery.
- A childhood bout with polio left her with a deformed leg. For the rest of her life, she wore either long dresses or slacks to cover this up.
- She has three grandchildren by Melissa: Jennifer, Adam, and Alexander.
- Took the professional name Dinah after the title of a favorite song.
- Appears on a 44¢ USA commemorative postage stamp, issued 11 August 2009, in the Early TV Memories issue honoring _"The Dinah Shore Show" (1951)_ (qv).
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