Dinah Shore Add to My Celebs Age 77 (passed away Feb. 24th, 1994) Birthday Feb. 29th, 1916 Born in Winchester, Tennessee, USA Height

Dinah Shore's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Make Room for Daddy Dinah Shore Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters Dinah Shore Sammy and Company Dinah Shore

Main Movie Roles 2002 - The Kid Stays in the Picture 1977 - Oh, God! 1947 - Fun & Fancy Free 1946 - Make Mine Music 1946 - Till the Clouds Roll By 1944 - Belle of the Yukon 1944 - Follow the Boys 1943 - Thank Your Lucky Stars

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


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:

• Per 1920/1930 census records, her parents were Russian-born Jews. Her father was a prosperous dry goods merchant in Tennessee.
• Although she was not an original member of the cast of "Call Me Madam", she sang all the 'Ethel Merman' (qv) songs on the original cast recording when Decca Records refused to release Ms. Merman from her contract to record the soundtrack for RCA.
• The first female star to have her own prime-time TV variety show.
• Half of her ashes are interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Cathedral City (near Palm Springs), California. The other half are interred at Hillside Memorial Park in Culver City, California.
• Dinah Shore Drive is named for her. It spans the cities of Rancho Mirage and Cathedral City (near Palm Springs) California.
• Her daughter, 'Melissa Montgomery' (qv), expressed extreme anger towards her mother as a child and teenager because she resented her fame.
• Lived in a one story house in Mission Hills Country Club, located in Rancho Mirage, California. Was also good friends with all of her neighbors. Among them were Donald Donovan and Geraldine Donovan.
• Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1994.

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