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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dinah Shore, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies & TV Shows
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Fun and Fancy Free (1947) — Narrator (voice)
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Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Emily Dyers
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Make Mine Music (1946) — Self (voice)
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) — Self (archive footage)
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Oh, God! (1977) — Dinah Shore
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
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The Carol Burnett Show (1967) — Melody
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Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013) — Self (archive footage)
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Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special (1988) — Self
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That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) — (archive footage)
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Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) — Self
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) — Self
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Here's Lucy (1968) — Dinah Shore
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Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) — Julia Sanderson / Dinah Shore
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What's My Line? (1950) — Self
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Hotel (1982)
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Great Performances (1971) — Self
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The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
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The Dick Cavett Show (1968) — Self - Guest
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Golden Globe Awards (1944) — Self - Presenter
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HealtH (1980) — Dinah Shore
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Death Car on the Freeway (1979) — Lynn Bernheimer
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I Am Richard Pryor (2019) — Self - TV Host (archive footage)
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The Jack Benny Program (1950) — Dinah Shore
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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952) — Self - Natural Gas Commercial
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Bongo (1947) — Narrator (voice)
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The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) — Self
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This Is Your Life (1952) — Self
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Mike Wallace Is Here (2019) — Self (archive footage)
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Follow the Boys (1944) — Dinah Shore
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Up in Arms (1944) — Virginia Merrill
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My Darling Vivian (2020) — Self (archive footage)
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The Mike Douglas Show (1961) — Self
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Belle of the Yukon (1944) — Lettie Candless
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Alice in Wonderland (2010) — Alice (voice) (archive footage)
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Letter to Loretta (1953) — Self - Guest Host
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Kraft Music Hall (1958) — Self - Host
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The Steve Allen Show (1956) — Self - Guest
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Night of 100 Stars II (1985) — Self
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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956) — Self - Host