Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
2/29/1916
Place of Birth
Winchester, Tennessee, USA
Also Known As
Frances 'Fanny' Rose ShoreFrances Rose Shore
Dinah Shore
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 fou...
Known For
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as Dinah Shore
Oh, God!
as Dinah Shore
Fun and Fancy Free
as Narrator (voice)
My Darling Vivian
as Self (archive footage)
Belle of the Yukon
as Lettie Candless
Death Car on the Freeway
as Lynn Bernheimer
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
as Self
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
as Josie Berry
Make Mine Music
as Self (voice)
I Am Richard Pryor
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
as Self (archive footage)
Up in Arms
as Virginia Merrill
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Una Trance / Dinah Shore
The Hollywood Clowns
as Self (archive footage)
Alice in Wonderland
as Alice (voice) (archive footage)
Bongo
as Narrator (voice)
Follow the Boys
as Dinah Shore
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self