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Dinah Shore (1916–1994)


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... See full bio »

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2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary) (performer: "Moon River", "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby")
 
2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (video documentary) (performer: "The Last Time I Saw Paris" - uncredited)
 
2006 Flags of Our Fathers (performer: "I'll Walk Alone")
 
2005 Memoirs of a Geisha (performer: "Three Little Sisters" 1942)
 
2004 Six Feet Under (TV series)
Untitled (2004) ("Shoo Fly Pie")
 
2003 Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (TV documentary) (performer: "Buttons and Bows", "I Got Rhythm", "I Get a Kick out of You", "How About You?", "I'd Do Anything", "Teamwork", "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" originally "Moritat vom Mackie Messer", "They Can't Take That Away from Me", "Cheek to Cheek", "Down by the Riverside", "I Ain't Got Nobody", "It's a Good Day", "Almost Like Being in Love", "Great Day", "That Great Come-and-Get-It Day", "The Memphis Blues" originally "Mr. Crump", "St. Louis Blues", "Peezie Weezie", "The Best Things in Life Are Free", "See the U. S. A. in Your Chevrolet")
 
2002 Sinatra: The Classic Duets (TV documentary) (performer: "I've Got You Under My Skin" - uncredited, "All of Me" - uncredited, "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" - uncredited)
 
1994 Entertaining the Troops (documentary) (performer: "Night and Day")
 
1990 Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (performer: "Blues in the Night")
 
1989 The Delinquents (performer: "Chantez Chantez")
 
1988 Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse (TV special) (performer: "Twelve Days of Christmas")
 
1985 The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (video short) (performer: "Say It With A Slap")
 
1983 Parade of Stars (TV movie) (performer: "Bill")
 
1981 The 33rd Annual Emmy Awards (TV special) (performer: "Blues in the Night")
 
1980 Reasons to Be Glad (short) (performer: "La Cumparsita")
 
1975-1979 Dinah! (TV series)
Episode dated 19 September 1979 (1979) (performer: "Anything You Can Do")
Episode dated 16 July 1976 (1976) (performer: "City of the Angels" - uncredited)
Episode #2.87 (1976) (performer: "A Quiet Thing")
Episode #2.40 (1975) (performer: "My Coloring Book", "Sing Happy", "Cabaret")
Episode #1.103 (1975) (performer: "Doodle Doo Doo", "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", "My Kind of Town Chicago Isnm0006329 & nm0005991, "Chicago That Toddlin' Town")
 
1976 Gator (performer: "Hey, Country Boy")
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary) (performer: "The Last Time I Saw Paris" 1941 - uncredited)
 
1972 Fuzz (performer: "I'll Be Seeing You")
 
1971 A Safe Place (performer: "Someone to Watch Over Me")
 
1965 The Danny Kaye Show (TV series)
Episode #3.6 (1965) (performer: "The Mood I'm In", "Once Upon a Summertime", "Battle Hymn of the Republic", "Winds of Barcelona", "Happiness Is")
 
1957-1963 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Episode #7.8 (1963) (performer: "When You're Smiling", "Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella", "The Man I Love", "Everybody's Doin' It", "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love", "Let's Fall in Love", "Control Yourself", "Fly Me to the Moon", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "Lazy Afternoon", "If I Had My Druthers", "Just in Time", "I'll Get By", "You Made Me Love You", "Empty Pockets Filled with Love")
Episode #7.6 (1963) (performer: "Wonderful Boy" - uncredited, "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year" - uncredited, "You'll Never Get Away" - uncredited, "Buddies" - uncredited, "Let the Rest of the World Go By" - uncredited, "'S Wonderful" - uncredited, "South Rampart Street Parade" - uncredited, "Serenade in Blue" - uncredited)
Episode #2.21 (1958) (performer: "Two Lost Souls" - uncredited, " We're Gonna Be in High Society" - uncredited, "Money Isn't Everything" - uncredited)
Episode #2.12 (1958) (performer: "Take Me Back to Manhattan" uncrrdited, "Thirteen Men" - uncredited, "Back in the Old Routine" - uncredited, "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" - uncredited, "Blue Moon" - uncredited, "Whispering Hope" - uncredited, "I've Got the World on a String" - uncredited, "St. Louis Blues" - uncredited)
Episode #1.8 (1957) (performer: "Lucky Day" - uncredited, "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - uncredited, "The Cattle Call" - uncredited, "Me and My Shadow" - uncredited)
 
1959 Some of Manie's Friends (TV movie) (performer: "You Make Me Feel So Young" - uncredited, "Them There Eyes" - uncredited, "A Foggy Day" - uncredited, "I've Got You Under My Skin" - uncredited, "Taking a Chance on Love" - uncredited, "They Can't Take That Away from Me" - uncredited, "All of Me" - uncredited, "Daddy" - uncredited, "I Can't Give You Anything but Love" - uncredited, "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" - uncredited)
 
1956 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Episode #8.26 (1956) (performer: "Come Rain or Come Shine" - uncredited, "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me" - uncredited)
 
1955 The Phil Silvers Show (TV series)
The Eating Contest (1955) (performer: "I'll Walk Alone" - uncredited)
 
1950-1952 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Buck Benny Rides Again (1952) (performer: "Blues in the Night" - uncredited)
Premiere Show (1950) (performer: "I'm Yours" - uncredited, "I Oughta Know More About You" - uncredited)
 
1947 Fun & Fancy Free (performer: "Too Good to be True" 1947 - uncredited, "Say It With a Slap" 1947 - uncredited, "Lazy Countryside" 1947 - uncredited)
 
1946 Till the Clouds Roll By (performer: "They Didn't Believe Me" - uncredited, "The Last Time I Saw Paris" - uncredited)
 
1946 Make Mine Music (performer: "Two Silhouettes" 1945)
 
1944 Up in Arms (performer: "Now I Know" 1944, "Tess's Torch Song" 1944)
 
1944 Follow the Boys (performer: "I'll Walk Alone" 1944, "I'll Get By" 1928 - uncredited, "Mad About Him, Sad Without Him, How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues" - uncredited)
 
1944 Belle of the Yukon (performer: "Like Someone in Love", "Sleigh Ride in July")
 
1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars (performer: "Thank Your Lucky Stars" 1943 - uncredited, "The Dreamer" 1943 - uncredited, "How Sweet You Are" 1943 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActress (22 titles)
1989 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Emily Dyers
Alma Murder (1989) … Emily Dyers
 
1987 Hotel (TV series)
Katherine Woodbridge
Past Tense (1987) … Katherine Woodbridge
 
1983 Parade of Stars (TV movie)
Helen Morgan
 
1976 Dinah and Her New Best Friends (TV series)
 
1979 Death Car on the Freeway (TV movie)
Lynn Bernheimer
 
1976 Lola! (TV series)
Episode #1.2 (1976)
 
1970 Bongo (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1964 Special for Women: The Menace of Age (TV movie)
Hostess
 
1963-1964 The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV series)
2nd American Gas Assn. Ad / American Gas Assn. Ad
Rick Is Late for Dinner (1964) … American Gas Assn. Ad
David and the Mermaid (1963) … 2nd American Gas Assn. Ad
 
1961 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Mrs. Laura Jesson
 
1958 Cimarron City (TV series)
Townswoman singing Auld Lang Syne
Cimarron Holiday (1958) … Townswoman singing Auld Lang Syne (uncredited)
 
1954 The Dinah Shore Show (TV series)
 
1952 All Star Revue (TV series)
Guest Vocalist
Episode #2.31 (1952) … Guest Vocalist
 
1952 Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
Josie Berry
 
1947 Fun & Fancy Free
Narrator (voice)
 
1947 Bongo (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1946 Till the Clouds Roll By
Una Trance (segment "The Girl from Utah")/Herself
 
1946 Make Mine Music
Dinah Shore (voice)
 
1944 Follow the Boys
Dinah Shore
 
1944 Up in Arms
Virginia
 
1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars
Dinah Shore
 
Show ShowSelf (92 titles)
1993 Vicki! (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 25 March 1993 (1993) … Herself
 
1978-1993 Good Morning America (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 25 March 1993 (1993) … Herself
Episode dated 12 November 1979 (1979) … Herself
Episode dated 1 May 1978 (1978) … Herself
Episode dated 8 February 1978 (1978) … Herself
 
1992 Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1990 Live with Kelly and Michael (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 5 November 1990 (1990) … Herself
 
1989-1991 A Conversation with Dinah (TV series)
Herself - Hostess
Episode dated 15 August 1990 (1990) … Herself - Hostess
 
1990 Frank Sinatra: The Voice of Our Time (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1988 America's Tribute to Bob Hope (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1988 Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse (TV special)
Herself
 
1987 Candid Camera: First 40 Years (TV movie)
Herself
 
1986 NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1985 All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (TV movie)
Herself
 
1985 The 37th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Best Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
 
1985 Night of 100 Stars II (TV movie)
Herself
 
1984 All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds (TV movie)
Herself
 
1983 Here's Television Entertainment (TV movie)
Herself
 
1983 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Huston (TV special)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1982 The All-Time American Songbook (TV movie)
Herself
 
1982 Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (TV movie)
Herself
 
1981 The 33rd Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer & Presenter: Best Directing/Writing in a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
 
1981 Great Performances (TV series)
Herself
 
1974-1980 Dinah! (TV series)
Herself - Host / Herself / Herself - Hostess / …
Episode dated 18 September 1980 (1980) … Herself - Host
Episode dated 17 September 1980 (1980) … Herself - Host
Episode dated 15 September 1980 (1980) … Herself - Host
Episode dated 23 June 1980 (1980) … Herself - Host
Episode dated 14 April 1980 (1980) … Herself
 
1980 HealtH
Herself
 
1979 240-Robert (TV series)
Herself
The Applicant (1979) … Herself
 
1979 Alice (TV series)
Herself
Mel's in the Kitchen with Dinah (1979) … Herself
 
1978 Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1978 Donahue (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 8 March 1978 (1978) … Herself
 
1978 The 1978 Annual Iris Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1978 The 5th Annual American Music Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1977 Oh, God!
Herself
 
1977 The 19th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1976 The Carol Burnett Show (TV series)
Herself - Guest / Melody
Episode #10.8 (1976) … Herself - Guest / Melody
 
1976 The Sonny and Cher Show (TV series)
Herself / Various Characters
Episode #2.3 (1976) … Herself/Various Characters
 
1976 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Guest Appearance
Episode dated 26 April 1976 (1976) … Guest Appearance
 
1976 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.75 … Herself
 
1975 At Long Last Cole (TV movie)
Herself
 
1975 Sammy and Company (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 6 April 1975 (1975) … Herself
 
1975 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Orson Welles (TV special)
Herself - (uncredit)
 
1971-1974 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 23 December 1974 (1974) … Herself
Episode dated 30 September 1972 (1972) … Herself
Episode dated 16 September 1971 (1971) … Herself
Episode dated 16 February 1971 (1971) … Herself
 
1974 Glen Campbell & Company (TV movie)
Herself
 
1971-1974 Dinah's Place (TV series)
Herself - Host / Herself
Episode dated 16 March 1974 (1974) … Herself - Host
Episode dated 28 December 1973 (1973) … Herself - Host
Episode dated 23 December 1973 (1973) … Herself - Host
Episode dated 7 December 1973 (1973) … Herself - Host
Episode dated 25 November 1973 (1973) … Herself - Host
 
1974 Jack Benny's Second Farewell Special (TV movie)
Herself
 
1973 Dinah Shore: In Search of the Ideal Man (TV movie)
Herself
 
1973 Burt Reynolds' Late Show (TV movie)
Herself
 
1973 Cavalcade of Champions (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1973 The 45th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Audience Member
 
1973 Get Happy (TV movie)
Herself
 
1972 Salute to Oscar Hammerstein II (TV movie)
Herself
 
1972 The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.2 (1972) … Herself
 
1970-1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #4.67 (1971) … Herself
Episode #2.184 (1970) … Herself
 
1971 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
Bill Bixby (1971) … Herself
 
1971 Here's Lucy (TV series)
Herself
Someone's on the Ski Lift with Dinah (1971) … Herself
 
1968-1971 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Guest Performer
Episode #4.26 (1971) … Herself
Episode #4.22 (1971) … Herself
Episode #4.21 (1971) … Herself - Guest Performer
Episode #4.12 (1970) … Herself
Episode #1.8 (1968) … Herself
 
1971 Hold That Pose (TV series)
Host
 
1970 Jack Benny's Twentieth Anniversary Special (TV special)
Herself
 
1969-1970 Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 21 February 1970 (1970) … Herself
Episode dated 24 October 1969 (1969) … Herself
 
1969 The Movie Game (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 9 December 1969 (1969) … Herself
 
1969 The Dinah Shore Special: Like Hep (TV movie)
Herself - Host
 
1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #3.156 (1969) … Herself
 
1950-1968 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Singer / Singer
Episode #21.25 (1968) … Singer
Episode #19.20 (1966) … Herself - Singer
Episode #3.20 (1950) … Herself
 
1967 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Herself - Host
Dinah Shore Presents The Nashville Sound (1967) … Herself - Host
 
1967 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
 
1966 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 13 October 1966 (1966) … Herself
 
1956-1966 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest / Herself - Mystery Guest #2
Episode dated 23 January 1966 (1966) … Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 4 October 1959 (1959) … Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 11 March 1956 (1956) … Herself - Mystery Guest #2
 
1965 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV series)
Herself - Hostess
The Music of Harold Arlen (1965) … Herself - Hostess
 
1965 The Danny Kaye Show (TV series)
Herself - Singer
Episode #3.6 (1965) … Herself - Singer
 
1956-1963 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Herself - Host / Herself - Hostess / Herself / …
Episode #7.8 (1963) … Herself - Host/Performer
Episode #7.6 (1963) … Herself - Hostess
Episode #6.3 (1961) … Herself - Host
Episode #6.2 (1961) … Herself
Episode #5.11 (1960) … Herself - Hostess
 
1962 At This Very Moment (TV movie)
Herself
 
1960 Red Skelton Timex Special (TV movie)
Herself - Guest
 
1960 The 12th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1952-1960 The Dinah Shore Show (TV series)
Herself
Children Are People (1960) … Herself
Episode dated 26 August 1952 (1952) … Herself
The Children Show … Herself
 
1953-1960 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
Carl Reiner (1960) … Herself
Dinah Shore (1953) … Herself
 
1959 Premier Khrushchev in the USA (documentary)
Herself
 
1959 The 11th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1959 Some of Manie's Friends (TV movie)
Herself
 
1957-1958 Make Room for Daddy (TV series)
Herself
Dinah Shore and Danny are Rivals (1958) … Herself
The Dinah Shore Show (1957) … Herself
 
1957-1958 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Herself - Singer / Herself / Herself - Guest
NBC Fall Preview (1958) … Herself - Guest
From Hollywood: The Photoplay Movie Awards (1958) … Herself - Singer
NBC Fall Preview (1957) … Herself - Singer
Episode #2.24 (1957) … Herself
 
1958 Screen Snapshots: Salute to Hollywood (documentary short)
Herself
 
1958 The Frank Sinatra Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 3 January 1958 (1958) … Herself
 
1957 General Motors 50th Anniversary Show (TV movie)
Herself
 
1956 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Herself
Episode #8.26 (1956) … Herself
 
1956 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Small Fry (short)
Herself
 
1955 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Herself - Guest Hostess
Across the Plaza (1955) … Herself - Guest Hostess
 
1955 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode #2.19 (1955) … Herself
 
1954 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Stars on Parade (documentary short)
Herself
 
1953-1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself - Singer / Herself - Actress
Episode #5.3 (1954) … Herself - Singer
Episode #3.38 (1953) … Herself - Actress
Episode #3.18 (1953) … Herself - Singer
 
1950-1952 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Herself
Buck Benny Rides Again (1952) … Herself
Premiere Show (1950) … Herself
 
1952 All Star Revue (TV series)
Herself - Guest Vocalist
Episode #3.5 (1952) … Herself - Guest Vocalist
 
1952 A Sporting Oasis (documentary short)
Herself
 
1951 Chesterfield Sound Off Time (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 14 October 1951 (1951) … Herself
 
1949-1950 The Ed Wynn Show (TV series)
Herself - Singer
Episode #1.38 (1950) … Herself - Singer
Episode #1.4 (1949) … Herself - Singer
 
1950 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Herself - Singer
Episode #2.18 (1950) … Herself - Singer
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (23 titles)
2012 Songs (TV series)
 
2012 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2012 My Music: Big Band Vocalists (TV movie)
Herself
 
2010 Alice in Wonderland (video)
Alice (voice)
 
2010 Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2008 Can You Hear Me Now: The Evolution of Gospel Music (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2007 Let the Music Play: The Barry White Story (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2003 Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2002 The Kid Stays in the Picture (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1998-1999 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1997 The Fifties
Herself - Blows Kiss
 
1997 Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1994 Entertaining the Troops (documentary)
Herself
 
1994 The 66th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Memorial Tribute
 
1985 The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (video short)
'Bongo' Narrator
 
1979 The Hollywood Clowns (video documentary)
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary)
Clip from 'Till the Clouds Roll By'
 
1961 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
 

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Personal Quote:

[on Bing Crosby] Bing Crosby sings like all people think they sing in the shower. See more »

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Host of NBC Radio's "Birdseye Open House" (1943-1946). See more »

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Theme song: "See the U.S.A. (in Your Chevrolet)" See more »

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