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Biography

Dinah Shore was born to Russian Jewish immigrants. Her father owned a dry goods store in Winchester Tennessee. Fanny Rose as she was known…more

Born

2/29/1916, Winchester, Tennessee, USA

Birth Name

Frances Rose Shore

Gender

Female

Credits

Star (8)

Role
- Dinah!
  Herself/Hostess
  - S 6: Ep 193 July 4, 1980
    7/4/80
  - S 6: Ep 192 July 3, 1980
    7/3/80
  - S 6: Ep 191 July 2, 1980
    7/2/80
  - S 6: Ep 190 July 1, 1980
    7/1/80
  - S 6: Ep 189 June 30, 1980
    6/30/80
  - + 1044 More Credits
- Dinah!
  Hostess
  - S 5: Ep 4 September 14, 1978
    9/14/78
  - S 5: Ep 3 September 13, 1978
    9/13/78
  - S 5: Ep 2 September 12, 1978
    9/12/78
  - S 5: Ep 1 September 11, 1978
    9/11/78
  - S 4: Ep 199 July 20, 1978
    7/20/78
  - + 159 More Credits
- Dinah!
  Herself/Hostes
  - S 1: Ep 158 June 23, 1975
    6/23/75
- Dinah!
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 90 March 10, 1975
    3/10/75
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
  Hostess
  - S 7: Ep 9 May 12, 1963
    5/12/63
  - S 7: Ep 7 March 17, 1963
    3/17/63
  - S 7: Ep 6 February 17, 1963
    2/17/63
  - S 7: Ep 2 November 11, 1962
    11/11/62
  - S 7: Ep 1 One Woman Show
    10/14/62
  - + 113 More Credits
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
  Herself/Hostess
  - S 7: Ep 8 Easter Show
    4/14/63
  - S 7: Ep 5 January 20, 1963
    1/20/63
  - S 7: Ep 4 December 30, 1962
    12/30/62
  - S 7: Ep 3 December 9, 1962
    12/9/62
- The Chevy Show
  Herself - Hostess
  - S 1: Ep 55 June 5, 1952
    6/5/52
  - S 1: Ep 9 December 25, 1951
    12/25/51
  - S 1: Ep 8 December 20, 1951
    12/20/51
  - S 1: Ep 7 December 18, 1951
    12/18/51
  - S 1: Ep 5 December 11, 1951
    12/11/51
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Chevy Show
  Herself - Host
  - S 1: Ep 54 May 29, 1952
    5/29/52
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Cameo Appearance
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode #5
    2/19/68
  - S 7: Ep 2 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Past Christmas Present
    12/2/93
  - S 7: Ep 1 Laugh-In's 25th Anniversary
    2/7/93
  - S 4: Ep 26 Episode #92
    3/15/71
  - S 4: Ep 12 Episode #78
    11/30/70
Guest Star (52)

Role
- Live! with Kelly
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 86 January 5, 1993
    1/5/93
  - S 3: Ep 161 April 23, 1991
    4/23/91
  - S 3: Ep 46 November 5, 1990
    11/5/90
- Good Morning America
  Herself
  - S 18: Ep 223 November 11, 1992
    11/11/92
- Murder, She Wrote
  Emily Dyers
  - S 5: Ep 15 Alma Murder
    3/12/89
- Pee-Wee's Playhouse
  herself
  - S 3: Ep 3 Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
    12/21/88
- Hotel
  Katherine Woodbridge
  - S 4: Ep 21 Past Tense
    5/27/87
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself
  - S 33: Ep 1 The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/13/81
- Great Performances
  Performer
  - S 9: Ep 10 Beverly! Her Farewell Performance
    1/5/81
- 240-Robert
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Applicant
    11/26/79
- Alice (1985)
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 8 Mel's in the Kitchen With Dinah
    11/18/79
- The New Mickey Mouse Club
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 22 C-099
    10/4/77
- The Carol Burnett Show
  herself
  - S 10: Ep 8 with Dinah Shore
    11/13/76
- The Sonny & Cher Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 3 Show 14
    10/10/76
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Herself
  - S 10: Ep 66 April 26-30, 1976 (NBC-TV)
    4/26/76
  - S 9: Ep 65 April 21-27, 1975 (2)
    4/21/75
  - S 8: Ep 31 December 17-23, 1973 (2)
    12/17/73
  - S 8: Ep 23 November 19-25, 1973 (2)
    11/19/73
  - S 7: Ep 62 April 9-15, 1973 (2)
    4/9/73
  - + 3 More Credits
- Sammy & Company
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 1 April 5, 1975
    4/5/75
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 1 721002
    10/2/72
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 8 Show 8 - Tony Curtis, Dinah Shore
    1/3/72
- The David Frost Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 67 December 21, 1971
    12/21/71
  - S 2: Ep 184 May 14, 1970
    5/14/70
- Here's Lucy
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 7 Someone's On the Ski Lift with Dinah
    10/25/71
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 17 October 8, 1971
    10/8/71
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Guest Performer
  - S 4: Ep 21 Episode #87
    2/8/71
- Jimmy Durante Presents The Lennon Sisters
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 18 February 21, 1970
    2/21/70
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself/Co-host
  - S 7: Ep 245 August 29, 1969
    8/29/69
  - S 7: Ep 244 August 28, 1969
    8/28/69
  - S 7: Ep 243 August 27, 1969
    8/27/69
  - S 7: Ep 242 August 26, 1969
    8/26/69
  - S 7: Ep 241 Week of August 25, 1969
    8/25/69
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 2 August 19, 1969
    8/19/69
  - S 4: Ep 169 April 27, 1967
    4/27/67
  - S 9: Ep 108 March 13, 1972
    3/13/72
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 156 April 10, 1969
    4/10/69
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 143 March 26, 1969
    3/26/69
  - S 12: Ep 101 Week of January 21, 1974
    1/21/74
  - S 11: Ep 159 April 13, 1973
    4/13/73
  - S 10: Ep 19 September 23, 1971
    9/23/71
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Herself
  - S 21: Ep 25 Gladys Knight & the Pips / Jackie Mason / Dinah Shore
    2/25/68
  - S 19: Ep 20 January 30, 1966: The Four Tops, Dinah Shore, José Feliciano, SSgt. Barry Sadler
    1/30/66
- The Dean Martin Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 5 George Burns / Dinah Shore / Jonathan Winters / The Pair Extraordinaire
    10/13/66
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest #2
  - S 17: Ep 21 EPISODE #800
    1/23/66
  - S 7: Ep 28 EPISODE #301
    3/11/56
- The Bell Telephone Hour
  Host
  - S 8: Ep 6 The Music of Harold Arlen
    12/5/65
- The Danny Kaye Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 6 October 27, 1965
    10/27/65
- The Bob Hope Show
  Herself
  - S 16: Ep 1 September 29, 1965
    9/29/65
  - S 2: Ep 1 October 14, 1951
    10/14/51
  - S 1: Ep 3 September 14, 1950
    9/14/50
  - S 1: Ep 1 April 9, 1950
    4/9/50
  - S 38: Ep 5 Happy Birthday Bob - 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years With NBC
    5/16/88
  - + 1 More Credits
- The DuPont Show of the Week
  Herself (on film)
  - S 1: Ep 4 USO -- Wherever They Go!
    10/8/61
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
  Mrs. Laura Jesson
  - S 5: Ep 26 Brief Encounter
    3/26/61
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest Duo
  - S 11: Ep 5 EPISODE #484
    10/4/59
- Pat Boone Chevy Showroom
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 19 February 5, 1959
    2/5/59
- Cimarron City
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 11 Cimarron Holiday
    12/20/58
- Make Room for Daddy
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 10 Dinah Shore and Danny are Rivals
    12/8/58
  - S 5: Ep 4 The Dinah Shore Show
    10/28/57
- The Steve Allen Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 3 NBC Fall Preview (1958-59 season)
    9/21/58
  - S 3: Ep 20 Ann Sothern, Henny Youngman, Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Dinah Shore
    2/9/58
  - S 3: Ep 1 NBC Fall Preview (1957-58 season)
    9/22/57
  - S 2: Ep 25 Peggy Lee; Tennessee Ernie Ford; The Collins Kids; Esther Williams; Dinah Shore; George Montgomery
    3/31/57
- The Frank Sinatra Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 12 Dinah Shore
    1/3/58
- The Steve Allen Show
  Herself (via remote)
  - S 2: Ep 25 Peggy Lee; Tennessee Ernie Ford; The Collins Kids; Esther Williams; Dinah Shore; George Montgomery
    3/31/57
- The Perry Como Show
  Herself
  - S 9: Ep 10 November 17, 1956
    11/17/56
  - S 8: Ep 26 March 10, 1956
    3/10/56
  - S 8: Ep 18 January 14, 1956
    1/14/56
- Loretta Young Show
  Guest Hostess
  - S 3: Ep 13 Across the Plaza
    11/27/55
- Person to Person
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 19 January 7, 1955
    1/7/55
- The Colgate Comedy Hour
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 3 10/3/1954
    10/3/54
- The Colgate Comedy Hour
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 37 6/7/1953
    6/7/53
- The Colgate Comedy Hour
  Guest
  - S 3: Ep 17 1/18/1953
    1/18/53
- The Jack Benny Program
  Herself / Tess Montgomery
  - S 3: Ep 2 Buck Benny Rides Again
    11/2/52
- Four Star Revue
  Guest
  - S 3: Ep 5 October 4, 1952
    10/4/52
  - S 2: Ep 31 April 5, 1952
    4/5/52
- The Jack Benny Program
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Premiere Show
    10/28/50
- The Ed Wynn Show
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 38 Dinah Shore/Ben Wrigley
    6/27/50
  - S 1: Ep 4 Dinah Shore
    10/27/49
- Toast of the Town
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 20 Dinah Shore / Vic Damone / Alice Pearce / Joan Holloway
    1/29/50
- Texaco Star Theater
  Guests
  - S 2: Ep 18 1/17/1950
    1/17/50
Cameo (1)

Role
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Cameo Appearance
  - S 1: Ep 8 Episode #8
    3/11/68
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode #6
    2/26/68

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Trivia
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- April 13, 1969. Dinah Shore Special: "Like Hep!" (NBC) -
  Guests: Lucille Ball, Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, Diana Ross.
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- The Chevy Show presents Dinah Shore At Home
  25Dec1951 KNBH channel 4 7:30pm 30min program.
  Lauritz Melchoir visits Dinah Shore and her husband George Montgomery at the Montgomery home in the San Fernando Valley.
  The show will take televiews into Dinah's livingroom as well as to her pool and around the grounds.
  Lauritz Melchoir sings "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" to Dinah's 4-year-old daughter Melissa, and a group of her little friends.
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- On March 27, 1955 Dinah Shore appeared on "Entertainment 1955" with Helen Hayes, Bob Hope, Judy Holliday, Cesar Romero, Dinah Shore, Fred Allen and others. The program included excerpts from a broadway play, comedy sketch and variety for the opening of NBC-TV's color city in Burbank, California.
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Quotes
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- Dinah Shore: I earn and pay my own way as a great many women do today. Why should unmarried women be discriminated against? Unmarried men are not.
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- Dinah Shore: I'd like people to remember that I really tried everything within my range of reality. And that whatever I did, I did with all my heart.
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- Dinah Shore: Bing Crosby sings like all people think they sing in the shower.
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