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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 …
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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.
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian
as Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
as Self (archive footage)
I Am Richard Pryor
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
as Self (archive footage)
Alice in Wonderland
as Alice (voice) (archive footage)
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of Our Time
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
as Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
HealtH
as Dinah Shore
Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
as Self
Death Car on the Freeway
as Lynn Bernheimer
The Hollywood Clowns
as Self (archive footage)
Oh, God!
as Dinah Shore
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
No Poster
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
as Self
Honor America Day
as Self
The Little Engine That Could
as Narrator (voice)
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
as Josie Berry
Fun and Fancy Free
as Narrator (voice)
Bongo
as Narrator (voice)
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Julia Sanderson / Dinah Shore
Make Mine Music
as Self (voice)
Two Silhouettes
as Music
Belle of the Yukon
as Lettie Candless
Follow the Boys
as Dinah Shore
Up in Arms
as Virginia Merrill
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Self