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Frances Rose Shore Wiki Biography

Frances Rose Shore was born on 29th February 1916, in Winchester, Tennessee USA, and was a singer, actress and television personality, who was particularly popular in the 1940s and 1950s, but who was also a TV personality for two more decades. As a golf player, she was a strong supporter of professional women’s golf development in the US, including establishing the Colgate Dinah Shore tournament, one of the five major tournaments of the LPGA Championship. Dinah passed away in 1994.

How much was the net worth of Dinah Shore? It has been reported by authoritative sources that the overall size of her wealth was equal to $20 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2017.

To begin with, the blonde singer began her career as a teenager in Nashville, Tennessee as the singer with Francis Craig’s orchestra, and gravitated to New York in the 1930s. However, her desire to work as a singer in the popular big bands was rejected by Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman after auditions, so nevertheless she decided to work as a solo singer, and received a record contract in 1940 – ultimately she released over 80 songs which appeared in the US charts. Already in 1942, she had her first big hit “Blues in the Night”, which sold over a million copies. In the musical film “Thank Your Lucky Stars” (1943), she made her film debut, then in 1944 she had her first number one hit in the US, “I’ll Walk Alone” from the movie “Follow the Boys”, which was nominated for an Academy Award. She became the most popular singer in the US, which opened the doors to Hollywood. In 1944, she starred in three films. In the 1950s, her popularity increased because of the television. “The Dinah Shore Chevy Show” (1951 – 1963) became one of the most popular television shows in the US. She was sponsored by Chevrolet for which she also made commercials. In the 1970s, she came back to the screen with an afternoon talk show, meantime continuing to also work as a singer and actress until the late 1980s.

In addition, Dinah Shore, who also played golf, was a long time sponsor of professional women’s golf. In 1972, she was co-founder of the Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Tournament, which is now under the name Kraft Nabisco Championship, and is one of the four major golf tournaments for women on the LPGA Tour. The tournament is held every spring near Shores House in Rancho Mirage, California. Shore was also the first female member of the famous Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles. In recognition of her support for golf, Dinah Shore was posthumously inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. In 1985, she had already received the Pattyberg Award and 1993 the Old Tom Morris Award, the highest award of the Golf-course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA).

Finally, in the personal life of Dinah Shore, she was married to the western star George Montgomery in 1943, until their 1963 divorce – they had two children; she was then briefly married to Maurice F. Smith from 1963 to 1964. In the 1970s, she was in relationship with the actor Burt Reynolds. Dinah Shore died in and died on 24th February 1994 in Los Angeles, California, US 1994 at the age of 77 years as a result of ovarian cancer. Her funeral took place at the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.

IMDB Wikipedia “Make Room for Daddy” (1957-1958) “The Dinah Shore Chevy Show” (1951-1963) “The Dinah Shore Show” (1951-1953) “The Jack Benny Program” (1950-1952) $20 million 1916 1994 5 ft 2 in (1.6 m) Academy of Country Music Awards Jim Reeves International Award (1976) Actor Benny Goodman Beverly Hills California Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host Dinah Dinah Shore Dinah Shore Net Worth Dinah Shore Sings (2001) Dinah Sings Some Blues with Red (1960) Fanny Fanny Rose Shore February 24 February 29 Frances Rose Shore Francis Craig’s orchestra George Montgomery George Montgomery (m. 1943–1963) Golden Globe Award for Television Achievement (1956) Jewish people John David Montgomery Maurice F. Smith Maurice F. Smith (m. 1963–1964) Melissa Montgomery-Hime Old Tom Morris Award (1993) Pattyberg Award (1985) Presenter Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance/Best Female Singer RCA Victor Records Singer Singers Tennessee The Fabulous Hits of Dinah Shore (1962) Tommy Dorsey TV Personality United States United States of America Winchester Xavier Cugat orchestra Yes Indeed! (1959)

Frances Rose Shore Quick Info

Frances Rose Shore Trademarks

1. Throwing the audience a kiss at the end of her show
2. Theme song: “See the U.S.A. (in Your Chevrolet)”

Frances Rose Shore Quotes

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

Frances Rose Shore Important Facts

• Helped start one of the first big-money professional golf tournaments for women.
• Was a dedicated Girl Scout.
• Was a registered Republican.
• Appears on a 44¢ USA commemorative postage stamp, issued on Tuesday, August 11th, 2009, in the Early TV Memories issue honoring The Dinah Shore Show (1951).
• She was awarded 3 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard; for Radio at 1751 Vine Street; and for Television at 6916 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
• Had a lifelong passion for painting and cookbooks.
• Lived in a one story house in Mission Hills Country Club, located in Rancho Mirage, California. Was also good friends with all of her neighbors. Among them were Donald Donovan and Geraldine Donovan.
• Although she was not an original member of the cast of “Call Me Madam”, she sang all the Ethel Merman songs on the original cast recording when Decca Records refused to release Ms. Merman from her contract to record the soundtrack for RCA.
• Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1994.
• Dinah Shore Boulevard is named in her honor in her hometown of Winchester, Tennessee.
• Per 1920/1930 census records, her parents were Russian-born Jews. Her father was a prosperous dry goods merchant in Tennessee.
• Half of her ashes are interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Cathedral City (near Palm Springs, California). The other half are interred at Hillside Memorial Park in Culver City, California.
• Dinah Shore Drive is named for her. It spans the cities of Rancho Mirage and Cathedral City (near Palm Springs, California).
• Dinah gave birth to daughter Melissa Ann (Melissa Montgomery in January 1948. She later adopted her son, John “Jody” David Montgomery.
• Her ex-husband, George Montgomery, and her two children were with her when she died.
• She has three grandchildren by Melissa: Jennifer, Adam, and Alexandre.
• Member of Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority.
• Host of NBC Radio’s “Birdseye Open House” (1943-1946).
• Contracted polio at 18 months of age. Through years of physical therapy, she was able to recover fully and was left with only a raised arch on one foot. Her enforced athletic therapy at a young age is what led to a lifelong love of athletics.
• Took the professional name Dinah after the title of a favorite song.
• The first female star to have her own prime-time TV variety show.
• She earned the USO Medallion Award as the first entertainer to visit GIs on the front lines of WWII.
• She had a long love affair with Burt Reynolds, who was 20 years younger than she was.

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