Fannye Rose Shore was born 29 February 1916 in Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee, United States to Solomon Aron Shore (1878-1945) and Anna Stein (1888-1934) and died 24 February 1994 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States of ovarian cancer. She married George Montgomery (1916-2000) . She married Maurice F Smith (-) .
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Bessie Shore (1908-1952) | |||
| Fannye Rose Shore (1916-1994) | 29 February 1916 Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee, United States | 24 February 1994 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States | George Montgomery (1916-2000) Maurice F Smith (-) |
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Melissa Ann 'Missy' Montgomery (1948-) | |||
| Dinah Shore | |
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 Publicity photo, 1951 | |
| Born |
Fannye Rose Shore February 29, 1916 Winchester, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died |
February 24, 1994 (age 77) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University |
| Occupation | Singer, actress, talk show host |
| Years active | 1939–1994 |
| Spouse |
George Montgomery (m. 1943–1963) |
| Children | 2 |
Dinah Shore (born Fannye Rose Shore;[1] February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994) was an American singer, actress, and television personality, and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1940s. She rose to prominence as a recording artist during the Big Band era. She achieved even greater success a decade later, in television, mainly as the host of a series of variety programs for the Chevrolet automobile company.
After failing singing auditions for the bands of Benny Goodman, and both Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Shore struck out on her own. She became the first singer of her era to achieve huge solo success. She had a string of 80 charted popular hits, spanning 1940–1957, and after appearing in a handful of feature films, she went on to a four-decade career in American television. She starred in her own music and variety shows from 1951 through 1963 and hosted two talk shows in the 1970s. TV Guide ranked her at number 16 on their list of the top 50 television stars of all time. Stylistically, Shore was compared to two singers who followed her in the mid-to-late 1940s and early 1950s, Doris Day and Patti Page.
Early life
She was born as Fannye Rose Shore to Russian-Jewish immigrant shopkeepers, Anna (née Stein) and Solomon Shore, in Winchester, Tennessee. She had an elder sister, eight years her senior, Elizabeth, known as "Bessie". When Fannye was eighteen months old, she was stricken with polio (infantile paralysis). The only known treatment was bed rest and sometimes more extreme care if the child was severely compromised. (This was before the polio vaccine had been developed which brought an end to polio in the United States.) Her mother provided extensive care for her, which included regular therapeutic massage and a strict exercise program.[2][3] She recovered, but sustained a deformed foot and limp. Fannye loved to sing as a small child; her mother, a contralto with operatic aspirations, encouraged her. Her father often took her to his store, where she would perform impromptu songs for the customers.[4][5]
In 1924, the Shore family moved to McMinnville, Tennessee, where her father had opened a department store. By her fifth-grade year, the family had moved to Nashville, where she completed elementary school. Although shy because of her limp, she became actively involved in sports, was a cheerleader at Nashville's Hume-Fogg High School, and was involved in other activities. At some point, Fannye became known as Frances.
When Shore was 16, her mother died unexpectedly from a heart attack. Pursuing her education, Shore enrolled at Vanderbilt University, where she participated in many events and activities, including the Chi chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority. She graduated from the university in 1938 with a degree in sociology. She visited the Grand Ole Opry and made her radio debut on Nashville's WSM (AM) radio station.
Shore decided to return to pursuing her career in singing, moving to New York City to audition for orchestras and radio stations. At first she went there on a summer break from Vanderbilt, and after graduation, for good. In many of her auditions, she sang the popular song "Dinah". When disc jockey Martin Block could not remember her name, he called her the "Dinah girl", and soon after the name stuck, becoming her stage name.[6] She eventually was hired as a vocalist at radio station WNEW, where she sang with Frank Sinatra. She recorded and performed with the Xavier Cugat orchestra, and signed a recording contract with RCA Victor Records in 1940.
Death
In the spring of 1993, Shore was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She died of complications from the disease on February 24, 1994, at her home in Beverly Hills, California, five days before turning 78 (That birthday was not on the 1994 calendar, as it was not a Leap Year). Her body was cremated the same day. Some of the ashes were interred in two memorial sites: the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery[7] in Culver City, California, and Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City). Other ashes went to relatives.[8]
Residences
Footnotes (including sources)
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References
- ^ Born Fannye Rose Shore as per Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007 (October 1937)
- ^ Sochen, June. "Dinah Shore". Jewish Women's Archive. https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/shore-dinah.
- ^ "Dinah Shore". Jewish Women's Archive. https://jwa.org/people/shore-dinah.
- ^ "Dinah Shore Fan Club Website". Dinahshorefanclub.com. http://www.dinahshorefanclub.com/dsbio2.htm.
- ^ Sims, G. Michael (Fall 2009). "Best all-around girl: How a small-town Tennessee girl sang her way to stardom". Vanderbilt Magazine: p. 18. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/vanderbilt-magazine/2009/11/best-all-around-girl.
- ^ Oliver, Myra (February 25, 1994). "Songbird Dinah Shore dead at 76". Boca Raton News. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e9UPAAAAIBAJ&pg=3841,5066262.
- ^ "Hillside Memorial Park Residents". Hillsidememorial.org. http://www.hillsidememorial.org/pdfs/DistResBook_webversion3.pdf.
- ^ Brooks, Patricia; Brooks, Jonathan (2006). "Chapter 8: East L.A. and the Desert". Laid to Rest in California: A Guide to the Cemeteries and Grave Sites of the Rich and Famous. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press. p. 245. ISBN 978-0-7627-4101-4. OCLC 70284362.
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- Dinah Shore at the Internet Movie Database
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- Dinah Shore biography, parabrisas.com
- Dinah Shore File at FBI Records: The Vault
- Dinah Vegas, dinahshoreweekend.com
- Fannye Rose Shore (1916-1994) at Find A Grave – Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
- Fannye Rose Shore (1916-1994) at Find A Grave – Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City)
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