Dinah Shore(1916-1994)
- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
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, where she majored in sociology. She took
voice and acting lessons on the side and sang on radio station WSM in
Nashville. In 1938 she left Tennessee for New York City and began
singing on radio station WNCW in New York. Her first recordings were
with bandleader Xavier Cugat, and she later
changed her named to Dinah after her success with the song of the same
name. She received numerous Emmy awards for television specials and
productions and appeared in many films. She was married to actor
George Montgomery, with whom
she had one daughter and adopted a son.