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.
Dinah Shore Net Worth $20 Million
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.
Golden Globe Award for Television Achievement (1956), Pattyberg Award (1985), Old Tom Morris Award (1993), Academy of Country Music Awards Jim Reeves International Award (1976), Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance/Best Female Singer, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host
Record Labels
RCA Victor Records
Albums
Dinah Shore Sings (2001), Dinah, Yes Indeed! (1959), Dinah Sings Some Blues with Red (1960), The Fabulous Hits of Dinah Shore (1962)
Music Groups
Francis Craig's orchestra, Xavier Cugat orchestra
Nominations
World Golf Hall of Fame,
Movies
“Thank Your Lucky Stars” (1943), “Belle of the Yukon” (1944), “Up in Arms” (1944), “Till the Clouds Roll By” (1946), “Follow the Boys”, “Sinatra: The Classic Duets” (2002, documentary)
TV Shows
“Screen Guild Players” (1945, radio), “Birdseye Open House” (1943-1946, NBC radio), “Call to Music” (1948, CBS, NBC), “The Jack Benny Program” (1950-1952), “The Dinah Shore Show” (1951-1953), “The Dinah Shore Chevy Show” (1951-1963), “Make Room for Daddy” (1957-1958)
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Trademark
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Throwing the audience a kiss at the end of her show
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Theme song: "See the U.S.A. (in Your Chevrolet)"
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Quote
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[on Bing Crosby] Bing Crosby sings like all people think they sing in the shower.
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Fact
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Helped start one of the first big-money professional golf tournaments for women.
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Was a dedicated Girl Scout.
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Was a registered Republican.
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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).
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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.
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Had a lifelong passion for painting and cookbooks.
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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.
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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.
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Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1994.
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Dinah Shore Boulevard is named in her honor in her hometown of Winchester, Tennessee.
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Per 1920/1930 census records, her parents were Russian-born Jews. Her father was a prosperous dry goods merchant in Tennessee.
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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.
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Dinah Shore Drive is named for her. It spans the cities of Rancho Mirage and Cathedral City (near Palm Springs, California).
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Dinah gave birth to daughter Melissa Ann (Melissa Montgomery in January 1948. She later adopted her son, John "Jody" David Montgomery.
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Her ex-husband, George Montgomery, and her two children were with her when she died.
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She has three grandchildren by Melissa: Jennifer, Adam, and Alexandre.
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Member of Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority.
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Host of NBC Radio's "Birdseye Open House" (1943-1946).
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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.
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Took the professional name Dinah after the title of a favorite song.
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The first female star to have her own prime-time TV variety show.
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She earned the USO Medallion Award as the first entertainer to visit GIs on the front lines of WWII.
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She had a long love affair with Burt Reynolds, who was 20 years younger than she was.
Video Game performer: "BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE", "BUTTONS AND BOWS"
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
2009
TV Movie documentary performer: "Moon River", "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby"
Cold Case
2009
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009
Video documentary performer: "The Last Time I Saw Paris" - uncredited
Flags of Our Fathers
2006
performer: "I'll Walk Alone"
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
performer: "Three Little Sisters" 1942
Six Feet Under
2004
TV Series 1 episode
Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show
2003
TV Movie documentary performer: "Buttons and Bows", "I Got Rhythm", "I Get a Kick out of You", "How About You?", "I'd Do Anything", "Teamwork", "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" originally "Moritat vom Mackie Messer", "They Can't Take That Away from Me", "Cheek to Cheek", "Down by the Riverside", "I Ain't Got Nobody", "It's a Good Day", "Almost Like Being in Love", "Great Day", "That Great Come-and-Get-It Day", "The Memphis Blues" originally "Mr. Crump", "St. Louis Blues", "Peezie Weezie", "The Bes
Sinatra: The Classic Duets
2002
TV Movie documentary performer: "I've Got You Under My Skin", "All of Me", "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" - uncredited
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1990
performer: "Blues in the Night"
The Delinquents
1989
performer: "Chantez Chantez"
Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse
1988
TV Movie performer: "Twelve Days of Christmas"
Entertaining the Troops
1988
Documentary performer: "Night and Day"
The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue
1985
Video short performer: "Say It With A Slap"
Parade of Stars
1983
TV Movie performer: "Bill"
The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1981
TV Special performer: "Blues in the Night"
Reasons to Be Glad
1980
Short performer: "La Cumparsita"
Dinah!
1975-1979
TV Series performer - 7 episodes
Gator
1976
performer: "Hey, Country Boy" - as Miss Dinah Shore
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Documentary performer: "The Last Time I Saw Paris" 1941 - uncredited
Evridiki BA 2037
1975
performer: "Till"
Fuzz
1972
performer: "I'll Be Seeing You"
A Safe Place
1971
performer: "Someone to Watch Over Me"
The Danny Kaye Show
1965
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1957-1963
TV Series performer - 11 episodes
Some of Manie's Friends
1959
TV Movie performer: "You Make Me Feel So Young", "Them There Eyes", "A Foggy Day", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "Taking a Chance on Love", "They Can't Take That Away from Me", "All of Me", "Daddy", "I Can't Give You Anything but Love", "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" - uncredited
Make Room for Daddy
1957-1958
TV Series performer - 2 episodes
The Frank Sinatra Show
1958
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
1956
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Phil Silvers Show
1955
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Dinah Shore Show
1951-1953
TV Series performer - 4 episodes
The Jack Benny Program
1950-1952
TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Ikiru
1952
performer: "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" - uncredited
Fun & Fancy Free
1947
performer: "Too Good to be True" 1947, "Say It With a Slap" 1947, "Lazy Countryside" 1947 - uncredited
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
performer: "They Didn't Believe Me", "The Last Time I Saw Paris" - uncredited
Make Mine Music
1946
performer: "Two Silhouettes" 1945
Belle of the Yukon
1944
performer: "Like Someone in Love", "I Can't Tell Why I Love You", "Sleigh Ride in July"
Follow the Boys
1944
performer: "I'll Walk Alone" 1944, "I'll Get By" 1928 uncredited, "Mad About Him, Sad Without Him, How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues" uncredited
Up in Arms
1944
performer: "Now I Know" 1944, "Tess's Torch Song" 1944
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
performer: "Thank Your Lucky Stars" 1943, "The Dreamer" 1943, "How Sweet You Are" 1943 - uncredited
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Special for Women: The Menace of Age
1964
TV Movie
Hostess
Cimarron City
1958
TV Series
Townswoman singing Auld Lang Syne
Make Room for Daddy
1957-1958
TV Series
Dinah Shore
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
1952
Josie Berry
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
Dinah Shore
Make Mine Music
1946
Dinah Shore (voice)
Belle of the Yukon
1944
Lettie Candless
Follow the Boys
1944
Dinah Shore
Up in Arms
1944
Virginia
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
Dinah Shore
Murder, She Wrote
1989
TV Series
Emily Dyers
Hotel
1987
TV Series
Katherine Woodbridge
Parade of Stars
1983
TV Movie
Helen Morgan
Dinah and Her New Best Friends
1980
TV Series 1976
Alice
1979
TV Series
Dinah Shore
Death Car on the Freeway
1979
TV Movie
Lynn Bernheimer
The Carol Burnett Show
1976
TV Series
Melody
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
1976
TV Series
Dinah Shore
Here's Lucy
1971
TV Series
Dinah Shore
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
That Man: Peter Berlin
2005
Documentary heavenly thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Danny Kaye: Nobody's Fool
1994
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Good Morning America
1978-1993
TV Series
Herself
Vicki!
1993
TV Series
Herself
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom
1992
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Live with Kelly and Michael
1990
TV Series
Herself
A Conversation with Dinah
1989-1990
TV Series
Herself - Hostess
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of Our Time
1990
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse
1988
TV Movie
Herself
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
TV Special
Herself
America's Tribute to Bob Hope
1988
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Candid Camera: First 40 Years
1987
TV Movie
Herself
NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration
1986
TV Special documentary
Herself
Hour Magazine
1980-1986
TV Series
Herself
KTLA at 40: A Celebration of Los Angeles Television
1986
TV Movie
Herself
All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan
1985
TV Special
Herself
The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1985
TV Special
Herself - Presenter: Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
TV Movie
Herself
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
1984
TV Movie
Herself
Here's Television Entertainment
1983
TV Movie
Herself
Late Night with David Letterman
1983
TV Series
Herself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Huston
1983
TV Special
Herself (uncredited)
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Frank Capra
1982
TV Special documentary
Herself (uncredited)
The All-Time American Songbook
1982
TV Movie
Herself
Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny
1982
TV Movie
Herself
The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1981
TV Special
Herself - Performer / Presenter: Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program & Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
2012
Documentary
Himself - Television Hostess
American Masters
2012
TV Series documentary
Herself
My Music: Big Band Vocalists
2012
TV Movie
Herself
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
2012
TV Special
Herself
Alice in Wonderland
2010
Video
Alice
Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger
2010
Documentary
Herself (uncredited)
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
2009
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Making of: Apocalypse - La 2ème guerre mondiale
2009
Video documentary
Herself
Pioneers of Television
2008
TV Mini-Series documentary
Herself
Can You Hear Me Now: The Evolution of Gospel Music
2008
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Let the Music Play: The Barry White Story
2007
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Life of Pryor: The Richard Pryor Story
2006
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show
2003
TV Movie documentary
Herself
The Kid Stays in the Picture
2002
Documentary
Herself (uncredited)
The Greatest Summer of My Life: Billy Crystal and the Making of '61*'
2001
TV Special documentary
Herself
Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond
2000
TV Short documentary
Herself
Biography
1998-1999
TV Series documentary
Herself
The Fifties
1997
TV Mini-Series documentary
Herself - Blows Kiss
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
1997
Documentary
Herself (uncredited)
The 66th Annual Academy Awards
1994
TV Special
Herself - Memorial Tribute
Entertaining the Troops
1988
Documentary
Herself
The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue
1985
Video short
Herself - 'Bongo' Narrator
Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972
1980
TV Movie documentary
Herself
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
Video documentary
Herself
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Documentary
Clip from 'Till the Clouds Roll By'
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
TV Special
Herself
Bongo
1970
Short
Herself - Narrator
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1966
TV Series
Herself - Vocalist
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961
TV Series
Herself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2011
OFTA TV Hall of Fame
Online Film & Television Association
Actors and Actresses
1984
Award of Excellence
Banff Television Festival
1976
Daytime Emmy
Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Talk, Service or Variety Series
Dinah! (1974)
1974
Daytime Emmy
Daytime Emmy Awards
Best Host or Hostess in a Talk, Service, or Variety Series
Dinah's Place (1970)
1973
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Program Achievement in Daytime
Dinah's Place (1970)
1960
Star on the Walk of Fame
Walk of Fame
Television
On 8 February 1960. At 6916 Hollywood Blvd
1960
Star on the Walk of Fame
Walk of Fame
Recording
On 8 February 1960. At 6901 Hollywood Blvd.
1960
Star on the Walk of Fame
Walk of Fame
Radio
On 8 February 1960. At 1751 Vine Street.
1959
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Best Performance by an Actress (Continuing Character) in a Musical or Variety Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
1958
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Best Continuing Performance (Female) in a Series by a Comedienne, Singer, Hostess, Dancer, M.C., Announcer, Narrator, Panelist, or any Person who Essentially Plays Herself
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
1958
Golden Apple
Golden Apple Awards
Most Cooperative Actress
1957
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Best Female Personality - Continuing Performance
1956
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Television Achievement
Disneyland (1954)
1956
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Best Female Singer
1955
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Best Female Singer
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1981
Daytime Emmy
Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Variety Series
Dinah! (1974)
1980
Daytime Emmy
Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Talk, Service or Variety Series
Dinah! (1974)
1978
Daytime Emmy
Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Talk, Service or Variety Series
Dinah! (1974)
1977
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Dinah! (1974)
1977
Daytime Emmy
Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Talk, Service or Variety Series
Dinah! (1974)
1975
Daytime Emmy
Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Talk, Service or Variety Series
Dinah! (1974)
1972
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming - Programs
Dinah's Place (1970)
1961
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Musical Program or Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
1960
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Musical Program or Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
1954
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Best Female Star of Regular Series
The Dinah Shore Show (1951)
Known for movies
Dinah! (1974-1980) as Herself - Hostess / Herself - Host
Fun & Fancy Free (1947) as Herself - Narrator
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956-1963) as Herself - Hostess / Herself / Herself - Host / Per