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  • Category: Radio
  • Star rank: 856
  • Address:
    1759 Vine St
  • Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing north
  • GPS location:
    34.102875, -118.326838

Dinah Shore

Next star: Groucho Marx
Previous star: Ethel Merman

Biography

Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore; February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994) was an American singer, actress, and television personality. She reached the height of her popularity as a recording artist during the Big Band era of the 1940s and 1950s, but achieved even greater success a decade later, in television, mainly as hostess of a series of variety programs for Chevrolet.

Fact file

  • Birth name: Frances Rose Shore
  • Born: February 29, 1916
  • Origin: Winchester, Tennessee
  • Died: February 24, 1994 (aged 77) Beverly Hills, California, United States
  • Genres: Pop
  • Occupations: Singer, actress
  • Instruments: Vocals
  • Years active: 1937–1994
  • Associated acts: Doris Day, Buddy Clark, Tony Martin
  • Website: Dinah Shore’s Fan Club Website

Read more about Dinah Shore at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

Other stars

Dinah Shore also has stars:
  • For television
    6952 Hollywood Blvd Hollywood Blvd, south side, between Orange and Highland
  • For recording
    6809 Hollywood Blvd Hollywood Blvd, north side, between Highland and Orange

In the news

Ratings: Terra Nova Stands on Terra Firma; House in Good Condition (omg!)
Yahoo Entertainment, 2011-10-04 19:01:00
omg! - Terra Nova, which didn't exactly debut with dinosaur-sized (or even Dinah Shore-sized) numbers, still stood on terra firma with 8.31 million viewers, down about 8 percent from its debut, Nielsen overnight data shows. Fox's sci-fi thriller also matched its 3.1 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds for its premiere. 6 burning ...

Bob Banner Dies at 89; Producer in TV’s Infancy
NY Times TV, 2011-06-17 04:15:15
Bob Banner, far left, with the actors Dinah Shore and George Montgomery at the Emmy Awards in 1956.

Emmy-winning TV producer Bob Banner dies at 89 (AP)
Yahoo Entertainment, 2011-06-16 16:45:27
AP - Television producer and director Bob Banner, whose credits include the Dinah Shore, Garry Moore and Carol Burnett variety shows, has died in Los Angeles at age 89.

Vine St, west side, between Yucca and Hollywood

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