- Born
- Died
- Birth nameFannye Rose Shore
- Nickname
- Fanny
- 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.
- IMDb mini biography by: Mike McKinley <alovelyway@aol.com>
- SpousesMaurice Fabian Smith(May 26, 1963 - 1964) (divorced)George Montgomery(December 5, 1943 - May 9, 1963) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- ParentsSolomon ShoreFannye Rose Shore
- Theme song: "See the U.S.A. (in Your Chevrolet)"
- Throwing the audience a kiss at the end of her show
- She had a long love affair with Burt Reynolds, who was 20 years younger than she was.
- 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.
- Helped start one of the first big-money professional golf tournaments for women.
- The first female star to have her own prime-time TV variety show.
- Her ex-husband, George Montgomery, and her two children were with her when she died.
- [on Bing Crosby] Bing Crosby sings like all people think they sing in the shower.
- Tennis is like a wonderful, longstanding relationship with a husband. Golf is a tempestuous, lousy lover; it's totally unpredictable, a constant surprise.
- Up in Arms (1944) - $25,000
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