Dinah Shore

In her early days in the show business, Dinah Shore was involved with several artistes like drummer Gene Krupa and actor James Stewart.

From 1943 to 1962, Shore was married to George Montgomery. The couple had a daughter named Melissa Ann as well as an adopted son named John David "Jody" Montgomery.

After her divorce from Montgomery, the American beauty married Maurice Smith. The marriage was short-lived. She was later involved with singer Eddie Fisher, actor Rod Taylor, comedian Dick Martin and actor Burt Reynolds.

Dinah Shore was born as Fannye Rose Shore on February 29, 1916 in Winchester, Tennessee, USA, to Solomon and Anna Shore. At the age of two, she was diagnosed with polio. After intensive care and following a course of rigorous exercises, she recovered. However, she sustained a deformed foot.

In 1924, her family moved to McMinnville, Tennessee. By the time she was in the fifth grade, the Shore family had moved to Nashville, where Fannye studied at the Nashville's Hume-Fogg High School. There she was a cheerleader and was also involved in a number of other activities.

At the age of 16, Fannye lost her mother. Later, she attended Vanderbilt University and graduated from there in 1938 with a degree in sociology.

Fannye made her radio debut on WSM (AM) radio station in the late 1930s. She then moved to New York City with the dream of becoming a singer. In many of her auditions, she performed the song "Dinah". It was during this time that she acquired “Dinah” as her stage name.

In February 1940, she served as a featured vocalist on a radio program titled ‘The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street’. The same year, her singing captured the attention of Eddie Cantor and the latter signed her for his radio show, ‘Time to Smile.’ Soon after this, she signed a contract with RCA Victor Records and recorded the song "Yes, My Darling Daughter" which became a major hit.

After this, Shore started her own radio show called ‘Call to Music’. In 1943, she appeared in her first film ‘Thank Your Lucky Stars’.

She then went on to appear in another radio show called ‘Paul Whiteman Presents’. Then the American singer released the singles “Blues In the Night", "I'll Walk Alone", "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" and "Jim", all of which were successful.

Shore continued doing radio shows throughout the 1940s. In 1946, she got signed to Columbia Records and went on to release the song, "Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy”. During the 1940s, she also did a number of movies, such as ‘Follow the Boys’, ‘Up in Arms’, ‘Till the Clouds Roll By’ and ‘Belle of the Yukon’.

Soon after Dinah Shore arrived in New York in 1937, she made her first ever television appearances on broadcasts for NBC’s W2XBS. Then in 1949, she made her first commercial television appearance on ‘Ed Wynn’ show. Two years later, she began her own TV show titled ‘The Dinah Shore Show’.

She started hosting ‘The Chevy Show’ series’ in 1956. Then she hosted the show’s second season titled ‘The Dinah Shore Chevy Show’.

In April 1976, she appeared on the comedy program ‘Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman’. The same year, she hosted ‘Dinah and her New Best Friends’. Next, she guest-starred in the show ‘Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special’. The American beauty then ended her TV career by hosting ‘A Conversation with Dinah’, a TNN show that ran from 1989 to 1992.