on her birthday, singer and actress Dinah Shore (Née Fannye Rose Shore: February 29, 1916; Died: February 24, 1994; at age 77).
Dinah Shore hosted the NBC TV variety show "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956-1963)".
Some other TV shows she appeared on are "The Danny Thomas Show", "Cimarron City", "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In", "Here's Lucy", "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", "The Carol Burnett Show", "Alice", "Dinah and Her New Best Friends", "Hotel" and "Murder, She Wrote".
She played Virginia in the movie "Up in Arms (1944)" and Lettie Candless in "Belle of the Yukon (1944)".
Other movies she appeared in are " Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)", " Follow the Boys (1944)", "Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)", "Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952)", "Oh, God! (1977)" and "Death Car on the Freeway (1979)".
As a singer she had number one hits with the songs "I'll Walk Alone (1944)", "The Gypsy (1945)", "The Anniversary Song (1946)" and "Buttons and Bows (1947)".
"I'll Walk Alone" was performed in the movie "Follow the Boys (1944)" and it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in the 17th Academy Awards in 1948.
"Buttons and Bows" was sung by the actor Bob Hope in the western comedy movie "The Paleface (1948)" and it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in the 21st Academy Awards in 1949.
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Reply by QuitePleasant
on February 29, 2020 at 8:58 PM
Very nice tribute to Dinah!
Was also thinking of her today
on her 26th Leap Year birthday.
Thanks for remembering, W2W