Dinah Shore (February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994)

"A Date with Dina" on Columbia Records, 1948

Remembering DINAH SHORE (February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994). She was an American singer, actress, and television personality, and the chart-topping female vocalist of the 1940s. She rose to prominence as a recording artist during the Big Band era. She achieved even greater success a decade later in television, mainly as the host of a series of variety programs for the Chevrolet automobile company.

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I always thought she was a great looking woman.

Dinah Shore, Burt Reynolds, Al Pacino, Marvin Hamlisch, Ann-Margret, Roger Smith, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Susan George, Jack Jones, Felicia Farr, Jack Lemmon, Jill Ireland, Charles Bronson, Linda Blair, Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Raquel Welch & Damon Welch at the 46th Academy Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California on April 2nd 1974.

Remembering Dinah Shore 🌹🕊️on her Birthday

Dinah Shore (1975)

Shirley MacLaine joins host Dinah Shore on “The Dinah Shore Chevy Show” in 1957

This gown, likely designed by Milo Anderson, was first worn by Dinah Shore as herself in the 1943 film Thank Your Lucky Stars. It was worn again by Ann Blyth as Veda Pierce in the 1945 Mildred Pierce. The original skirt appears to have been removed and replaced.

Costume Credit: Veryfancydoilies

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The dancing 🥰😂

I’ve only been playing with this deck a few weeks now, but sometimes I wonder if the creators didn’t read the original Queries book as well. Or maybe there aren’t that many questions about lesbians?

I consulted my much-sportsier lady for this one and the first words out of her mouth were “Don’t say golf! All those ladies are straight!’ Which is a bit of a waste of Dinah Shore weekend. My next thought was softball, which is the lesbian stereotype, and which might be true, but where you gonna watch that? There aren’t any pro teams and I don’t think it’s in the Olympics anymore. The college softball World Series is fun once a year, but that doesn’t give one much of a sample size. I can think of a few lesbian WNBA players, and I have Junior biographies of Megan Rapinoe and Abby Wambach in my library so that’s at least two. There’s a new women’s hockey league, so we’ll have to keep an eye out there.

I think the answer to this question is Why aren’t there more women’s sports? If you can spend $7 million on a Super Bowl commercial, you can rustle up some more opportunities for women.

Martha Raye, Rock Hudson, and Betty White on the Christmas episode of Dinah Shore’s talk-show Dinah!, 1977.