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Shore, with her Dixie drawl and demure manner, was identified with the South, and guests on her shows often commented on it. She spoofed this image by playing Melody in "Went with the Wind!", the famous Gone with the Wind parody for The Carol Burnett Show. In the summer of 1976, Shore hosted Dinah and Her New Best Friend

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Good question. Her parents were Russian Jewish immigrants. The rumor is unfounded, but it widely spread in the 1950s and '60s.

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