Dionne Warwick
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 12, 1940 (age 85)
- Birthplace
- East Orange, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Marie Dionne Warwick (born December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television host. Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest U.S. hit makers between 1955 and 1999, based on her chart history on Billboard's Hot 100 pop singles chart. She is the second-most charted female vocalist during the rock era (1955–1999). She is also one of the most-charted vocalists of all time, with 56 of her singles making the Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998 (12 of them Top Ten), and 80 singles in total – either solo or collaboratively – making the Hot 100, R&B and/or adult contemporary charts. Dionne ranks #74 on the Billboard Hot 100's "Greatest Artists of all time". During her career, she has sold more than 100 million records worldwide and she has won many awards, including six Grammy Awards. Warwick has been inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Grammy Hall of Fame, the R&B Music Hall of Fame and the Apollo Theater Walk of Fame. In 2019 she won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Three of her songs ("Walk On By", "Alfie" and "Don't Make Me Over") have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. She is a former Goodwill Ambassador for the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization. Marie Dionne Warrick, later Warwick, was born in Orange, New Jersey to Lee Drinkard and Mancel Warrick. Her mother was manager of the Drinkard Singers, and her father was a Pullman porter, chef, record promoter and CPA. Dionne was named after her aunt on her mother's side. She had a sister, Delia ("Dee Dee"), who died in 2008, and a brother, Mancel Jr., who was killed in an accident in 1968 at age 21. Her parents were both African American, and she also has Native American and Dutch ancestry. She was raised in East Orange, New Jersey and was a Girl Scout for a time. After finishing East Orange High School in 1959, Warwick pursued her passion at the Hartt College of Music in West Hartford, Connecticut. She landed some work with her group singing backing vocals for recording sessions in New York City. During one session, Warwick met Burt Bacharach, who hired her to record demos featuring songs written by him and lyricist Hal David. She later landed her own record deal. Many of Warwick's family were members of the Drinkard Singers, a family gospel group and RCA recording artists who frequently performed throughout the New York metropolitan area. The original group, known as the Drinkard Jubilairs, consisted of Cissy, Anne, Larry, and Nicky, and later included Warwick's grandparents, Nicholas and Delia Drinkard, and their children: William, Lee (Warwick's mother) and Hansom. When the Drinkard Singers performed on TV Gospel Time, Dionne Warwick had her television performance debut. Marie instructed the group, and they were managed by Lee. As they became more successful, Lee and Marie began performing with the group, and they were augmented by pop/R&B singer Judy Clay, whom Lee had unofficially adopted. Elvis Presley eventually expressed an interest in having them join his touring entourage. Dionne began singing gospel as a child at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey. ... Source: Article "Dionne Warwick" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been
Movie · as Self
Remembering Dolly: A Rhinestone Life
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Addicted to It
Movie · as Rainbow
I Was Born This Way
Movie · as Self
Hollywood Squares
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Greatest Night in Pop
Movie · as Self
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Luther: Never Too Much
Movie · as Self
Heartbreakers at the BBC
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Movie · as Self
Glisten and the Merry Mission
Movie · as Sage Evergreen (voice)
Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story
Movie · as Self
Whitney, a Look Back
Movie · as Self - Whitney's Cousin
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Sherri
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Impact x Nightline
TV · as Musician · 34 eps
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
Movie · as Self
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Find Your Groove
Movie · as Self
I Can See Your Voice
TV · as Self - Guest Panelist & Performer · 1 ep
Harlem to Hollywood
Movie · as Self
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
Movie · as Self
What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David
Movie · as Self
House of Cardin
Movie · as Self
The Tamron Hall Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Masked Singer
TV · as Self, Mouse (archive footage) · 3 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Maui Kitty's Play Day
TV · as Namaka Hawaiian Spirit · 1 ep
Frank and Ava
Movie · as Lady Singing the Blues
Armed
Movie · as Shirley
Whitney
Movie · as Self - Whitney's Cousin (archive footage)
Let There Be Light
Movie · as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story
Movie · as Self
Finding Your Roots
TV · 1 ep
Dionne Warwick - Music Will Keep Us Together
Movie · as Self - vocals
All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater
Movie · as Self
Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon
Movie · as Self
O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Dionne Warwick: Live in Concert
Movie · as Self - vocals
Dionne Warwick Live
Movie · as Vocals
Original Up-Town Divas
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest
Movie · as Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Movie · as Self
Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
Movie · as Self
American Idol
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Lesley Gore: It's Her Party
Movie
A Tribute To Burt Bacharach & Hal David
Movie · as Self
Rhythm and Blues 40: A Soul Spectacular
Movie · as Self - Host
A Musical Christmas from the Vatican
Movie · as Self
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Movie · as Self
So Weird
TV · as Effy - Special Guest Star · 1 ep
The Early Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Burt Bacharach: One Amazing Night
Movie · as Self
Ein Herz für Kinder
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Vivement dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Parkinson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
Movie · as Self
Men in Black
Movie · as Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
Johnny Bravo
TV · as Self (voice) · 1 ep
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Rhythm of Life
TV · 1 ep
The Drew Carey Show
TV · as Dionne Warwick · 1 ep
The Wayans Bros.
TV · as Mrs. Jackson · 1 ep
MADtv
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV · as Miss Kitty (voice) · 1 ep
Dusty
Movie · as Self - Interviewee
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV · as Dionne Berry · 1 ep
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Out All Night
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Later... with Jools Holland
TV · 1 ep
Detective Extralarge
TV · as Mama Limbo · 1 ep
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Movie · as Self
Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul
Movie · as Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rent-a-Cop
Movie · as Beth
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sisters In The Name of Love
Movie · as Self
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Movie · as Dionne Warwick
American Masters
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Live Aid
Movie · as Self
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Movie · as Self
I Love Quincy
Movie · as Self
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
Movie · as Self
Do It Debbie's Way
Movie · as Self
Live From Her Majesty's
TV · as Self · 1 ep
I Love Liberty
Movie · as Self
Debby Boone... One Step Closer
Movie · as Self
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Boo!
Movie · as Self
Barry Manilow: One Voice
Movie · as Self
Solid Gold
TV · as Self -Host · 83 eps
The Big Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
In Concert Classics Featuring Dionne Warwick
Movie · as Self - vocals
The Day the Music Died
Movie · as Self
The People's Command Performance: '77
Movie · as Self
Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
Movie
Auf los geht's los
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Captain and Tennille
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep
Switch
TV · as Sheri, Sherry · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 ep
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Numéro un
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Free to Be… You and Me
Movie · as Self
Music Country USA
TV · as Self · 18 eps
The Rockford Files
TV · as Theda Moran / Theda Best · 1 ep
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Disco
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Show an Bord
Movie · as Self
The Flip Wilson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Slaves
Movie · as Cassy
Dionne Warwick: Souled Out
Movie · as Self - Host
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TV · as Self · 5 eps
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Malibu U
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Carol Burnett Show
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Bacharach Sound
Movie
Hullabaloo
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Dionne Warwick: Live at the 27 Club
Movie · as Self - vocals
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Grammys
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Kraft Music Hall
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Today
TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps