Dionne Warwick
Acting • Born 1940-12-12
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.
Filmography
133 credits
Boo!
Movie • 1980
Self
Heartbreakers at the BBC
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Dionne Warwick Live
Movie • 2004
Vocals
Dionne Warwick: Live in Concert
Movie • 2005
Self - vocals
In Concert Classics Featuring Dionne Warwick
Movie • 1977
Self - vocals
Dionne Warwick - Music Will Keep Us Together
Movie • 2011
Self - vocals
Dionne Warwick: Live at the 27 Club
Movie • 1964
Self - vocals
I Love Liberty
Movie • 1982
Self
The Day the Music Died
Movie • 1977
Self
The People's Command Performance: '77
Movie • 1977
Self
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Movie • 2023
Self
Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul
Movie • 1988
Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie • 1988
Self (archive footage)
Original Up-Town Divas
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
I Love Quincy
Movie • 1984
Self
Lesley Gore: It's Her Party
Movie • 2001
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
Movie • 1979
Self (archive footage)
A Tribute To Burt Bacharach & Hal David
Movie • 2001
Self
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater
Movie • 2011
Self
Glisten and the Merry Mission
Movie • 2023
Sage Evergreen (voice)
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
Movie • 1977
Sisters In The Name of Love
Movie • 1986
Self
Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story
Movie • 2023
Self
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Movie • 1990
Self
The Greatest Night in Pop
Movie • 2024
Self
Rent-a-Cop
Movie • 1987
Beth
Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story
Movie • 2014
Self
Frank and Ava
Movie • 2020
Lady Singing the Blues
Slaves
Movie • 1969
Cassy
Harlem to Hollywood
Movie • 2019
Self
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Movie • 2000
Self
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
Movie • 1983
Self
Armed
Movie • 2018
Shirley
Rhythm and Blues 40: A Soul Spectacular
Movie • 2001
Self - Host
Let There Be Light
Movie • 2017
Self
Live Aid
Movie • 1985
Self
Whitney
Movie • 2018
Self - Whitney's Cousin (archive footage)
Dusty
Movie • 1994
Self - Interviewee
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
Movie • 2019
Self
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
Movie • 1997
Self
What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David
Movie • 2019
Self
The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest
Movie • 2004
Self
Do It Debbie's Way
Movie • 1983
Self
Burt Bacharach: One Amazing Night
Movie • 1998
Self
Find Your Groove
Movie • 2020
Self
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Movie • 1985
Self
Men in Black
Movie • 1997
Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
House of Cardin
Movie • 2019
Self
Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon
Movie • 2011
Self
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
Movie • 2002
Self
Debby Boone... One Step Closer
Movie • 1982
Self
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
Movie • 2021
Self
Dionne Warwick: Souled Out
Movie • 1969
Self - Host
Free to Be… You and Me
Movie • 1974
Self
O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Movie • 2004
Self
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Luther: Never Too Much
Movie • 2024
Self
I Was Born This Way
Movie • 2025
Self
Barry Manilow: One Voice
Movie • 1980
Self
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Movie • 1986
Dionne Warwick
Show an Bord
Movie • 1970
Self
The Drew Carey Show
TV • 1995
Dionne Warwick
The Wayans Bros.
TV • 1995
Mrs. Jackson
Today
TV • 1952
So Weird
TV • 1999
Effy - Special Guest Star
Johnny Bravo
TV • 1997
Self (voice)
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Dionne Berry
Solid Gold
TV • 1980
Self -Host
American Idol
TV • 2002
Self - Guest
MADtv
TV • 1995
Self
Switch
TV • 1975
Sheri
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TV • 1969
Self
The Big Show
TV • 1980
Self
Hullabaloo
TV • 1965
Self
The Flip Wilson Show
TV • 1970
Self
Malibu U
TV • 1967
Self
The Masked Singer
TV • 2019
Mouse
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
TV • 2021
Self
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
TV • 1968
Self
The Grammys
TV • 1959
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Masked Singer
TV • 2019
Mouse (archive footage)
Music Country USA
TV • 1974
Self
The Captain and Tennille
TV • 1976
Self - Musical Guest
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV • 1973
Self
Live From Her Majesty's
TV • 1983
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Disco
TV • 1971
Self
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
Miss Kitty (voice)
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Theda Moran / Theda Best
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Le Grand Échiquier
TV • 1972
Self
Maui Kitty's Play Day
TV • 2019
Namaka Hawaiian Spirit
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self
Out All Night
TV • 1992
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self
Switch
TV • 1975
Sherry
Auf los geht's los
TV • 1977
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self - Guest
Detective Extralarge
TV • 1991
Mama Limbo
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
Numéro un
TV • 1975
Self
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
TV • 2022
Self
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
American Masters
TV • 1986
Self
Ein Herz für Kinder
TV • 1998
Self
Vivement dimanche
TV • 1998
Self
Kraft Music Hall
TV • 1958
Self
Finding Your Roots
TV • 2012
Impact x Nightline
TV • 2022
Musician
Parkinson
TV • 1998
Self
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
Sacrée Soirée
TV • 1987
Self
Hollywood Squares
TV • 2025
Self
I Can See Your Voice
TV • 2020
Self - Guest Panelist & Performer