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

• 2023Glisten and the Merry Mission — Sage Evergreen (voice)
• Impact x Nightline — Musician
• Maui Kitty's Play Day — Namaka Hawaiian Spirit
• The Masked Singer — Mouse, Mouse (archive footage)
• 2018Armed — Shirley
• 2018Frank and Ava — Lady Singing the Blues
• Finding Your Roots
• 2004Dionne Warwick Live — Vocals
• 2001Lesley Gore: It's Her Party
• So Weird — Effy - Special Guest Star
• 1997Men in Black — Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
• The Rhythm of Life
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — Miss Kitty (voice)
• The Drew Carey Show — Dionne Warwick
• The Wayans Bros. — Mrs. Jackson
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Dionne Berry
• Later... with Jools Holland
• Detective Extralarge — Mama Limbo
• 1987Rent-a-Cop — Beth
• 1986The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer — Dionne Warwick
• 1977Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
• Switch — Sheri, Sherry
• The Rockford Files — Theda Moran / Theda Best
• 1969Slaves — Cassy
• Today

Appearances as themselves (111)

• 2026Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been — Self
• 2026Remembering Dolly: A Rhinestone Life — Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood Squares — Self
• 2025I Was Born This Way — Self
• 202460 Songs: BBC Two at 60 — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Luther: Never Too Much — Self
• 2024The Greatest Night in Pop — Self
• 2023Heartbreakers at the BBC — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan — Self
• 2023Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story — Self
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• 2022Whitney, a Look Back — Self - Whitney's Cousin
• Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? — Self
• 2021Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over — Self
• 2021François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story — Self (archive footage)
• Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts — Self
• 2021Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Find Your Groove — Self
• I Can See Your Voice — Self - Guest Panelist & Performer
• 2020The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Harlem to Hollywood — Self
• 2019House of Cardin — Self
• 2019ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• 2019What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David — Self
• 2018Whitney — Self - Whitney's Cousin (archive footage)
• 2017Let There Be Light — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• 2014Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story — Self
• 2011All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater — Self
• 2011Dionne Warwick - Music Will Keep Us Together — Self - vocals
• 2011Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon — Self
• 2009O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar — Self (archive footage)
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2005Dionne Warwick: Live in Concert — Self - vocals
• 2004AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies — Self
• 2004Original Up-Town Divas — Self (archive footage)
• 2004The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest — Self
• 2003Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits — Self (archive footage)
• American Idol — Self - Guest
• 2002The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' — Self
• 2001A Musical Christmas from the Vatican — Self
• 2001A Tribute To Burt Bacharach & Hal David — Self
• 2001Rhythm and Blues 40: A Soul Spectacular — Self - Host
• 2000Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration — Self
• The Early Show — Self
• 1998Burt Bacharach: One Amazing Night — Self
• Ein Herz für Kinder — Self
• Parkinson — Self
• Vivement dimanche — Self
• Johnny Bravo — Self (voice)
• 1997Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees — Self
• The View — Self
• MADtv — Self
• 1994Dusty — Self - Interviewee
• Intimate Portrait — Self
• Out All Night — Self
• 1990You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story — Self
• 1988Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul — Self
• 1988Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Sacrée soirée — Self
• American Masters — Self
• 1986Sisters In The Name of Love — Self
• 1985Live Aid — Self
• 1985We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song — Self
• Goldene Kamera — Self
• 1984I Love Quincy — Self
• 1983Do It Debbie's Way — Self
• 1983George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business — Self
• Live From Her Majesty's — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• 1982Debby Boone... One Step Closer — Self
• 1982I Love Liberty — Self
• 1980Barry Manilow: One Voice — Self
• 1980Boo! — Self
• Solid Gold — Self -Host
• The Big Show — Self
• 1979Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip — Self (archive footage)
• Auf los geht's los — Self
• 1977In Concert Classics Featuring Dionne Warwick — Self - vocals
• 1977The Day the Music Died — Self
• 1977The People's Command Performance: '77 — Self
• The Captain and Tennille — Self - Musical Guest
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• Numéro un — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• Dinah! — Self
• 1974Free to Be… You and Me — Self
• Music Country USA — Self
• The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts — Self
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self
• Disco — Self
• 1970Show an Bord — Self
• The Flip Wilson Show — Self
• 1969Dionne Warwick: Souled Out — Self - Host
• The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour — Self
• The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show — Self
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• Malibu U — Self
• The Carol Burnett Show — Self, Self - Guest
• Hullabaloo — Self
• 1964Dionne Warwick: Live at the 27 Club — Self - vocals
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• The Grammys — Self
• Kraft Music Hall — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self