Actress Roberta Shore

Originally Recorded October 10, 2013

Take a ride back to 1950s-60s Hollywood. Actress Roberta Shore makes a rare appearance at the Allen Public Library to share stories about film legends such as Annette Funicello and Walt Disney.
Remembered by many as the energetic and bubbly brunette teen actress with the cute bangs, Miss Shore still exudes that same dynamism in real life.
At the age of 10, Miss Shore began her acting career when Tex William invited her to join his weekly TV show filmed at Knotts Berry Farm. She accompanied him on his popular country song “Smoke That Cigarette” that carried a subtle but satirical anti-smoking message. She subsequently joined The Pinky Lee Show (1954), NBC’s number one-rated children’s daily television program at the time.
She then caught the attention of the iconic legend Walt Disney and appeared on 15 episodes of Annette Funicello’s miniseries “Annette” that aired in 1958 on The Mickey Mouse Club. Miss Shore played against type as a nasty and snooty rich girl and also sang a couple of songs.
Playing the part of Franceska Andrassy in the movie The Shaggy Dog (1959), Miss Shore starred with Fred MacMurray and Annette Funicello. Other film credits include Blue Denim and A Summer Place and she spent a month in London for filming her role of Lorna in Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita.

Miss Shore starred with future first lady and President, Nancy Davis and Ronald Reagan, in a Zane Grey Theatre episode: The Long Shadow.

In addition to guest appearances on The Jack Benny Program, The Bob Hope Show, Playhouse 90, Maverick, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, and Lawrence Welk, Miss Shore was in multiple episodes of The Donna Reed Show, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Bob Cummings Show, and Father Knows Best, where she portrayed Bud’s girlfriend.
On TV’s The Virginian, Miss Shore starred as Betsy Garth, the daughter of Shiloh Ranch owner Judge Garth played by Lee Cobb.