Nanette Fabray

Nanette Fabray

Known for
Acting
Born
October 27, 1920
Died
February 22, 2018 (aged 97)
Birthplace
San Diego, California, USA

Biography

Nanette Fabray (born Ruby Bernadette Nanette Theresa Fabares; October 27, 1920 – February 22, 2018) was an American actress, singer, and dancer. She began her career performing in vaudeville as a child and became a musical-theatre actress during the 1940s and 1950s, acclaimed for her role in High Button Shoes (1947) and winning a Tony Award in 1949 for her performance in Love Life.

Known For

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Filmography

2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age poster

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Movie · as Self

2015
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration poster

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

Movie · as Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)

2012
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years poster

In the Beginning: The Caesar Years

Movie · as Self

2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression poster

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

Movie · as Self

2005
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' poster

Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'

Movie · as Self

2005
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale poster

Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale

Movie · as Self

2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There poster

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Movie · as Self

2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV poster

The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV

Movie · as Self

2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy

The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy

Movie · as Herself

2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room

The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room

Movie · as Herself

1994
Teresa's Tattoo poster

Teresa's Tattoo

Movie · as Martha Mae

1994
That's Entertainment! III poster

That's Entertainment! III

Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1992
The Golden Palace poster

The Golden Palace

TV · as Fern · 1 ep

1989
Personal Exemptions poster

Personal Exemptions

Movie · as Millie McFall

1989
Coach poster

Coach

TV · as Mildred Armstrong, Christine's Mom · 2 eps

1985
Night of 100 Stars II poster

Night of 100 Stars II

Movie · as Self

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Emmaline Bristow · 1 ep

1982
Hotel poster

Hotel

TV · as Harriet Gold · 1 ep

1981
Amy poster

Amy

Movie · as Malvina

1981
Aloha Paradise poster

Aloha Paradise

TV · 1 ep

1979
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit poster

The Man in the Santa Claus Suit

Movie · as Dora Dayton

1979
All Star Secrets poster

All Star Secrets

TV · 1 ep

1978
Harper Valley P.T.A. poster

Harper Valley P.T.A.

Movie · as Alice Finely

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Mitzy Monroe, Maggie O'Brien, Shirley Simpson · 1 ep

1976
That's Entertainment, Part II poster

That's Entertainment, Part II

Movie · as (archive footage)

1975
One Day at a Time poster

One Day at a Time

TV · as Katherine Romano · 51 eps

1974
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye poster

Happy Anniversary and Goodbye

Movie · as Fay

1974
Dinah! poster

Dinah!

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli poster

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1972
Magic Carpet poster

Magic Carpet

Movie · as Virginia Wolfe

1972
The Couple Takes a Wife poster

The Couple Takes a Wife

Movie · as Marion Randolph

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County poster

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

Movie · as Sadie

1970
George M! poster

George M!

Movie · as Nellie Cohan

1970
But I Don't Want to Get Married! poster

But I Don't Want to Get Married!

Movie · as Mrs. Vale

1970
The Mary Tyler Moore Show poster

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

TV · as Dottie Richards · 2 eps

1969
The Happy Ending poster

The Happy Ending

Movie · as Agnes

1969
Love, American Style poster

Love, American Style

TV · as Cindy, Phyllis, Casey · 1 ep

1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In poster

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep

1967
The Carol Burnett Show poster

The Carol Burnett Show

TV · as Self, Self - Guest, Self - Guest / Various Characters · 8 eps

1966
Alice Through the Looking Glass poster

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Movie · as The White Queen

1966
Fame Is the Name of the Game poster

Fame Is the Name of the Game

Movie · as Pat

1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. poster

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

TV · as Desiree · 1 ep

1964
The Hollywood Palace poster

The Hollywood Palace

TV · as Self - Singer · 1 ep

1963
Burke's Law poster

Burke's Law

TV · as Amanda Tribble, Rowena Coolidge · 1 ep

1962
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers poster

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

Movie · as Self

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1961
Westinghouse Playhouse poster

Westinghouse Playhouse

TV · as Nan McGovern · 26 eps

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1960
The Subterraneans poster

The Subterraneans

Movie · as Society Woman (uncredited)

1959
Laramie poster

Laramie

TV · 1 ep

1959
The Bell Telephone Hour poster

The Bell Telephone Hour

TV · as Self, Self - Hostess · 1 ep

1959
Startime poster

Startime

TV · as Self, Sally · 1 ep

1957
A Man's Game poster

A Man's Game

Movie · as Josephine Evans

1956
The Family Nobody Wanted poster

The Family Nobody Wanted

Movie · as Helen Doss

1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show poster

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

TV · as Self · 6 eps

1956
The Steve Allen Show poster

The Steve Allen Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Performer, Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1953
The Band Wagon poster

The Band Wagon

Movie · as Lily Marton

1952
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · as Raina Petkoff · 1 ep

1950
Your Show of Shows poster

Your Show of Shows

TV · 2 eps

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 6 eps

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1939
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex poster

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Movie · as Mistress Margaret Radcliffe

1939
The Monroe Doctrine poster

The Monroe Doctrine

Movie · as Rosita De La Torre

1939
A Child is Born poster

A Child is Born

Movie · as Gladys Norton

1927
Animal Catchers poster

Animal Catchers

Movie · as Baby Nanette