Biography
Nanette Fabray (born Ruby Bernadette Nanette Theresa Fabares; October 27, 1920 β 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.
Filmography
all 67
Movies 37
self 30
TV Shows 30
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
Movie
Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (2015)
Movie
Self
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years (2012)
Movie
Self - Actress
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale (2005)
Movie
Self
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' (2005)
Movie
Self
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar (2003)
Movie
Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
Movie
Self
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV (2000)
Movie
Self
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room (2000)
Movie
Self
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy (2000)
Movie
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Movie
Martha Mae
Teresa's Tattoo (1994)
Movie
Fern
The Golden Palace (1992)
TV
Actress
Personal Exemptions (1989)
Movie
Self
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
Movie
Hotel (1982)
TV
6.35
Malvina
Amy (1981)
Movie
Aloha Paradise (1981)
TV
Dora Dayton
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979)
Movie
All Star Secrets (1979)
TV
Alice Finely
Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978)
Movie
Maggie O'Brien / Mitzy Monroe / Shirley Simpson
The Love Boat (1977)
TV
6.85
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
Movie
Katherine Romano
One Day at a Time (1975)
TV
Fay
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye (1974)
Movie
Self
The Mac Davis Show (1974)
TV
Self
Baffle (1973)
TV
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973)
Movie
Marion Randolph
The Couple Takes a Wife (1972)
Movie
Virginia Wolfe
Magic Carpet (1972)
Movie
Self
Great Performances (1971)
TV
1
Mrs. Vale
But I Don't Want to Get Married! (1970)
Movie
Dottie Richards
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
TV
6.67
Helen Costigan 'Nellie' Cohan
George M! (1970)
Movie
Sadie
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
Movie
Agnes
The Happy Ending (1969)
Movie
Cindy
Love, American Style (1969)
TV
Self
Storybook Squares (1969)
TV
Self / Self - Guest / Various Characters / Self - Guest
The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
TV
5.33
Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
TV
5
Pat
Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966)
Movie
The White Queen
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966)
Movie
Self - Singer
The Hollywood Palace (1964)
TV
Rowena Coolidge / Amanda Tribble
Burke's Law (1963)
TV
6
Self
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
TV
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
TV
6
Interviewee / Self - Guest
The Pierre Berton Show (1962)
TV
Self
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (1962)
Movie
Nan McGovern
Westinghouse Playhouse (1961)
TV
Society Woman (uncredited)
The Subterraneans (1960)
Movie
Startime (1959)
TV
Laramie (1959)
TV
Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
TV
Self
The Steve Allen Show (1956)
TV
Self - Performer
Tony Awards (1956)
TV
1
Self
Caesar's Hour (1954)
TV
Lily Marton
The Band Wagon (1953)
Movie
4
Your Show of Shows (1950)
TV
Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line? (1950)
TV
Self / Self - Singer
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
TV
6
Gladys Norton
A Child Is Born (1939)
Movie
Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Movie
Rosita De La Torre
The Monroe Doctrine (1939)
Movie
Girl wearing overalls
Fowl Play (1928)
Movie
Girl wearing overalls
Fat and the Canary (1927)
Movie
Dancer
Baby Be Good (1925)
Movie
Self
Everybody's Talking
TV
Ratings
Average 5.39
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1961
1970
1964
2021
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1920-10-27
Deathday2018-02-22 (97 years old)
Birth NameRuby Bernadette Nanette Therese Fabares
Birth PlaceSan Diego, United States of America
RelationshipsRanald MacDougall (1957-01-01 - 1973-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsNanette Fabares, Ruby Bernadette Nanette Theresa Fabares
AwardsTony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, Emmy Award
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