Nanette Fabray

Personal Info

Birthday

October 27, 1920

Day of Death

2018-02-22

(97 years old)

Place of Birth

San Diego, California, USA

Also Known As

Nanette Fabares

Ruby Bernadette Nanette Theresa Fabares

Nanette Fabray

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

Murder, She Wrote

The Love Boat

Coach

Love, American Style

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

One Day at a Time

Burke's Law

The Golden Palace

Filmography

2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2015
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)
2012
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
as Self
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self
2005
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
as Self
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
as Self
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
as Self
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
as Herself
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
as Herself
1994
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
Teresa's Tattoo
as Martha Mae
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1981
Amy
as Malvina
1979
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
as Dora Dayton
1978
Harper Valley P.T.A.
as Alice Finely
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1974
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
as Fay
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
1972
The Couple Takes a Wife
as Marion Randolph
Magic Carpet
as Virginia Wolfe
1970
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
as Mrs. Vale
George M!
as Nellie Cohan
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Sadie
1969
The Happy Ending
as Agnes
1966
Fame Is the Name of the Game
as Pat
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as The White Queen
1962
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
as Self
1960
The Subterraneans
as Society Woman (uncredited)
1953
The Band Wagon
as Lily Marton
1939
A Child Is Born
as Gladys Norton
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
as Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
The Monroe Doctrine
as Rosita De La Torre
1927
Animal Catchers
as Girl wearing overalls