Nanette Fabray
Acting • Born 1920-10-27 – Died 2018-02-22
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.
Filmography
76 credits
The Band Wagon
Movie • 1953
Lily Marton
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Movie • 1939
Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie • 2003
Self
The Monroe Doctrine
Movie • 1939
Rosita De La Torre
Harper Valley P.T.A.
Movie • 1978
Alice Finely
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Movie • 1970
Sadie
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Movie • 1966
The White Queen
Amy
Movie • 1981
Malvina
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
Movie • 2000
Self
A Child is Born
Movie • 1939
Gladys Norton
Magic Carpet
Movie • 1972
Virginia Wolfe
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Movie • 1962
Self
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
Movie • 1979
Dora Dayton
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Movie • 1973
Self (archive footage)
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
Movie • 2005
Self
Fame Is the Name of the Game
Movie • 1966
Pat
Teresa's Tattoo
Movie • 1994
Martha Mae
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie • 1985
Self
The Happy Ending
Movie • 1969
Agnes
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Movie • 2015
Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
Movie • 1994
(archive footage)
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
Movie • 1974
Fay
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
Movie • 2000
Herself
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
Movie • 2000
Herself
George M!
Movie • 1970
Nellie Cohan
Personal Exemptions
Movie • 1989
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
Movie • 2012
Self
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
Movie • 2005
Self
The Couple Takes a Wife
Movie • 1972
Marion Randolph
The Subterraneans
Movie • 1960
Society Woman (uncredited)
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
Movie • 1970
Mrs. Vale
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie • 2021
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Movie • 2009
Self
Animal Catchers
Movie • 1927
Girl wearing overalls
The Family Nobody Wanted
Movie • 1956
Helen Doss
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Amanda Tribble
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Mitzy Monroe
One Day at a Time
TV • 1975
Katherine Romano
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Hotel
TV • 1982
The Golden Palace
TV • 1992
Fern
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The Hollywood Palace
TV • 1964
Self - Singer
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self (uncredited)
Your Show of Shows
TV • 1950
All Star Secrets
TV • 1979
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV • 1956
Self
Laramie
TV • 1959
Aloha Paradise
TV • 1981
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV • 1970
Dottie Richards
Westinghouse Playhouse
TV • 1961
Nan McGovern
Startime
TV • 1959
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Cindy
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Rowena Coolidge
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self - Guest
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Maggie O'Brien
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Shirley Simpson
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV • 1959
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Emmaline Bristow
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
Coach
TV • 1989
Mildred Armstrong
Coach
TV • 1989
Christine's Mom
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Phyllis
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Casey
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1966
Desiree
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self
Hotel
TV • 1982
Harriet Gold