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Nanette Fabray

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Nanette Fabray

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Oct 27, 1920 (105 years old)

Place of Birth

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

Acting
2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeSelf
2015Mary Tyler Moore: A CelebrationSelf / Dottie Richards (archive footage)
2012In the Beginning: The Caesar YearsSelf
2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great DepressionSelf
2005Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'Self
2005Elizabeth & Essex: Battle RoyaleSelf
2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf
2000The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TVSelf
2000The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's RoomHerself
2000The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the ComedyHerself
1994Teresa's TattooMartha Mae
1994That's Entertainment! III(archive footage)
1992The Golden PalaceFern
1989Personal Exemptions
1989CoachMildred Armstrong
1989CoachChristine's Mom
1985Night of 100 Stars IISelf
1984Murder, She WroteEmmaline Bristow
1982Hotel
1982HotelHarriet Gold
1981AmyMalvina
1981Aloha Paradise
1979The Man in the Santa Claus SuitDora Dayton
1979All Star Secrets
1978Harper Valley P.T.A.Alice Finely
1977The Love BoatMitzy Monroe
1977The Love BoatMaggie O'Brien
1977The Love BoatShirley Simpson
1976That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage)
1975One Day at a TimeKatherine Romano
1974Happy Anniversary and GoodbyeFay
1974Dinah!Self
1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente MinnelliSelf (archive footage)
1972Magic CarpetVirginia Wolfe
1972The Couple Takes a WifeMarion Randolph
1971Great PerformancesSelf
1970The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico CountySadie
1970George M!Nellie Cohan
1970But I Don't Want to Get Married!Mrs. Vale
1970The Mary Tyler Moore ShowDottie Richards
1969The Happy EndingAgnes
1969Love, American StyleCindy
1969Love, American StylePhyllis
1969Love, American StyleCasey
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf (uncredited)
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf
1967The Carol Burnett ShowSelf
1967The Carol Burnett ShowSelf - Guest / Various Characters
1967The Carol Burnett ShowSelf - Guest
1966Alice Through the Looking GlassThe White Queen
1966Fame Is the Name of the GamePat
1966The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.Desiree
1964The Hollywood PalaceSelf - Singer
1963Burke's LawAmanda Tribble
1963Burke's LawRowena Coolidge
1962The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene StealersSelf
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1961Westinghouse PlayhouseNan McGovern
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
1960The SubterraneansSociety Woman (uncredited)
1959Laramie
1959Startime
1959The Bell Telephone HourSelf
1956The Family Nobody WantedHelen Doss
1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf
1956The Steve Allen ShowSelf
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Performer
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter
1953The Band WagonLily Marton
1952OmnibusRaina Petkoff
1950Your Show of Shows
1950What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter
1939The Private Lives of Elizabeth and EssexMistress Margaret Radcliffe
1939The Monroe DoctrineRosita De La Torre
1939A Child is BornGladys Norton
1927Animal CatchersGirl wearing overalls