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