7.5
TV
Acting
Nanette Fabray
- Born
- Died
- (aged 97)
- Birthplace
- San Diego, California, USA
- Credits
- 69 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
7.5
TV
7.2
Movie
The Band Wagon
6.2
TV
The Love Boat
6.4
Movie
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
7.7
TV
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
7.7
TV
The Carol Burnett Show
6.7
TV
Coach
6.8
TV
One Day at a Time
6.3
TV
The Golden Palace
6.9
Movie
Harper Valley P.T.A.
6.1
Movie
The Happy Ending
6.7
TV
Hotel
6.2
TV
Love, American Style
7.0
TV
Golden Globe Awards
7.2
Movie
Amy
6.7
TV
Laramie
4.9
Movie
Teresa's Tattoo
6.2
TV
Burke's Law
Acting credits 69
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age Film | Self |
| 2015 | Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration Film | Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage) |
| 2012 | In the Beginning: The Caesar Years Film | Self |
| 2009 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression Film | Self |
| 2005 | Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale Film | Self |
| 2005 | Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' Film | Self |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There Film | Self |
| 2000 | The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV Film | Self |
| 2000 | The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room Film | Herself |
| 2000 | The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy Film | Herself |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III Film | (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1994 | Teresa's Tattoo Film | Martha Mae |
| 1992 | The Golden Palace TV | Fern (1 ep) |
| 1989 | Personal Exemptions Film | Millie McFall |
| 1989 | Coach TV | Mildred Armstrong, Christine's Mom (2 ep) |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II Film | Self |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote TV | Emmaline Bristow (1 ep) |
| 1982 | Hotel TV | Harriet Gold (1 ep) |
| 1981 | Amy Film | Malvina |
| 1981 | Aloha Paradise TV | (1 ep) |
| 1979 | The Man in the Santa Claus Suit Film | Dora Dayton |
| 1979 | All Star Secrets TV | (1 ep) |
| 1978 | Harper Valley P.T.A. Film | Alice Finely |
| 1977 | The Love Boat TV | Mitzy Monroe, Maggie O'Brien, Shirley Simpson (1 ep) |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II Film | (archive footage) |
| 1975 | One Day at a Time TV | Katherine Romano (51 ep) |
| 1974 | Happy Anniversary and Goodbye Film | Fay |
| 1974 | Dinah! TV | Self (3 ep) |
| 1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1972 | The Couple Takes a Wife Film | Marion Randolph |
| 1972 | Magic Carpet Film | Virginia Wolfe |
| 1971 | Great Performances TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1970 | But I Don't Want to Get Married! Film | Mrs. Vale |
| 1970 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show TV | Dottie Richards (2 ep) |
| 1970 | George M! Film | Nellie Cohan |
| 1970 | The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County Film | Sadie |
| 1969 | The Happy Ending Film | Agnes |
| 1969 | Love, American Style TV | Cindy, Phyllis, Casey (1 ep) |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In TV | Self (uncredited) (1 ep) |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett Show TV | Self, Self - Guest, Self - Guest / Various Characters (8 ep) |
| 1966 | Fame Is the Name of the Game Film | Pat |
| 1966 | Alice Through the Looking Glass Film | The White Queen |
| 1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. TV | Desiree (1 ep) |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace TV | Self - Singer (1 ep) |
| 1963 | Burke's Law TV | Amanda Tribble, Rowena Coolidge (1 ep) |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show TV | Self (2 ep) |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV | Self (2 ep) |
| 1962 | The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers Film | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show TV | Self (2 ep) |
| 1961 | Westinghouse Playhouse TV | Nan McGovern (26 ep) |
| 1960 | The Subterraneans Film | Society Woman (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Startime TV | Self, Sally (1 ep) |
| 1959 | Laramie TV | (1 ep) |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour TV | Self, Self - Hostess (1 ep) |
| 1957 | A Man's Game Film | Josephine Evans |
| 1956 | The Family Nobody Wanted Film | Helen Doss |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show TV | Self (6 ep) |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1956 | Tony Awards TV | Self - Performer, Self - Presenter (1 ep) |
| 1953 | The Band Wagon Film | Lily Marton |