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

Great Performances

Self

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Presenter

Murder, She Wrote

Emmaline Bristow

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

The Steve Allen Show

Self

Laramie

The Carol Burnett Show

Self

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2021	Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age	Self
2015	Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration	Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)
2012	In the Beginning: The Caesar Years	Self
2009	Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression	Self
2005	Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'	Self
2005	Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale	Self
2003	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Self
2000	The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV	Self
2000	The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room	Herself
2000	The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy	Herself
1994	Teresa's Tattoo	Martha Mae
1994	That's Entertainment! III	(archive footage)
1989	Personal Exemptions
1985	Night of 100 Stars II	Self
1981	Amy	Malvina
1979	The Man in the Santa Claus Suit	Dora Dayton
1978	Harper Valley P.T.A.	Alice Finely
1976	That's Entertainment, Part II	(archive footage)
1974	Happy Anniversary and Goodbye	Fay
1973	The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli	Self (archive footage)
1972	Magic Carpet	Virginia Wolfe
1972	The Couple Takes a Wife	Marion Randolph
1970	The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County	Sadie
1970	George M!	Nellie Cohan
1970	But I Don't Want to Get Married!	Mrs. Vale
1969	The Happy Ending	Agnes
1966	Alice Through the Looking Glass	The White Queen
1966	Fame Is the Name of the Game	Pat
1962	The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers	Self
1960	The Subterraneans	Society Woman (uncredited)
1953	The Band Wagon	Lily Marton
1939	The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex	Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
1939	The Monroe Doctrine	Rosita De La Torre
1939	A Child Is Born	Gladys Norton
1927	Animal Catchers	Girl wearing overalls

Year	TV Show	Role
1992	The Golden Palace	Fern
1989	Coach	Mildred Armstrong
1989	Coach	Christine's Mom
1984	Murder, She Wrote	Emmaline Bristow
1982	Hotel
1981	Aloha Paradise
1979	All Star Secrets
1977	The Love Boat	Mitzy Monroe
1977	The Love Boat	Maggie O'Brien
1977	The Love Boat	Shirley Simpson
1975	One Day at a Time	Katherine Romano
1974	Dinah!	Self
1971	Great Performances	Self
1970	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	Dottie Richards
1969	Love, American Style	Cindy
1969	Love, American Style	Phyllis
1969	Love, American Style	Casey
1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Self (uncredited)
1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self
1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self - Guest
1964	The Hollywood Palace	Self - Singer
1963	Burke's Law	Amanda Tribble
1963	Burke's Law	Rowena Coolidge
1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self
1961	Westinghouse Playhouse	Nan McGovern
1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self
1959	Laramie
1959	Startime
1959	The Bell Telephone Hour	Self
1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Self
1956	The Steve Allen Show	Self
1956	Tony Awards	Self - Performer
1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter
1950	Your Show of Shows
1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest
1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self
1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter