Nanette Fabray

Acting

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 68

Movies (36)

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

Shows (32)

The Golden Palace
1992
Fern
Coach
1989
Mildred Armstrong
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Emmaline Bristow
Hotel
1982
Aloha Paradise
1981
All Star Secrets
1979
The Love Boat
1977
Mitzy Monroe
One Day at a Time
1975
Katherine Romano
Dinah!
1974
Self
Great Performances
1971
Self
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
Dottie Richards
Love, American Style
1969
Cindy
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Self (uncredited)
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
Self
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
Desiree
The Hollywood Palace
1964
Self - Singer
Burke's Law
1963
Amanda Tribble
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Self
Westinghouse Playhouse
1961
Nan McGovern
Startime
1959
Self
Laramie
1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Self
Tony Awards
1956
Self - Performer
Omnibus
1952
Raina Petkoff
Your Show of Shows
1950
What's My Line?
1950
Self