Birthday
1920/10/27
Day of death
2018/02/22 (97 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
San Diego, California, USA
Also know as
Nanette Fabares, Ruby Bernadette Nanette Theresa Fabares
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.
(1953) The Band Wagon
as Lily Marton
(1939) The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
as Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
(2003) Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
(1939) The Monroe Doctrine
as Rosita De La Torre
(1978) Harper Valley P.T.A.
as Alice Finely
(1970) The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Sadie
(1966) Alice Through the Looking Glass
as The White Queen
(1981) Amy
as Malvina
(2000) The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
as Self
(1939) A Child Is Born
as Gladys Norton
(1972) Magic Carpet
as Virginia Wolfe
(1962) The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
as Self
(1979) The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
as Dora Dayton
(1973) The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
(2005) Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
as Self
(1966) Fame Is the Name of the Game
as Pat
(1994) Teresa's Tattoo
as Martha Mae
(1985) Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(1969) The Happy Ending
as Agnes
(2015) Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)
(1994) That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
(1974) Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
as Fay
(1976) That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(2000) The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
as Herself
(2000) The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
as Herself
(1970) George M!
as Nellie Cohan
(1989) Personal Exemptions
as ---
(2012) In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
as Self
(2005) Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
as Self
(1972) The Couple Takes a Wife
as Marion Randolph
(1960) The Subterraneans
as Society Woman (uncredited)
(1970) But I Don't Want to Get Married!
as Mrs. Vale
(2021) Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
(2009) Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self
(1927) Animal Catchers
as Girl wearing overalls
(1963) Burke's Law
as Amanda Tribble
(1977) The Love Boat
as Mitzy Monroe
(1975) One Day at a Time
as Katherine Romano
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1982) Hotel
as ---
(1992) The Golden Palace
as Fern
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1964) The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Singer
(1968) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
(1950) Your Show of Shows
as ---
(1979) All Star Secrets
as ---
(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1959) Laramie
as ---
(1981) Aloha Paradise
as ---
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self
(1970) The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Dottie Richards
(1961) Westinghouse Playhouse
as Nan McGovern
(1959) Startime
as ---
(1969) Love, American Style
as Cindy
(1963) Burke's Law
as Rowena Coolidge
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1967) The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
(1967) The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest
(1967) The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
(1977) The Love Boat
as Maggie O'Brien
(1977) The Love Boat
as Shirley Simpson
(1959) The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Emmaline Bristow
(1974) Dinah!
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1989) Coach
as Mildred Armstrong
(1989) Coach
as Christine's Mom
(1971) Great Performances
as Self
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1969) Love, American Style
as Phyllis
(1969) Love, American Style
as Casey
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter