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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

Murder, She Wrote

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Coach

All Movies (36)

• Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age2021 · as Self
• Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration2015 · as Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)
• In the Beginning: The Caesar Years2012 · as Self
• Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression2009 · as Self
• Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale2005 · as Self
• Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'2005 · as Self
• Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There2003 · as Self
• The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV2000 · as Self
• The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room2000 · as Herself
• The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy2000 · as Herself
• That's Entertainment! III1994 · as (archive footage)
• Teresa's Tattoo1994 · as Martha Mae
• Personal Exemptions1989
• Night of 100 Stars II1985 · as Self
• Amy1981 · as Malvina
• The Man in the Santa Claus Suit1979 · as Dora Dayton
• Harper Valley P.T.A.1978 · as Alice Finely
• That's Entertainment, Part II1976 · as (archive footage)
• Happy Anniversary and Goodbye1974 · as Fay
• The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli1973 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Couple Takes a Wife1972 · as Marion Randolph
• Magic Carpet1972 · as Virginia Wolfe
• But I Don't Want to Get Married!1970 · as Mrs. Vale
• George M!1970 · as Nellie Cohan
• The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County1970 · as Sadie
• The Happy Ending1969 · as Agnes
• Fame Is the Name of the Game1966 · as Pat
• Alice Through the Looking Glass1966 · as The White Queen
• The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers1962 · as Self
• The Subterraneans1960 · as Society Woman (uncredited)
• The Family Nobody Wanted1956 · as Helen Doss
• The Band Wagon1953 · as Lily Marton
• A Child is Born1939 · as Gladys Norton
• The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex1939 · as Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
• The Monroe Doctrine1939 · as Rosita De La Torre
• Animal Catchers1927 · as Girl wearing overalls

All TV Shows (44)

• The Golden Palace1992 · as Fern
• Coach1989 · as Mildred Armstrong
• Coach1989 · as Christine's Mom
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Emmaline Bristow
• Hotel1982
• Hotel1982 · as Harriet Gold
• Aloha Paradise1981
• All Star Secrets1979
• The Love Boat1977 · as Mitzy Monroe
• The Love Boat1977 · as Maggie O'Brien
• The Love Boat1977 · as Shirley Simpson
• One Day at a Time1975 · as Katherine Romano
• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show1970 · as Dottie Richards
• Love, American Style1969 · as Cindy
• Love, American Style1969 · as Phyllis
• Love, American Style1969 · as Casey
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as Self (uncredited)
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as Self
• The Carol Burnett Show1967 · as Self
• The Carol Burnett Show1967 · as Self - Guest / Various Characters
• The Carol Burnett Show1967 · as Self - Guest
• The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.1966 · as Desiree
• The Hollywood Palace1964 · as Self - Singer
• Burke's Law1963 · as Amanda Tribble
• Burke's Law1963 · as Rowena Coolidge
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Westinghouse Playhouse1961 · as Nan McGovern
• Startime1959 · as Self
• Startime1959 · as Sally
• Laramie1959
• The Bell Telephone Hour1959 · as Self
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1956 · as Self
• The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Performer
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• Omnibus1952 · as Raina Petkoff
• Your Show of Shows1950
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter