Nanette Fabray

Acting • 1920-10-27 • San Diego, California, USA

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

6.8

One Day at a Time

1975

7.2

The Band Wagon

1953

6.8

Harper Valley P.T.A.

1978

6.4

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

1939

7.2

Amy

1981

6.1

The Happy Ending

1969

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Filmography

2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeFilm
Self
2015
Mary Tyler Moore: A CelebrationFilm
Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)
★ 6.3
2012
In the Beginning: The Caesar YearsFilm
Self
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great DepressionFilm
Self
2005
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle RoyaleFilm
Self
★ 9.5
2005
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'Film
Self
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's RoomFilm
Herself
★ 8.0
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TVFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the ComedyFilm
Herself
★ 7.0
1994
That's Entertainment! IIIFilm
(archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.1
1994
Teresa's TattooFilm
Martha Mae
★ 4.9
1992
The Golden PalaceTV
Fern • 1 episodes
★ 6.3
1989
CoachTV
Mildred Armstrong • 2 episodes
★ 6.7
1989
CoachTV
Christine's Mom • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
1989
Personal ExemptionsFilm
Millie McFall
★ 9.0
1985
Night of 100 Stars IIFilm
Self
★ 6.8
1984
Murder, She WroteTV
Emmaline Bristow • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1982
HotelTV
★ 6.7
1982
HotelTV
Harriet Gold • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
1981
AmyFilm
Malvina
★ 7.2
1981
Aloha ParadiseTV
★ 7.0
1979
The Man in the Santa Claus SuitFilm
Dora Dayton
★ 5.0
1979
All Star SecretsTV
★ 10.0
1978
Harper Valley P.T.A.Film
Alice Finely
★ 6.8
1977
The Love BoatTV
Mitzy Monroe • 1 episodes
★ 6.3
1977
The Love BoatTV
Maggie O'Brien • 1 episodes
★ 6.3
1977
The Love BoatTV
Shirley Simpson • 1 episodes
★ 6.3
1976
That's Entertainment, Part IIFilm
(archive footage)
★ 7.0
1975
One Day at a TimeTV
Katherine Romano • 51 episodes
★ 6.8
1974
Dinah!TV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 7.0
1974
Happy Anniversary and GoodbyeFilm
Fay
★ 5.2
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente MinnelliFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
1972
The Couple Takes a WifeFilm
Marion Randolph
★ 10.0
1972
Magic CarpetFilm
Virginia Wolfe
★ 9.0
1971
Great PerformancesTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.1
1970
The Mary Tyler Moore ShowTV
Dottie Richards • 2 episodes
★ 7.7
1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico CountyFilm
Sadie
★ 7.0
1970
George M!Film
Nellie Cohan
★ 8.5
1970
But I Don't Want to Get Married!Film
Mrs. Vale
★ 10.0
1969
Love, American StyleTV
Cindy • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1969
Love, American StyleTV
Phyllis • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1969
Love, American StyleTV
Casey • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1969
The Happy EndingFilm
Agnes
★ 6.1
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InTV
Self (uncredited) • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 6.8
1967
The Carol Burnett ShowTV
Self • 8 episodes
★ 7.7
1967
The Carol Burnett ShowTV
Self - Guest / Various Characters • 3 episodes
★ 7.7
1967
The Carol Burnett ShowTV
Self - Guest • 2 episodes
★ 7.7
1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.TV
Desiree • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1966
Fame Is the Name of the GameFilm
Pat
★ 7.0
1966
Alice Through the Looking GlassFilm
The White Queen
★ 6.2
1964
The Hollywood PalaceTV
Self - Singer • 1 episodes
★ 5.0
1963
Burke's LawTV
Amanda Tribble • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1963
Burke's LawTV
Rowena Coolidge • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 7.6
1962
The Merv Griffin ShowTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 6.8
1962
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene StealersFilm
Self
★ 7.0
1961
The Mike Douglas ShowTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 5.8
1961
Westinghouse PlayhouseTV
Nan McGovern • 26 episodes
★ 7.0
1960
The SubterraneansFilm
Society Woman (uncredited)
★ 5.1
1959
LaramieTV
★ 6.7
1959
The Bell Telephone HourTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1959
The Bell Telephone HourTV
Self - Hostess • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1959
StartimeTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1959
StartimeTV
Sally • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1957
A Man's GameFilm
Josephine Evans
1956
The Steve Allen ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowTV
Self • 6 episodes
★ 6.4
1956
Tony AwardsTV
Self - Performer • 1 episodes
1956
Tony AwardsTV
Self - Presenter • 1 episodes
1956
The Family Nobody WantedFilm
Helen Doss
1953
The Band WagonFilm
Lily Marton
★ 7.2
1952
OmnibusTV
Raina Petkoff • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1950
What's My Line?TV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 7.1
1950
Your Show of ShowsTV
★ 7.2
1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowTV
Self • 6 episodes
★ 6.8
1944
Golden Globe AwardsTV
Self - Presenter • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1939
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and EssexFilm
Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
★ 6.4
1939
The Monroe DoctrineFilm
Rosita De La Torre
★ 7.0
1939
A Child is BornFilm
Gladys Norton
★ 7.1
1927
Animal CatchersFilm
Baby Nanette
★ 7.0