Acting

Nanette Fabray

Born 1920-10-27 · San Diego, California, USA

Died 2018-02-22

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.

Credits

Newest first

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)
2015
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
as Self
2012
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self
2009
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
as Self
2005
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
as Self
2005
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
as Self
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
as Herself
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
as Herself
2000
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
Teresa's Tattoo
as Martha Mae
1994
The Golden Palace
as Fern
1992
Personal Exemptions
1989
Coach
as Mildred Armstrong
1989
Coach
as Christine's Mom
1989
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
Murder, She Wrote
as Emmaline Bristow
1984
Hotel
1982
Hotel
as Harriet Gold
1982
Amy
as Malvina
1981
Aloha Paradise
1981
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
as Dora Dayton
1979
All Star Secrets
1979
Harper Valley P.T.A.
as Alice Finely
1978
The Love Boat
as Mitzy Monroe
1977
The Love Boat
as Maggie O'Brien
1977
The Love Boat
as Shirley Simpson
1977
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
One Day at a Time
as Katherine Romano
1975
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
as Fay
1974
Dinah!
as Self
1974
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
1973
The Couple Takes a Wife
as Marion Randolph
1972
Magic Carpet
as Virginia Wolfe
1972
Great Performances
as Self
1971
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
as Mrs. Vale
1970
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Dottie Richards
1970
George M!
as Nellie Cohan
1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Sadie
1970
The Happy Ending
as Agnes
1969
Love, American Style
as Cindy
1969
Love, American Style
as Phyllis
1969
Love, American Style
as Casey
1969
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
1967
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest
1967
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
Fame Is the Name of the Game
as Pat
1966
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as The White Queen
1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as Desiree
1966
The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Singer
1964
Burke's Law
as Amanda Tribble
1963
Burke's Law
as Rowena Coolidge
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
as Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Westinghouse Playhouse
as Nan McGovern
1961
The Subterraneans
as Society Woman (uncredited)
1960
Startime
as Self
1959
Startime
as Sally
1959
Laramie
1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self - Hostess
1959
The Family Nobody Wanted
as Helen Doss
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
The Band Wagon
as Lily Marton
1953
Omnibus
as Raina Petkoff
1952
Your Show of Shows
1950
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
A Child is Born
as Gladys Norton
1939
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
as Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
1939
The Monroe Doctrine
as Rosita De La Torre
1939