Nanette Fabray

Oct 27, 1920 - Feb 22, 2018 (97 years old) in 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

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Love, American Style

Cindy

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The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Dottie Richards

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The Love Boat

Mitzy Monroe

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Murder, She Wrote

Emmaline Bristow

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One Day at a Time

Katherine Romano

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What's My Line?

Self - Mystery Guest

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Great Performances

Self

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Burke's Law

Amanda Tribble

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The Carol Burnett Show

Self

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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Self (uncredited)

Credits

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age 2021

Self

★ NR
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration 2015

Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)

★ 10
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years 2012

Self

★ NR
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression 2009

Self

★ NR
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale 2005

Self

★ 9
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' 2005

Self

★ NR
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There 2003

Self

★ 7
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV 2000

Self

★ NR
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room 2000

Herself

★ NR
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy 2000

Herself

★ NR
That's Entertainment! III 1994

(archive footage)

★ 7
Teresa's Tattoo 1994

Martha Mae

★ 4.9
The Golden Palace 1992

Fern

★ 6.2
Personal Exemptions 1989

★ NR
Coach 1989

Mildred Armstrong

★ 6.8
Night of 100 Stars II 1985

Self

★ 8
Murder, She Wrote 1984

Emmaline Bristow

★ 7.5
Hotel 1982

★ 6.8
Amy 1981

Malvina

★ 7.2
Aloha Paradise 1981

★ 5
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit 1979

Dora Dayton

★ 5.2
All Star Secrets 1979

★ NR
Harper Valley P.T.A. 1978

Alice Finely

★ 7.1
The Love Boat 1977

Mitzy Monroe

★ 6.3
That's Entertainment, Part II 1976

(archive footage)

★ 6.9
One Day at a Time 1975

Katherine Romano

★ 6.7
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye 1974

Fay

★ 4.8
Dinah! 1974

Self

★ 6.7
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli 1973

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
The Couple Takes a Wife 1972

Marion Randolph

★ NR
Magic Carpet 1972

Virginia Wolfe

★ NR
Great Performances 1971

Self

★ 5.6
But I Don't Want to Get Married! 1970

Mrs. Vale

★ NR
The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1970

Dottie Richards

★ 7.6
George M! 1970

Nellie Cohan

★ 10
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County 1970

Sadie

★ 6.3
The Happy Ending 1969

Agnes

★ 6
Love, American Style 1969

Cindy

★ 6
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In 1968

Self (uncredited)

★ 6.5
The Carol Burnett Show 1967

Self

★ 7.7
Fame Is the Name of the Game 1966

Pat

★ 8
Alice Through the Looking Glass 1966

The White Queen

★ 6
The Hollywood Palace 1964

Self - Singer

★ 4.5
Burke's Law 1963

Amanda Tribble

★ 6
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers 1962

Self

★ 7
Westinghouse Playhouse 1961

Nan McGovern

★ NR
The Subterraneans 1960

Society Woman (uncredited)

★ 4.8
Startime 1959

★ 6
Laramie 1959

★ 6.4
The Bell Telephone Hour 1959

Self

★ 7.3
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show 1956

Self

★ 6
The Steve Allen Show 1956

Self

★ 5.6
Tony Awards 1956

Self - Performer

★ 4.6
The Band Wagon 1953

Lily Marton

★ 7.1
Your Show of Shows 1950

★ 6.3
What's My Line? 1950

Self - Mystery Guest

★ 6.9
A Child Is Born 1939

Gladys Norton

★ 6.5
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1939

Mistress Margaret Radcliffe

★ 6.3
The Monroe Doctrine 1939

Rosita De La Torre

★ 7
Animal Catchers 1927

Girl wearing overalls

★ NR