Nanette Fabray
Born in San Diego, California, USA — Oct 27 1920• Died Feb 22 2018
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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.
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Nanette Fabray's Credits
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Murder, She Wrote
Emmaline Bristow
Great Performances
Self
The Love Boat
Mitzy Monroe
Love, American Style
Cindy
Coach
Mildred Armstrong
Hotel
Burke's Law
Amanda Tribble
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Dottie Richards
Dinah!
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
The Steve Allen Show
Self
One Day at a Time
Katherine Romano
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
Laramie
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Singer
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Desiree
The Golden Palace
Fern
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
Startime
Your Show of Shows
Aloha Paradise
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
The Happy Ending
Agnes
Westinghouse Playhouse
Nan McGovern
Teresa's Tattoo
Martha Mae
The Band Wagon
Lily Marton
Amy
Malvina
All Star Secrets
Alice Through the Looking Glass
The White Queen
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
A Child is Born
Gladys Norton
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Sadie
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Self
Harper Valley P.T.A.
Alice Finely
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)
George M!
Nellie Cohan
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
Self
The Family Nobody Wanted
Helen Doss
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
Mrs. Vale
Magic Carpet
Virginia Wolfe
Fame Is the Name of the Game
Pat
The Subterraneans
Society Woman (uncredited)
The Couple Takes a Wife
Marion Randolph
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
Herself
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
Dora Dayton
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
Self
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
Fay
The Monroe Doctrine
Rosita De La Torre
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Self
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
Herself
Personal Exemptions
Animal Catchers
Girl wearing overalls
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
Self
Tony Awards
Self - Performer