Person

Nanette Fabray

Acting · 1920–2018 · 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.

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  The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  Self

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  Murder, She Wrote

  Emmaline Bristow

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  Tony Awards

  Self - Performer

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  The Love Boat

  Mitzy Monroe

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  The Mike Douglas Show

  Self

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  Coach

  Mildred Armstrong

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  The Mary Tyler Moore Show

  Dottie Richards

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  Golden Globe Awards

  Self - Presenter

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  Great Performances

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  The Merv Griffin Show

  Self

• 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeSelf
• 2015Mary Tyler Moore: A CelebrationSelf / Dottie Richards (archive footage)
• 2012In the Beginning: The Caesar YearsSelf
• 2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great DepressionSelf
• 2005Elizabeth & Essex: Battle RoyaleSelf
• 2005Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'Self
• 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf
• 2000The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TVSelf
• 2000The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's RoomHerself
• 2000The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the ComedyHerself
• 1994That's Entertainment! III(archive footage)
• 1994Teresa's TattooMartha Mae
• 1992The Golden PalaceFern
• 1989Personal Exemptions
• 1989CoachMildred Armstrong
• 1985Night of 100 Stars IISelf
• 1984Murder, She WroteEmmaline Bristow
• 1982Hotel
• 1981AmyMalvina
• 1981Aloha Paradise
• 1979The Man in the Santa Claus SuitDora Dayton
• 1979All Star Secrets
• 1978Harper Valley P.T.A.Alice Finely
• 1977The Love BoatMitzy Monroe
• 1976That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage)
• 1975One Day at a TimeKatherine Romano
• 1974Happy Anniversary and GoodbyeFay
• 1974Dinah!Self
• 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente MinnelliSelf (archive footage)
• 1972The Couple Takes a WifeMarion Randolph
• 1972Magic CarpetVirginia Wolfe
• 1971Great PerformancesSelf
• 1970But I Don't Want to Get Married!Mrs. Vale
• 1970The Mary Tyler Moore ShowDottie Richards
• 1970George M!Nellie Cohan
• 1970The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico CountySadie
• 1969The Happy EndingAgnes
• 1969Love, American StyleCindy
• 1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf (uncredited)
• 1967The Carol Burnett ShowSelf
• 1966Fame Is the Name of the GamePat
• 1966Alice Through the Looking GlassThe White Queen
• 1966The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.Desiree
• 1964The Hollywood PalaceSelf - Singer
• 1963Burke's LawAmanda Tribble
• 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
• 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
• 1962The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene StealersSelf
• 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
• 1961Westinghouse PlayhouseNan McGovern
• 1960The SubterraneansSociety Woman (uncredited)
• 1959StartimeSelf
• 1959Laramie
• 1959The Bell Telephone HourSelf
• 1956The Family Nobody WantedHelen Doss
• 1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf
• 1956The Steve Allen ShowSelf
• 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Performer
• 1953The Band WagonLily Marton
• 1952OmnibusRaina Petkoff
• 1950Your Show of Shows
• 1950What's My Line?Self
• 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
• 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter
• 1939A Child is BornGladys Norton
• 1939The Private Lives of Elizabeth and EssexMistress Margaret Radcliffe
• 1939The Monroe DoctrineRosita De La Torre
• 1927Animal CatchersGirl wearing overalls