Personal Info
Nanette Fabares
Ruby Bernadette Nanette Theresa Fabares
Nanette Fabray
Acting
Biography
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
Filmography
Movies
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
as Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
as Self
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
as Self
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
as Herself
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
as Herself
TV Shows
The Golden Palace
as Fern · 1 ep.
Coach
as Christine's Mom · 1 ep.
Murder, She Wrote
as Emmaline Bristow · 1 ep.
Hotel
as Harriet Gold · 1 ep.
Aloha Paradise
1 ep.
All Star Secrets
1 ep.
The Love Boat
as Shirley Simpson · 1 ep.
One Day at a Time
as Katherine Romano · 51 ep.
Dinah!
as Self · 3 ep.
Great Performances
as Self · 1 ep.