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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 27, 1920
Died
February 22, 2018
Place of Birth
San Diego, California, USA
Also Known As
- Nanette Fabares
- Ruby Bernadette Nanette Theresa Fabares
Nanette Fabray
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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
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Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
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Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
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Self
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
2012
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
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Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
2005
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Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
2005
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
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The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
2000
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Herself
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
2000
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Herself
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
2000
Credits
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
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Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)
2015
10.0
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
as Self
2012
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self
2009
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Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
as Self
2005
9.0
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
as Self
2005
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003
7.0
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
as Self
2000
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The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
as Herself
2000
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The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
as Herself
2000
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That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
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Teresa's Tattoo
as Martha Mae
1994
4.6
The Golden Palace
as Fern
1992
6.2
Personal Exemptions
1989
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Coach
as Mildred Armstrong
1989
6.7
Coach
as Christine's Mom
1989
6.7
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
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Murder, She Wrote
as Emmaline Bristow
1984
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Hotel
1982
6.8
Amy
as Malvina
1981
7.1
Aloha Paradise
1981
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The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
as Dora Dayton
1979
4.6
All Star Secrets
1979
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Harper Valley P.T.A.
as Alice Finely
1978
7.1
The Love Boat
as Mitzy Monroe
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Maggie O'Brien
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Shirley Simpson
1977
6.3
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
6.9
One Day at a Time
as Katherine Romano
1975
6.7
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
as Fay
1974
4.8
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
1973
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The Couple Takes a Wife
as Marion Randolph
1972
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Magic Carpet
as Virginia Wolfe
1972
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Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
as Mrs. Vale
1970
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The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Dottie Richards
1970
7.6
George M!
as Nellie Cohan
1970
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The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Sadie
1970
6.2
The Happy Ending
as Agnes
1969
6.0
Love, American Style
as Cindy
1969
6.1
Love, American Style
as Phyllis
1969
6.1
Love, American Style
as Casey
1969
6.1
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
6.6
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
1967
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest
1967
7.7
Fame Is the Name of the Game
as Pat
1966
4.5
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as The White Queen
1966
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The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as Desiree
1966
6.6
The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Singer
1964
4.5
Burke's Law
as Amanda Tribble
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Rowena Coolidge
1963
6.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
as Self
1962
7.0
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
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Westinghouse Playhouse
as Nan McGovern
1961
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The Subterraneans
as Society Woman (uncredited)
1960
4.8
Startime
1959
6.0
Laramie
1959
6.6
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
1959
7.3
The Family Nobody Wanted
as Helen Doss
1956
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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
1956
5.6
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
The Band Wagon
as Lily Marton
1953
7.2
Your Show of Shows
1950
6.3
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
A Child Is Born
as Gladys Norton
1939
6.5
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
as Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
1939
6.3
The Monroe Doctrine
as Rosita De La Torre
1939
6.7
Animal Catchers
as Girl wearing overalls
1927
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