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Nanette Fabray

Nanette Fabray

Born: 1920-10-27 • 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.

Filmography
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age poster
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021 • Self
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration poster
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015 • Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years poster
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
2012 • Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression poster
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009 • Self
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale poster
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
2005 • Self
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' poster
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
2005 • Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There poster
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 • Self
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV poster
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
2000 • Self
No Image
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
2000 • Herself
No Image
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
2000 • Herself
That's Entertainment! III poster
That's Entertainment! III
1994 • (archive footage)
Teresa's Tattoo poster
Teresa's Tattoo
1994 • Martha Mae
Personal Exemptions poster
Personal Exemptions
1989
Night of 100 Stars II poster
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 • Self
Amy poster
Amy
1981 • Malvina
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit poster
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
1979 • Dora Dayton
Harper Valley P.T.A. poster
Harper Valley P.T.A.
1978 • Alice Finely
That's Entertainment, Part II poster
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 • (archive footage)
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye poster
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
1974 • Fay
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli poster
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973 • Self (archive footage)
The Couple Takes a Wife poster
The Couple Takes a Wife
1972 • Marion Randolph
Magic Carpet poster
Magic Carpet
1972 • Virginia Wolfe
But I Don't Want to Get Married! poster
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
1970 • Mrs. Vale
George M! poster
George M!
1970 • Nellie Cohan
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County poster
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970 • Sadie
The Happy Ending poster
The Happy Ending
1969 • Agnes
Fame Is the Name of the Game poster
Fame Is the Name of the Game
1966 • Pat
Alice Through the Looking Glass poster
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1966 • The White Queen
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers poster
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962 • Self
The Subterraneans poster
The Subterraneans
1960 • Society Woman (uncredited)
The Family Nobody Wanted poster
The Family Nobody Wanted
1956 • Helen Doss
The Band Wagon poster
The Band Wagon
1953 • Lily Marton
A Child is Born poster
A Child is Born
1939 • Gladys Norton
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex poster
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939 • Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
The Monroe Doctrine poster
The Monroe Doctrine
1939 • Rosita De La Torre
Animal Catchers poster
Animal Catchers
1927 • Girl wearing overalls