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Home/People/Nanette Fabray
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Born
Oct 27, 1920Died: Feb 22, 2018
Lived 97 years
Place of Birth
San Diego, California, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

36
Movies
40
TV Shows
Also Known As
Nanette Fabares
Ruby Bernadette Nanette Theresa Fabares
IMDb Profile

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.
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age poster

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

as Self
2021
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration poster

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

as Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)
2015
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years poster

In the Beginning: The Caesar Years

as Self
2012
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

as Self
2009
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale poster

Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale

as Self
2005
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' poster

Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'

as Self
2005
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There poster

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

as Self
2003
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV poster

The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV

as Self
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection:  Inside the Writer's Room poster

The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room

as Herself
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection:  Creating the Comedy poster

The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy

as Herself
2000
That's Entertainment! III poster

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)
1994
Teresa's Tattoo poster

Teresa's Tattoo

as Martha Mae
1994
Personal Exemptions poster

Personal Exemptions

Cast
1989
Night of 100 Stars II poster

Night of 100 Stars II

as Self
1985
Amy poster

Amy

as Malvina
1981
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit poster

The Man in the Santa Claus Suit

as Dora Dayton
1979
Harper Valley P.T.A. poster

Harper Valley P.T.A.

as Alice Finely
1978
That's Entertainment, Part II poster

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)
1976
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye poster

Happy Anniversary and Goodbye

as Fay
1974
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli poster

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

as Self (archive footage)
1973