Nanette Fabray
Acting
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
2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2015Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)
2012In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
Self
2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Self
2005Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
Self
2005Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
Self
2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2000The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
Self
1994Teresa's Tattoo
Martha Mae
1994That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
1989Personal Exemptions
1985Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1981Amy
Malvina
1979The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
Dora Dayton
1978Harper Valley P.T.A.
Alice Finely
1976That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1974Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
Fay
1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
1972Magic Carpet
Virginia Wolfe
1972The Couple Takes a Wife
Marion Randolph
1970The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Sadie
1970George M!
Nellie Cohan
1970But I Don't Want to Get Married!
Mrs. Vale
1969The Happy Ending
Agnes