Nanette Fabray
ActingNanette 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
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
The Band Wagon
Lily Marton
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
The Happy Ending
Agnes
Teresa's Tattoo
Martha Mae
Amy
Malvina
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
Fay
Filmography — Acting
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
The Band Wagon
Lily Marton
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
The Happy Ending
Agnes
Teresa's Tattoo
Martha Mae
Amy
Malvina
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
Fay
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Sadie
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
Fame Is the Name of the Game
Pat
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
Dora Dayton
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
Self
Alice Through the Looking Glass
The White Queen
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
Self
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
Herself
The Couple Takes a Wife
Marion Randolph
Harper Valley P.T.A.
Alice Finely
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
Mrs. Vale
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
Herself
A Child is Born
Gladys Norton
The Subterraneans
Society Woman (uncredited)
Magic Carpet
Virginia Wolfe
George M!
Nellie Cohan
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
Self
The Monroe Doctrine
Rosita De La Torre
The Family Nobody Wanted
Helen Doss
Personal Exemptions
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
Self
Animal Catchers
Girl wearing overalls