Cast & creator
Nanette Fabray
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, The Merv Griffin Show
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.
Also known as: Nanette Fabares, Ruby Bernadette Nanette Theresa Fabares
36
film credits
45
television credits
81
1927–2021 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (81)
Showing 81 of 81 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
What's My Line?
Self
1950
The Love Boat
Mitzy Monroe
1977The Love Boat
Maggie O'Brien
1977The Love Boat
Shirley Simpson
1977
Great Performances
Self
1971
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
1956Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Murder, She Wrote
Emmaline Bristow
1984
Love, American Style
Cindy
1969Love, American Style
Phyllis
1969Love, American Style
Casey
1969
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Coach
Mildred Armstrong
1989Coach
Christine's Mom
1989
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
1967The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest
1967The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
Hotel
1982Hotel
Harriet Gold
1982
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Dottie Richards
1970
Burke's Law
Amanda Tribble
1963Burke's Law
Rowena Coolidge
1963
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Dinah!
Self
1974
The Steve Allen Show
Self
1956
One Day at a Time
Katherine Romano
1975
Omnibus
Raina Petkoff
1952
Laramie
1959
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
Your Show of Shows
1950
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
1959The Bell Telephone Hour
Self - Hostess
1959
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Desiree
1966
Startime
Self
1959Startime
Sally
1959
The Golden Palace
Fern
1992
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Singer
1964
Westinghouse Playhouse
Nan McGovern
1961
Aloha Paradise
1981
The Band Wagon
Lily Marton
1953
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)
2015
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
1939
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985
All Star Secrets
1979
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
1973
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003
Amy
Malvina
1981
Fame Is the Name of the Game
Pat
1966
Alice Through the Looking Glass
The White Queen
1966
Teresa's Tattoo
Martha Mae
1994
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Sadie
1970
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2021
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
Self
2005
Harper Valley P.T.A.
Alice Finely
1978
A Child is Born
Gladys Norton
1939
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Self
2009
The Subterraneans
Society Woman (uncredited)
1960
The Couple Takes a Wife
Marion Randolph
1972
The Happy Ending
Agnes
1969
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
Self
2012
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
Fay
1974
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Self
1962
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
Dora Dayton
1979
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
Self
2005
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
Self
2000
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
Mrs. Vale
1970The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
Herself
2000
The Family Nobody Wanted
Helen Doss
1956
Animal Catchers
Girl wearing overalls
1927
The Monroe Doctrine
Rosita De La Torre
1939The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
Herself
2000
Magic Carpet
Virginia Wolfe
1972
Personal Exemptions
1989
George M!
Nellie Cohan
1970