Nanette Fabray
Date of birth: 1920-10-27
Place of birth: San Diego, California, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Nanette Fabares, Ruby Bernadette Nanette Theresa Fabares
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.
Movie Credits
The Band Wagon
1953-08-07
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939-11-11
This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be Ki
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003-04-03
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about Ame
The Monroe Doctrine
1939-10-14
The story of President Monroe's response to attempts by Spain to interfere in South America.
Harper Valley P.T.A.
1978-08-02
Stella Johnson is a single mother living in the town of Harper Valley. Most of the townsfolk, partic
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970-04-01
A simple-minded blacksmith named Charley, well loved by the townsfolk, saves for a year to send off
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1966-11-06
Alice returns to Wonderland through the looking glass in this TV musical.
Amy
1981-03-20
A woman leaves her husband after the death of her child to teach deaf children how to speak. Her own
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
2000-06-20
One of the greatest comedians of early television, Sid Caesar hasn't had his work shown in perennial
A Child Is Born
1939-12-07
A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.
Magic Carpet
1972-11-06
A young student living in Rome gets a job as a tour guide and falls in love with a young stowaway wh
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962-01-06
A TV movie with intertwining music numbers and sketches.
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
1979-12-23
The mysterious owner of a costume shop rents a Santa Claus suit to three very different men: a math
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973-01-01
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
2005-03-15
Documentary on the 1953 musical "The Band Wagon."
Fame Is the Name of the Game
1966-11-26
A brash, big-time investigative reporter, looking into the death of a call girl, uncovers her diary
Teresa's Tattoo
1994-03-15
Mathematician Teresa just wanted to study during the College spring break. But her friends, who want
Night of 100 Stars II
1985-03-10
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a
The Happy Ending
1969-12-21
When Fred asked for Mary's hand in marriage, she thought she had the happy ending she only read abou
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015-10-13
Not only did Mary Tyler Moore “turn the world on with her smile,” as her show’s theme song declared,
That's Entertainment! III
1994-07-01
Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
1974-11-19
As her 25th anniversary approaches, Norma Michaels realizes that her marriage to her dentist husband
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976-05-16
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time includi
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
2000-06-20
The Big Daddy of televised comedy sketches, Sid Caesar had millions of Americans holding their sides
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
2000-06-20
The Big Daddy of televised comedy sketches, Sid Caesar had millions of Americans holding their sides
George M!
1970-09-12
Based on the semi-hit Broadway musical of 1968 and starring original stage star Joel Grey, this TV v
Personal Exemptions
1989-08-29
A dedicated IRS investigator pursues her career at the expense of her very disfunctional family. Nan
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
2012-11-13
New interviews with Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner, footage from the reunion of Caesar's Writers (1996),
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
2005-04-19
Short documentary about the making of The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex.
The Couple Takes a Wife
1972-12-05
Complications ensue when an overworked couple decides to hire a "wife" — someone who can run the hou
The Subterraneans
1960-06-23
A disillusioned writer explores the subterranean depths of San Francisco's North Beach district.
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
1970-10-06
An accountant is widowed after 18 years of marriage. He is dumbfounded to have a herd of marriage-mi
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021-08-14
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009-01-01
A two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s.
Animal Catchers
1927-07-01
The Family Nobody Wanted
1956-12-20
A true story, it follows a pastor and his wife through forties beginning with one biological child,