About
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.
Filmography
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age2021 · Self
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration2015 · Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years2012 · Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression2009 · Self
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale2005 · Self
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'2005 · Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There2003 · Self
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV2000 · Self
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy2000 · Herself
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room2000 · Herself
That's Entertainment! III1994 · (archive footage)
Teresa's Tattoo1994 · Martha Mae
Personal Exemptions1989
Night of 100 Stars II1985 · Self
Amy1981 · Malvina
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit1979 · Dora Dayton
Harper Valley P.T.A.1978 · Alice Finely
That's Entertainment, Part II1976 · (archive footage)
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye1974 · Fay
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli1973 · Self (archive footage)