Deceased

How Did Nanette Fabray Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 97

Also known asNanette Fabares, Ruby Bernadette Nanette Theresa FabaresGenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn27/10/1920Born inSan Diego, California, USADied22/02/2018 (aged 97)Died inPalos Verdes PeninsulaCausediseaseWikidataQ1291104 ↗TMDb#160239 ↗

Nanette Fabray 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. In the mid-1950s, she served as Sid Caesar's comic partner on Caesar's Hour, for which she won three Emmy Awards, and appeared with Fred Astaire in the film musical The Band Wagon.

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Filmography56 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2021	Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeMovie	Self	101
2015	Mary Tyler Moore: A CelebrationMovie	Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)	95
2009	Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great DepressionMovie	Self	89
2005	Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'Movie	Self	85
2003	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereMovie	Self	83
1994	That's Entertainment! IIIMovie	(archive footage)	74
1994	Teresa's TattooMovie	Martha Mae	74
1992	The Golden PalaceSeries	Fern	72
1989	CoachSeries	Mildred Armstrong	69
1985	Night of 100 Stars IIMovie	Self	65
1984	Murder, She WroteSeries	Emmaline Bristow	64
1982	HotelSeries	Harriet Gold	62
1981	Aloha ParadiseSeries	—	61
1981	AmyMovie	Malvina	61
1979	The Man in the Santa Claus SuitMovie	Dora Dayton	59
1979	All Star SecretsSeries	—	59
1978	Harper Valley P.T.A.Movie	Alice Finely	58
1977	The Love BoatSeries	Shirley Simpson	57
1976	That's Entertainment, Part IIMovie	(archive footage)	56
1975	One Day at a TimeSeries	Katherine Romano	55
1974	Dinah!Series	Self	54
1974	Happy Anniversary and GoodbyeMovie	Fay	54
1973	The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente MinnelliMovie	Self (archive footage)	53
1972	Magic CarpetMovie	Virginia Wolfe	52
1972	The Couple Takes a WifeMovie	Marion Randolph	52
1971	Great PerformancesSeries	Self	51
1970	The Mary Tyler Moore ShowSeries	Dottie Richards	50
1970	George M!Movie	Nellie Cohan	50
1970	The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico CountyMovie	Sadie	50
1970	But I Don't Want to Get Married!Movie	Mrs. Vale	50
1969	Love, American StyleSeries	Phyllis	49
1969	The Happy EndingMovie	Agnes	49
1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSeries	Self (uncredited)	48
1967	The Carol Burnett ShowSeries	Self	47
1966	The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.Series	Desiree	46
1966	Fame Is the Name of the GameMovie	Pat	46
1964	The Hollywood PalaceSeries	Self - Singer	44
1963	Burke's LawSeries	Rowena Coolidge	43
1962	The Merv Griffin ShowSeries	Self	42
1962	The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene StealersMovie	Self	42
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries	Self	42
1961	The Mike Douglas ShowSeries	Self	41
1961	Westinghouse PlayhouseSeries	Nan McGovern	41
1959	LaramieSeries	—	39
1959	StartimeSeries	Self	39
1959	The Bell Telephone HourSeries	Self	39
1956	The Steve Allen ShowSeries	Self	36
1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSeries	Self	36
1956	The Family Nobody WantedMovie	Helen Doss	36
1953	The Band WagonMovie	Lily Marton	33
1952	OmnibusSeries	Raina Petkoff	32
1950	What's My Line?Series	Self - Mystery Guest	30
1950	Your Show of ShowsSeries	—	30
1948	The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries	Self	28
1939	The Private Lives of Elizabeth and EssexMovie	Mistress Margaret Radcliffe	19
1939	The Monroe DoctrineMovie	Rosita De La Torre	19