Nanette Fabray

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1920-10-27 (98 years old)

Deathday

2018-02-22

Place of Birth

San Diego, California, USA

Nanette Fabray

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.

Acting

1953

The Band Wagon

as Lily Marton

1939

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

as Mistress Margaret Radcliffe

1939

The Monroe Doctrine

as Rosita De La Torre

1978

Harper Valley P.T.A.

as Alice Finely

1966

1981

Amy

as Malvina

1939

A Child Is Born

as Gladys Norton

1972

Magic Carpet

as Virginia Wolfe

1994

Teresa's Tattoo

as Martha Mae

1969

2015

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

as Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1970

George M!

as Nellie Cohan

1972

The Couple Takes a Wife

as Marion Randolph

1960

The Subterraneans

as Society Woman (uncredited)

1927

Animal Catchers

as Girl wearing overalls

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