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.
Known For
The Band Wagon
(1953)
Lily Marton
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
(1939)
Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
That's Entertainment! III
(1994)
(archive footage)
Full Filmography
Acting
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
(1939)
Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
The Monroe Doctrine
(1939)
Rosita De La Torre
A Child Is Born
(1939)
Gladys Norton
The Band Wagon
(1953)
Lily Marton
The Subterraneans
(1960)
Society Woman (uncredited)
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
(1962)
Self
Alice Through the Looking Glass
(1966)
The White Queen
Fame Is the Name of the Game
(1966)
Pat
The Happy Ending
(1969)
Agnes
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
(1970)
Sadie
George M!
(1970)
Helen Costigan 'Nellie' Cohan
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
(1970)
Mrs. Vale
The Couple Takes a Wife
(1972)
Marion Randolph
Magic Carpet
(1972)
Virginia Wolfe
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
(1973)
Self (archive footage)
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
(1974)
Fay
That's Entertainment, Part II
(1976)
(archive footage)
Harper Valley P.T.A.
(1978)
Alice Finely
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
(1979)
Dora Dayton
Amy
(1981)
Malvina
Night of 100 Stars II
(1985)
Self
Personal Exemptions
(1989)
Teresa's Tattoo
(1994)
Martha Mae
That's Entertainment! III
(1994)
(archive footage)
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
(2000)
Self
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
(2000)
Herself
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
(2000)
Herself
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
(2003)
Self
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
(2005)
Herself
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
(2005)
Self
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
(2012)
Self
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
(2015)
Self / Dottie Richards (archive footage)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
(2021)
Self