Nanette Fabray
American actress, singer and dancer (1920-2018) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 97
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.
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In the Beginning: The Caesar YearsFilm2005
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle RoyaleFilm2000The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the ComedyFilm, Herself1989
CoachSeries, Mildred Armstrong
Personal ExemptionsFilm, 19891982
HotelSeries, Harriet Gold1981
AmyFilm, Malvina1978
Harper Valley P.T.A.Film, Alice Finely1976
That's Entertainment, Part IIFilm, (archive footage)1975
One Day at a TimeSeries, Katherine Romano1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente MinnelliFilm1971
Great PerformancesSeries1970
But I Don't Want to Get Married!Film, Mrs. Vale1969
Love, American StyleSeries, Cindy1966
Alice Through the Looking GlassFilm, The White Queen1963
Burke's LawSeries, Amanda Tribble1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1960
The SubterraneansFilm, Society Woman (uncredited)1957Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy SeriesAward1956Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy SeriesAward
The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSeries, 19561955Emmy AwardAward1953
The Band WagonFilm, Lily Marton1950
What's My Line?Series1949Tony Award for Best Actress in a MusicalAward1944
Golden Globe AwardsSeries1927
Animal CatchersFilm, Girl wearing overalls1920Born27 October 1920People around Nanette
Max Reinhardt Taught Nanette
Howard Morris Directed One Day at a Time
Susan Saint James Also in Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966)
Vincente Minnelli Directed The Band Wagon (1953)
Michael Curtiz Directed The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
James L. Brooks Produced The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Richard Brooks Directed The Happy Ending (1969)
Majel Barrett Also in The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979)
Hal B. Wallis Produced The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Ronny Cox Also in Harper Valley PTA (1978)
Lloyd Bacon Directed A Child Is Born (1939)
Tina Louise Also in The Happy Ending (1969)
Arthur Freed Produced The Band Wagon (1953)
Jack Cassidy Also in George M! (1970)
James Stephenson Also in The Monroe Doctrine (1939)
Wally Cox Also in The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
Jack Donohue Directed Happy Anniversary and Goodbye (1974)
Jerome Courtland Produced Amy (1981)
Philip McKeon Produced Teresa's Tattoo (1994)
Vincent McEveety Directed Amy (1981)
Jerry Hopper Directed Westinghouse Playhouse
Marc Rocco Produced Teresa's Tattoo (1994)- Ralph Senensky Directed Harper Valley PTA (1978)
- Norman Campbell Directed One Day at a Time
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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. From 1979 to 1984, she played Katherine Romano, the mother of lead character Ann Romano, on the TV series One Day at a Time. She also appeared as the mother of Christine Armstrong in the television series Coach.
