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Profile of Nanette Fabray
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Nanette Fabray |
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27th October 1920 |
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San Diego, California, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Nanette Fabray (born October 27, 1920 in San Diego, California) is an American actress.
She has appeared in a number of motion pictures as well as on television including Caesar's Hour, One Day at a Time, and Coach among others, and is a winner of three Emmy Awards.
Originally named Fabares, she is the aunt of actress/singer Shelley Fabares. Nanette Fabares changed her name to a phonetic spelling after it was mispronounced as "Fa-bare-ass" by Ed Sullivan. (She told this story in a live performance 8 December 2004).
Fabray's official biography has at times stated that she appeared in Our Gang shorts at the age of seven, although she never appeared in the series.
One of her most memorable film appearances was in the musical, The Band Wagon (1953) opposite Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. She and Oscar Levant played a team of scatterbrained screenwriters that try to help a fallen star (Astaire) make his comeback.
Nanette Fabray overcame significant hearing impairment to pursue her career. She is also an advocate for the hearing-impaired.
Nanette Fabray has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Filmography
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
- The Monroe Doctrine (1939) (short subject)
- A Child Is Born (1939)
- The Band Wagon (1953)
- The Subterraneans (1960)
- The Happy Ending (1969)
- Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
- Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978)
- Amy (1981
- Personal Exemptions (1987)
- Teresa's Tattoo (1994)
- Hail Sid Caesar! The Golden Age of Comedy (2001) (documentary)
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003) (documentary)
TV Work
- Caesar's Hour (cast member from 1954-1956)
- So Help Me, Aphrodite (1960)
- The Nanette Fabray Show (1961) (canceled after 13 episodes)
- Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966)
- Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966)
- The Hollywood Squares (semiregular panelist from 1969-1971)
- But I Don't Want to Get Married! (1970)
- George M! (1972)
- Magic Carpet (1972)
- The Couple Takes a Wife (1972)
- Happy Anniversary and Goodbye (1974)
- The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979)
- One Day at a Time (cast member from 1979-1984)
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