NANETTE FABRAY
October 27, 1920 – February 22, 2018 (age 97)
Cause of Death: Natural Causes
Originally a vaudeville actress, musical theater actress, and stage dancer, Nanette Fabray would go on to win three Primetime Emmys. She would appear films like “A Child Is Born” (1939) and “The Band Wagon” (1953) as well as having a long-running role on “One Day at a Time” (1979-1984). Although she will be missed, her legacy will live on forever.
NANETTE FABRAY’S FILMOGRAPHY
1939 | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | Mistress Margaret Radcliffe |
1939 | The Monroe Doctrine |
Rosita De La Torre |
1939 | A Child Is Born |
Gladys Norton |
1952 | The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima | Florinda (uncredited) |
1953 | The Band Wagon | Lily Marton |
1960 | The Subterraneans | Society Woman (uncredited) |
1969 | The Happy Ending | Agnes |
1970 | Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County | Sadie |
1978 | Harper Valley P.T.A. | Alice Finely |
1981 | Amy |
Malvina |
1989 | Personal Exemptions | n/a |
1994 | Teresa’s Tattoo | Martha Mae |
NANETTE FABRAY’S TELEVISION APPEARANCES
1949 | The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre | n/a | Episode: “Londonderry Air” |
1953 | Omnibus |
Raina Petkoff | Episode: “Arms and the Man” |
1956 | Saturday Spectacular: High Button Shoes | Sara Longstreet (uncredited) | Television movie |
1956 | Playhouse 90 | Helen Doss | Episode: “The Family Nobody Wanted” |
1957 | The Alcoa Hour | Rosemary Chase | Episode: “The Original Miss Chase” |
1957 | The Kaiser Aluminum Hour | Josephine Evans | Episode: “A Man’s Game” |
1959 | Laramie |
Essie Brigh | Episode: “Glory Road” |
1960 | Startime |
Sally | Episode: “The Nanette Fabray Show, or Help Me, Aphrodite” |
1961 | Westinghouse Playhouse | Nanette McGovern | 26 Episodes |
1964 | Burke’s Law |
Rowena Coolidge / Amanda Tribble | 2 Episodes |
1965 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Hannah King | Episode: “In Any Language” |
1966 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | The White Queen | Television movie |
1966 | Fame Is the Name of the Game | Pat | Television movie |
1967 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | Desiree | Episode: “The Petit Prix Affair” |
1967 | NBC Experiment in Television | Narrator (voice) | Episode: “Theater of the Deaf” |
1967 | The Jerry Lewis Show | Policewoman Wife | Episode: “Episode #1.3” |
1970 | George M! |
Helen Costigan ‘Nellie’ Cohan | Television movie |
1970 | Howdy |
n/a | Television movie |
1970 | But I Don’t Want to Get Married! | Mrs. Vale | Television movie |
1970-1973 | Love, American Style | Helen / Casey / Cindy / Phyllis | 4 Episodes |
1972 | Magic Carpet | Virginia Wolfe | Television movie |
1972 | Mary Tyler Moore | Dottie Richards | Television movie |
1972 | The Couple Takes a Wife | Marion Randolph | Episode: “Nightshift” |
1974 | Happy Anniversary and Goodbye | Fay | Television movie |
1977 | Maude |
Katie Malloy | Episode: “Maude’s Reunion” |
1978-1981 | The Love Boat | Shirley Simpson / Maggie O’Brian / Mitzy Monroe | 3 Episodes |
1979 | The Man in the Santa Claus Suit | Dora Dayton | Television movie |
1979-1984 | One Day at a Time | Grandma Katherine Romano | 42 Episodes |
1983-1986 | Hotel | Maggie Lewis / Harriet Gold | 2 Episodes |
1989 | The Munsters Today | Dottie | Episode: “Computer Mating” |
1990-1994 | Coach | Dr. Ellen Holden | 3 Episodes |
1991 | Murder, She Wrote | Emmaline Bristow | Episode: “From the Horse’s Mouth” |
1993 | The Golden Palace | Fern | Episode: “Rose and Fern” |