Nanette Fabray (born October 27, 1920) is an American film, television and musical theatre actress. She is the aunt of actress/singer Shelley Fabares.
Born as Nanette Ruby Bernadette Fabares in San Diego, California, she overcame a significant hearing impairment to pursue her career and has been a long-time advocate for the rights of the deaf and hard of hearing. Her honors representing the handicapped include the President's Distinguished Servic...
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Nanette Fabray (born October 27, 1920) is an American film, television and musical theatre actress. She is the aunt of actress/singer Shelley Fabares.
Born as Nanette Ruby Bernadette Fabares in San Diego, California, she overcame a significant hearing impairment to pursue her career and has been a long-time advocate for the rights of the deaf and hard of hearing. Her honors representing the handicapped include the President's Distinguished Service Award and the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award.
In vaudeville from the age of six, Fabray made her first film appearance as an extra in the Our Gang short Cradle Robbers in 1924. Her feature debut came as one of Bette Davis' ladies-in-waiting in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939). In 1953, she played her most famous screen role as a Betty Comden-like playwright in MGM's The Band Wagon with Fred Astaire and Jack Buchanan. Their performance included a classic musical number, "Triplets", that was eventually included in That's...
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