Nanette Fabray

**aphex1973** · July 21st, 2013, 05:34 PM

I'm a little surprised that Nanette has not found her way onto VEF before now. She's had quite the career. To provide a little information on her, I have unashamedly copied the following text from Wikipedia:

Nanette Fabray (born October 27, 1920) is an American actress, comedienne, singer, dancer, and activist. She began her career performing in vaudeville as a child and became a musical theatre actress during the 1940s and 1950s, winning a Tony Award in 1949 for her performance in Love Life. In the mid-1950s, she served as Sid Caesar's comedic partner on Caesar's Hour, for which she won three Emmy Awards. From 1979 to 1984, she appeared as Grandma Katherine Romano on One Day at a Time.

Fabray overcame a significant hearing impairment 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.

LIFE Magazine Aug 28, 1950

Various pictures scraped from the internet chum bucket...

And here she is a little later in life with the lovely and talented Lucille Ball...

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0264660/

Cheers!

**johnbear** · December 22nd, 2014, 02:37 AM

Nanette Fabray

found these

~~rodak~~ · December 29th, 2015, 07:23 PM

Nanette Fabray
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0264660/

**johnbear** · May 14th, 2017, 12:39 AM

**senseo69** · April 6th, 2020, 04:35 PM

webfinds: cover and page from Cosmopolitan (USA) may 1955

Linked Gallery Here.

**cuzzyman927** · August 31st, 2021, 06:34 PM

**CandyMoFan** · September 1st, 2021, 06:08 PM

Overlooked in this thread, is Nanette Fabray's more famous niece, SHELLEY FABARES. Shelley spells her name differently and pronounces it differently (FAB-er-ay) while the usual Nanette preference is pronounced fab-RAY.

When Shelley's only parent, her mother, began her long decline, Nanette became her de facto mother and movie/TV advisor, appearing with her on that silly ONE DAY AT A TIME
show.

There are many funny and interesting moments over the years between the two famous actresses, but perhaps one of the more introspective comments was Nanette in more recent years revealing that Shelley had bright, flaming RED hair in her youth, Nanette referring to Shelley's salon dye jobs over the years from blonde to brown to dark brunette, to light blonde to natural red since her marriage to Mike Farrell.

**shrdluetaoinshrdlu** · April 27th, 2023, 04:18 PM

...age 33, showing pretty cleavage; with Oscar Levant as the recumbent accompanist...

July 21st, 2013, 05:34 PM	#1
aphex1973 I heard the bullroarer Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Left Coast Posts: 20,047 Thanks: 184,315 Thanked 333,760 Times in 20,005 Posts	Nanette Fabray I'm a little surprised that Nanette has not found her way onto VEF before now. She's had quite the career. To provide a little information on her, I have unashamedly copied the following text from Wikipedia: Nanette Fabray (born October 27, 1920) is an American actress, comedienne, singer, dancer, and activist. She began her career performing in vaudeville as a child and became a musical theatre actress during the 1940s and 1950s, winning a Tony Award in 1949 for her performance in Love Life. In the mid-1950s, she served as Sid Caesar's comedic partner on Caesar's Hour, for which she won three Emmy Awards. From 1979 to 1984, she appeared as Grandma Katherine Romano on One Day at a Time. Fabray overcame a significant hearing impairment 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. LIFE Magazine Aug 28, 1950 Various pictures scraped from the internet chum bucket... And here she is a little later in life with the lovely and talented Lucille Ball... http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0264660/ Cheers! __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Oh, look! A zyzzyva! The absolute last word in weevils.

December 29th, 2015, 07:23 PM	#3
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December 22nd, 2014, 02:37 AM	#2
johnbear Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Playing Golf with Paige Posts: 88,263 Thanks: 168,677 Thanked 1,756,172 Times in 92,022 Posts	Nanette Fabray found these

September 1st, 2021, 06:08 PM	#7
CandyMoFan Vintage Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA! - the good 'ole Posts: 3,213 Thanks: 6,058 Thanked 66,562 Times in 3,194 Posts	Overlooked in this thread, is Nanette Fabray's more famous niece, SHELLEY FABARES. Shelley spells her name differently and pronounces it differently (FAB-er-ay) while the usual Nanette preference is pronounced fab-RAY. When Shelley's only parent, her mother, began her long decline, Nanette became her de facto mother and movie/TV advisor, appearing with her on that silly ONE DAY AT A TIME show. There are many funny and interesting moments over the years between the two famous actresses, but perhaps one of the more introspective comments was Nanette in more recent years revealing that Shelley had bright, flaming RED hair in her youth, Nanette referring to Shelley's salon dye jobs over the years from blonde to brown to dark brunette, to light blonde to natural red since her marriage to Mike Farrell.

April 27th, 2023, 04:18 PM	#8
shrdluetaoinshrdlu Vintage Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 11,207 Thanks: 40,464 Thanked 146,895 Times in 11,223 Posts	In The Band Wagon, 1953 ...age 33, showing pretty cleavage; with Oscar Levant as the recumbent accompanist...