Portrait of Nanette Fabray

Acting

Nanette Fabray

Career

Active from 1927 to 1981, with a break from 1940 to 1952, busiest in 1970 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Band Wagon
The Band Wagon
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 26 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Nanette Fabray Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    1.3, average 4.1
  • Tension
    3.3, average 6.0
  • Adrenaline
    2.2, average 4.8
  • Scare
    0.4, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Family-Friendly 4
  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

40
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

3 titles ยท average score 69
That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
GoodWatch score 88

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Teresa's Tattoo
Teresa's Tattoo (1994)
GoodWatch score 48

as Martha Mae

The Golden Palace
The Golden Palace (1992)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Fern

1980s

5 titles ยท average score 66
Coach
Coach (1989)
GoodWatch score 56

TV show ยท as Christine's Mom / Mildred Armstrong

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Emmaline Bristow

Hotel
Hotel (1982)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Harriet Gold

Amy
Amy (1981)
GoodWatch score 69

as Malvina

Aloha Paradise
Aloha Paradise (1981)

TV show

1970s

13 titles ยท average score 63
All Star Secrets
All Star Secrets (1979)

TV show

The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979)
GoodWatch score 57

as Dora Dayton

Harper Valley P.T.A.
Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978)
GoodWatch score 60

as Alice Finely

The Love Boat
The Love Boat (1977)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show ยท as Maggie O'Brien / Mitzy Monroe

That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
GoodWatch score 70

as (archive footage)

One Day at a Time
One Day at a Time (1975)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as Katherine Romano

Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye (1974)
GoodWatch score 53

as Fay

The Couple Takes a Wife
The Couple Takes a Wife (1972)

as Marion Randolph

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
GoodWatch score 62

as Sadie

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Dottie Richards

But I Don't Want to Get Married!
But I Don't Want to Get Married! (1970)

as Mrs. Vale

George M!
George M! (1970)

as Nellie Cohan

1960s

8 titles ยท average score 56
Love, American Style
Love, American Style (1969)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show ยท as Phyllis / Cindy

The Happy Ending
The Happy Ending (1969)
GoodWatch score 62

as Agnes

Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966)
GoodWatch score 60

as The White Queen

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966)
GoodWatch score 38

TV show ยท as Desiree

Fame Is the Name of the Game
Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966)
GoodWatch score 69

as Pat

Burke's Law
Burke's Law (1963)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Rowena Coolidge / Amanda Tribble

Westinghouse Playhouse
Westinghouse Playhouse (1961)

TV show ยท as Nan McGovern

The Subterraneans
The Subterraneans (1960)
GoodWatch score 53

as Society Woman (uncredited)

1950s

7 titles ยท average score 75
Laramie
Laramie (1959)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show

Startime
Startime (1959)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Sally / Self

A Man's Game
A Man's Game (1957)

as Josephine Evans

The Family Nobody Wanted
The Family Nobody Wanted (1956)

as Helen Doss

The Band Wagon
The Band Wagon (1953)
GoodWatch score 84

as Lily Marton

Omnibus
Omnibus (1952)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Raina Petkoff

Your Show of Shows
Your Show of Shows (1950)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show

1930s

3 titles ยท average score 69
The Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine (1939)

as Rosita De La Torre

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
GoodWatch score 73

as Mistress Margaret Radcliffe

A Child is Born
A Child is Born (1939)
GoodWatch score 66

as Gladys Norton

1920s

1 title
Animal Catchers
Animal Catchers (1927)

as Girl wearing overalls