Nanette Fabray ( born Nanette Fabray ; October 27, 1920 , San Diego , California , USA - February 22, 2018 , Los Angeles , California , USA [4] ) is an American actress, comedian, singer, dancer and activist who, for her career received three Emmy and Tony awards. Fabrey was also awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and the US Actors Guild Award for career achievements in 1986 [5] .
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| Profession | actress |
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| Awards | Emmy (1955, 1956) |
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Early years
Ruby Bernadette Nanette Fabares was born in San Diego, California, but grew up in Los Angeles. At the age of three she made her debut as a tap dance performer [7] . Since then she has performed in vaudeville as a dancer and singer, and at the age of nineteen she made her debut on the big screen in the movie "The Private Life of Elizabeth and Essex " with Bette Davis under the name Nanette Fabares . Then she could not sign a contract with Hollywood studios and in 1940 went to New York, where she began her career in Broadway musicals. After Ed Sullivan mistakenly introduced her before her performance at Madison Square Garden as “Fa-bare-ass,” she changed the spelling of her surname from Fabare to the similar-sounding Fabray [6] .
Career
After his debut on Broadway, the conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Arthur Rodzinsky, helped Fabrey to study opera vocals at the Juilliard School . She, however, dropped out after five months, as she saw her future in musicals. In the 1940s and early 1950s, Fabrey eventually became one of the most famous Broadway artists, playing leading roles in the musicals By Jupiter (1942), My Dear Public (1943), Jackpot (1944), Bloomer Girl (1946), High Button Shoes (1947), Arms and the Girl (1950) and Make a Wish (1951). She received the Tony Award for starring in the 1949 musical Love Life , and in 1963, after an eleven-year absence from the stage, she was nominated for Mr. President [8] .
In the 1940s, Fabrey began combining a career on stage with work on television, where she performed in recent comedy shows. She became most famous for her appearances in the sketch show Caesar's Hour (1954-1957), participation in which brought her three Emmy Awards. In 1961, she starred in her own sitcom, The Nanette Fabrey Show, which lasted only a season. On the big screen in 1953, Fabrey appeared in the musical Theater Wagon .
Fabrey, who suffered from significant hearing loss, continued to perform in musicals at later stages of her career [7] . On television, she played the mother of the heroine Mary Tyler Moore in the 1970s comedy series The Mary Tyler Moore Show , and from 1979 to 1984 she played grandmother in the sitcom Once Upon a Time . The last roles on television, Fabre played in the series " Hotel ", " She wrote the murder " and " Coach ".
Personal life
Fabrey is the aunt of actress Shelley Fabare [7] . She was married twice. Her first husband was NBC Vice President Dave Thebet (1947-51), and her second husband, screenwriter Ranold McDougal. They married in 1957 and remained married until his death in 1973 [7] .
Notes
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Internet Broadway Database - 2000.
- ↑ Nanette Fabray, Charming Singer, Dancer and Comedienne, Dies at 97
- ↑ Anita Gates "Nanette Fabray, Star of TV and Stage Comedies, Dies at 97" The New York Times FEB. 23, 2018
- ↑ Internet Movie Database . Awards for Nanette Fabray . Date of treatment January 16, 2012. Archived on September 9, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Howard, Jennifer. Nanette Fabray Interview [Video Recording]: [ eng. ] // Archive of American Television . - 2004 .-- 12 August.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Nanette Fabray - Turner Classic Movies Date of treatment March 24, 2015.
- ↑ Nanette Fabray . Internet Broadway Database . Date of treatment March 24, 2015.
Links
- Nanette Fabrey on the Internet Broadway Database
- Nanette Fabrey on the Internet Movie Database