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List of Nanette Fabray Movies: Ranked Best To Worst

1. The Band Wagon (1953)
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The Band Wagon
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The Band Wagon is a romantic comedy musical film which tells the story of Tony Hunter, a musical movie star who fears that his career may be dying. Things change when two of his friends come up with a Broadway project in order to revive his career. But things get complicated when the egotistical director decides to hire a ballerina named Gaby Gerard as the leading lady.   

Role:
Lily Marton
Starring:
Directed By:
2. The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex is a historical romantic drama film which revolves around the relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, who was the 2nd Earl of Essex.

Starring:
Directed By:
3. The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
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The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
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In Portugal, in the early 20th century, three children from a small village claim to have seen a prophetic vision of the Virgin Mary.

Starring:
Gilbert Roland, Frank Silvera, Angela Clarke, Jay Novello
Directed By:
John Brahm
4. Amy (1981)
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Amy
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Starring:
Kathleen Nolan, Barry Newman, Chris Robinson, Jenny Agutter
Directed By:
Vincent McEveety
5. The Happy Ending (1969)
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The Happy Ending
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A bored homemaker walks out of her husband of sixteen years in order to escape her dull and unhappy marriage and travels to Bahamas. There she meets a gigolo, who betrays her when he learns that she is not wealthy. Slowly, she realizes that she cannot buy happiness in this way and returns to find a job and new education opportunity. 

Directed By:
Richard Brooks
6. The Monroe Doctrine (1939)
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The Monroe Doctrine
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This short historical war drama film revolves around the attempts of President Monroe, to prevent the interference of Spain and other European forces, in South America.

Starring:
George Reeves, Grant Mitchell, James Stephenson, Charles Waldron, Frank Wilcox
Directed By:
Crane Wilbur
7. Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
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Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
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A nice but dim-witted blacksmith Charley’s mail-order bride goes missing. When he decides to leave, the townsmen are worried as he is the only blacksmith around, and therefore they pay a local salon girl to pose as the missing bride. Things get complicated when Charley begins to fall in love with her. 

Role:
Sadie
Starring:
Mickey Rooney, Dan Blocker, Henry Jones, Jim Backus
Directed By:
Anton Leader, Ranald MacDougall
8. A Child Is Born (1939)
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A Child Is Born
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Starring:
Geraldine Fitzgerald, Spring Byington, Gladys George, Gale Page, Jeffrey Lynn
Directed By:
Lloyd Bacon
9. Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978)
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Harper Valley P.T.A.
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The townsfolk of Harper Valley disapprove of the liberal attitude of Stella Johnson, a single mother, and thus make life difficult for her. The school PTA board warn of her daughter’s dismissal in case she does not mend her ways. In turn, Stella reveals their secrets and pretence before deciding to run for the post of PTA president.

Role:
Alice Finely
Starring:
Barbara Eden, Woody Harrelson, Ronny Cox, Louis Nye
Directed By:
Ralph Senensky, Richard C. Bennett
10. The Subterraneans (1960)
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The Subterraneans
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A 28-year old novelist who lives with his mother, soon finds himself falling for a beautiful but unstable woman named Mardou Fox. His friend, however, warns him that his affection for Mardou, is the reason for his writer’s block.

Starring:
George Peppard, Leslie Caron, Roddy McDowall, Janice Rule
Directed By:
Ranald MacDougall
11. Teresa's Tattoo (1994)
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Teresa's Tattoo
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Starring:
Lou Diamond Phillips, Tippi Hedren, Kiefer Sutherland, Sean Astin, Majel Barrett, Mare Winningham, Joe Pantoliano
Directed By:
Julie Cypher
12. Personal Exemptions (1989)
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Personal Exemptions
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Starring:
John Cotton
Directed By:
Peter Rowe

TV Movie(s)

1. George M! (1970)
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George M!
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Role:
Helen Costigan 'Nellie' Cohan
Starring:
Bernadette Peters, Blythe Danner, Joel Grey, Jack Cassidy, Red Buttons
Directed By:
Walter C. Miller, Martin Charnin
2. Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966)
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Fame Is the Name of the Game
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Starring:
Jack Klugman, Robert Duvall, Anthony Franciosa, Jill St. John, George Macready
Directed By:
Stuart Rosenberg
3. Magic Carpet (1972)
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Magic Carpet
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Starring:
Jim Backus, Susan Saint James, Enzo Cerusico, Robert Pratt
Directed By:
William A. Graham
4. The Couple Takes a Wife (1972)
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The Couple Takes a Wife
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Role:
Marion Randolph
Starring:
Myrna Loy, Paula Prentiss, Bill Bixby, Robert Goulet
Directed By:
Jerry Paris
5. Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966)
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
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Starring:
Jack Palance, Agnes Moorehead, Jimmy Durante, Richard Denning, Robert Coote
Directed By:
Alan Handley
6. The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979)
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The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
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Starring:
Bert Convy, Majel Barrett, Fred Astaire, Gary Burghoff, John Byner, Tara Buckman
Directed By:
Corey Allen
7. But I Don't Want to Get Married! (1970)
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But I Don't Want to Get Married!
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Role:
Mrs. Vale
Starring:
Tina Louise, June Lockhart, Shirley Jones, Herschel Bernardi
Directed By:
Jerry Paris
8. Happy Anniversary and Goodbye (1974)
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Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
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Role:
Fay
Starring:
Art Carney, Lucille Ball, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Peter Marshall
Directed By:
Jack Donohue
9. Howdy (1970)
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Howdy
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Starring:
Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor, Henry Fonda, Barbara Eden, Jimmy Durante, Sidney Blackmer
Directed By:
Seymour Berns

Animation(s)

NBC Experiment in Television (1967)
NBC Experiment in Television
Starring:
Rodney Dangerfield, Frank Langella, Donald Pleasence, David Warner, Edward Binns
Directed By:
Ernest Pintoff, Victor Vicas, Guy Fraumeni, Federico Fellini

TV Shows and Videos

Omnibus (1952)
Omnibus
Starring:
Mike Nichols, Walter Matthau, Peter Falk, Carol Burnett, Hume Cronyn, William Shatner, Christopher Plummer
Directed By:
Andrew McCullough, Norman Lloyd, Charles S. Dubin, Harry Horner, Delbert Mann
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948)
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
Starring:
Paul Muni, John Carradine, Mary Wickes, Margaret Sullavan, Buddy Ebsen, Rex Harrison, Luise Rainer
Playhouse 90 (1956)
Playhouse 90
Starring:
Buster Keaton, Paul Newman, Charlton Heston, Charles Bronson, Leslie Nielsen, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Andy Griffith
Directed By:
John Frankenheimer, Franklin J. Schaffner, Ralph Nelson, Vincent J. Donehue, Arthur Hiller
Mary Tyler Moore (1970)
Mary Tyler Moore
TV-PG
Starring:
John Amos, John Ritter, Slim Pickens, Laurence Luckinbill, Craig T. Nelson, Eric Braeden, Doris Roberts
Directed By:
Alan Rafkin, Peter Baldwin, Jerry Belson, Jerry Paris, Hal Cooper
Westinghouse Playhouse (1961)
Westinghouse Playhouse
Role:
Nan McGovern / ... (26 episodes, 1961)
Starring:
Ryan O'Neal, Joel Grey, Wendell Corey, Bobby Diamond
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Starring:
Eleanor Parker, Bob Hope, Shelley Winters, Don Knotts, Cliff Robertson, Sorrell Booke, Werner Klemperer
Directed By:
Stuart Rosenberg, Sydney Pollack, Ron Winston, David Butler, Lawrence Dobkin
Laramie (1959)
Laramie
Starring:
Tom Skerritt, Harry Dean Stanton, George Harris Kennedy, Jr, Cloris Leachman, Dawn Wells, Adam West, Ernest Borgnine
Directed By:
Lesley Selander, Joseph Kane, Francis D. Lyon, Thomas Carr, Herman Hoffman
The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956)
The Kaiser Aluminum Hour
Starring:
Natalie Wood, Eli Wallach, Sydney Pollack, Dennis Hopper, Paul Newman, George Peppard, Cloris Leachman
Directed By:
Franklin J. Schaffner, Fielder Cook, George Roy Hill, Paul Bogart, Ira Cirker
Burke's Law (1963)
Burke's Law
Starring:
Frankie Avalon, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Keenan Wynn, Rita Moreno, Dina Merrill, Mary Ann Mobley
Directed By:
Don Weis, Jerry Hopper, Don Taylor, Richard Kinon, Murray Golden
Maude (1972)
Maude
Starring:
Esther Rolle, Michael Keaton, Bea Arthur, Dick Van Patten, Ed Begley Jr., John Wayne, Alice Ghostley
Directed By:
Hal Cooper, Bill Hobin, Robert H. Livingston, Tony Csiki
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966)
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Starring:
Ed Asner, Peggy Lee, Broderick Crawford, Gena Rowlands, Tom Bosley, Sorrell Booke, John Carradine
The Alcoa Hour (1955)
The Alcoa Hour
Starring:
Anne Bancroft, James Whitmore, Laurence Harvey, Lillian Gish, Helen Hayes, Jessica Tandy, Joanne Woodward
Directed By:
Robert Mulligan, Herbert Hirschman, Norman Felton, Sidney Lumet, Kirk Browning
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Murder, She Wrote
Starring:
Megan Mullally, Gavin MacLeod, Fred Willard, George Takei, Elinor Donahue, Ray Walston, Adrienne Barbeau
Directed By:
Anthony Pullen Shaw, Walter Grauman, Vincent McEveety, Seymour Robbie, Jerry Jameson
Love, American Style (1969)
Love, American Style
Starring:
Sandra Dee, Carolyn Jones, Annette Funicello, Scatman Crothers, Anne Meara, Edd Byrnes, Connie Stevens
Directed By:
Charles R. Rondeau, Bruce Bilson, Leslie H. Martinson, Gary Nelson, Richard Michaels
Caesar's Hour (1954)
Caesar's Hour
Role:
Herself (3 episodes, 1955)
Starring:
Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar, Bea Arthur
Directed By:
Frank Bunetta
Awards:
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Continuing Performance by a Comedienne in a Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Hotel (1983)
Hotel
Starring:
Joan Fontaine, Michael Moriarty, Estelle Getty, Martin Landau, James Doohan, Lynn Redgrave, Johnny Depp
Directed By:
Bruce Bilson, Jerome Courtland, Nancy Malone, James Brolin, Vincent McEveety
One Day at a Time (1975)
One Day at a Time
TV-PG
Starring:
Valerie Bertinelli, Corey Feldman, Lee Grant, Jay Leno, Eve Plumb, Dick Van Patten, Elinor Donahue
Directed By:
Alan Rafkin, Herbert Kenwith, Noam Pitlik, Tony Singletary, Howard Morris
The Golden Palace (1992)
The Golden Palace
Starring:
Joely Fisher, Betty White, George Burns, Margaret Cho, Jack Black, Kim Fields, Don Cheadle
Directed By:
Peter D. Beyt, Lex Passaris
Coach (1989)
Coach
TV-PG
Starring:
Drew Carey, Jeremy Piven, Lucy Liu, Terrence Howard, Jussie Smollett, Lisa Kudrow, A. J. Langer
Directed By:
Alan Rafkin, Craig T. Nelson, Jeff Meyer, Tony Dow, Michael Lembeck
The Jerry Lewis Show (1967)
The Jerry Lewis Show
Starring:
Jerry Lewis, Ben Gazzara, Janet Leigh, Flip Wilson, Barbara Feldon, Lynn Redgrave
Directed By:
Bill Foster
The Love Boat (1977)
The Love Boat
TV-G
Starring:
Charles Nelson Reilly, Denver Pyle, Lee Majors, David Cassidy, Dorothy McGuire, Melissa Gilbert, Sherman Hemsley
Directed By:
Richard Kinon, Roger Duchowny, Robert Scheerer, Allen Baron, Ted Lange
Startime (1959)
Startime
Starring:
Gracie Allen, Dean Martin, Rosalind Russell, Alan Young, Jack Benny, James Stewart, Tony Curtis
Directed By:
Alfred Hitchcock, Greg Garrison, Gordon Rigsby, Jack Donohue, Bretaigne Windust
The Munsters Today (1987)
The Munsters Today
Starring:
Jonathan Brandis, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Lee Meriwether, Jason Marsden, John Schuck, Howard Morton
Directed By:
Lee Lochhead, Norman Abbott, Bob Claver, Bonnie Franklin, Doug Rogers

Nanette Fabray Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards
Caesar's Hour Best Continuing Performance by a Comedienne in a Series 1957
Caesar's Hour Best Actress in a Supporting Role 1956
Winner Best Comedienne 1956