Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Nanette Fabray, Broadway And TV Star Of 1940s Through '70s, Dead At 97

On stage, she starred in High Button Shoes, Make a Wish, and Love Life (for which she won a Tony). On the big screen, she's remembered for Vincente Minnelli's MGM musical The Band Wagon (she was one of those bratty baby triplets). But television was where she made her biggest mark - costarring with Sid Caesar in sketch comedy (for which she won three Emmys), playing the mothers of the lead characters in The Mary Tyler Moore Show and One Day at a Time, and appearing on countless variety and game shows, from Ed Sullivan to Carol Burnett and Hollywood Squares to Match Game.



Article source here:Arts Journal

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