Filmography
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Known For
Harper Valley P.T.A. Alice Finely (1978) -
The Band Wagon Lily Marton (1953) -
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex Mistress Margaret Radcliffe (1939) -
Known For
The Happy Ending Agnes (1969) -
Actress
Coach Mildred Armstrong (1990-1994) -
Teresa's Tattoo Martha Mae (1994) -
The Golden Palace Fern (1993) -
Murder, She Wrote Emmaline Bristow (1991) -
Personal Exemptions (1989) -
The Munsters Today Dottie (1989) -
Hotel Maggie Lewis (1983-1986) -
One Day at a Time Grandma Katherine Romano (1979-1984) -
The Love Boat Shirley Simpson (1978-1981) -
Amy Malvina (1981) -
![Aloha Paradise]( "Aloha Paradise")
Aloha Paradise (1981) -
![The Man in the Santa Claus Suit]( "The Man in the Santa Claus Suit")
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit Dora Dayton (1979) -
![Harper Valley P.T.A.]( "Harper Valley P.T.A.")
Harper Valley P.T.A. Alice Finely (1978) -
![Maude]( "Maude")
Maude Katie Malloy (1977) -
![Happy Anniversary and Goodbye]( "Happy Anniversary and Goodbye")
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye Fay (1974) -
![Love, American Style]( "Love, American Style")
Love, American Style Helen (segment "Love and the Parent's Sake") (1970-1973) -
![The Couple Takes a Wife]( "The Couple Takes a Wife")
The Couple Takes a Wife Marion Randolph (1972) -
![The Mary Tyler Moore Show]( "The Mary Tyler Moore Show")
The Mary Tyler Moore Show Dottie Richards (1972) -
![Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]( "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In")
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Guest Performer (1968-1972) -
![Magic Carpet]( "Magic Carpet")
Magic Carpet Virginia Wolfe (1972) -
![But I Don't Want to Get Married!]( "But I Don't Want to Get Married!")
But I Don't Want to Get Married! Mrs. Vale (1970) -
Howdy (1970)
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![George M!]( "George M!")
George M! Helen Costigan 'Nellie' Cohan (1970) -
![Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County]( "Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County")
Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County Sadie (1970) -
![The Happy Ending]( "The Happy Ending")
The Happy Ending Agnes (1969) -
![The Jerry Lewis Show]( "The Jerry Lewis Show")
The Jerry Lewis Show Sgt. Muldoon (1967) -
![NBC Experiment in Television]( "NBC Experiment in Television")
NBC Experiment in Television Narrator (1967) -
![The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.]( "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.")
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Desiree (1967) -
![Fame Is the Name of the Game]( "Fame Is the Name of the Game")
Fame Is the Name of the Game Pat (1966) -
![Alice Through the Looking Glass]( "Alice Through the Looking Glass")
Alice Through the Looking Glass The White Queen (1966) -
![Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]( "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre")
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Hannah King (1965) -
![Burke's Law]( "Burke's Law")
Burke's Law Rowena Coolidge (1964) -
![Westinghouse Playhouse]( "Westinghouse Playhouse")
Westinghouse Playhouse Nan McGovern (1961) -
![The Subterraneans]( "The Subterraneans")
The Subterraneans Society Woman (1960) -
![Startime]( "Startime")
Startime Sally (1960) -
![Laramie]( "Laramie")
Laramie Essie Bright (1959) -
![The Kaiser Aluminum Hour]( "The Kaiser Aluminum Hour")
The Kaiser Aluminum Hour Josephine Evans (1957) -
![The Alcoa Hour]( "The Alcoa Hour")
The Alcoa Hour Rosemary Chase (1957) -
![Playhouse 90]( "Playhouse 90")
Playhouse 90 Helen Doss (1956) -
![Saturday Spectacular: High Button Shoes]( "Saturday Spectacular: High Button Shoes")
Saturday Spectacular: High Button Shoes Sara Longstreet (1956) -
![The Band Wagon]( "The Band Wagon")
The Band Wagon Lily Marton (1953) -
![Omnibus]( "Omnibus")
Omnibus Raina Petkoff (segment "Arms and the Man") (1953) -
![The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima]( "The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima")
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima Florinda (1952) -
![The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre]( "The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre")
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949) -
![A Child Is Born]( "A Child Is Born")
A Child Is Born Gladys Norton (1939) -
![The Monroe Doctrine]( "The Monroe Doctrine")
The Monroe Doctrine Rosita De La Torre (1939) -
Actress
![The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex]( "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex")
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex Mistress Margaret Radcliffe (1939) -
Soundtrack
![Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me]( "Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me")
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![One Day at a Time]( "One Day at a Time")
One Day at a Time (1979) -
![Dinah!]( "Dinah!")
Dinah! (1976) -
![That's Entertainment, Part II]( "That's Entertainment, Part II")
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![The Carol Burnett Show]( "The Carol Burnett Show")
The Carol Burnett Show (1972) -
The 25th Annual Tony Awards (1971)
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Gay San Francisco (1970)
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![Alice Through the Looking Glass]( "Alice Through the Looking Glass")
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![The Band Wagon]( "The Band Wagon")
The Band Wagon (1953) -
![The Ed Sullivan Show]( "The Ed Sullivan Show")
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948-1949) -
Soundtrack
![The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex]( "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex")
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Archive footage
![The 72nd Annual Tony Awards]( "The 72nd Annual Tony Awards")
The 72nd Annual Tony Awards (2018) -
![In the Beginning: The Caesar Years]( "In the Beginning: The Caesar Years")
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![Pioneers of Television]( "Pioneers of Television")
Pioneers of Television (2008) -
![Game Show Moments Gone Bananas]( "Game Show Moments Gone Bananas")
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![Biography]( "Biography")
Biography (1995) -
![That's Entertainment! III]( "That's Entertainment! III")
That's Entertainment! III (1994) -
Amy-on-the-Lips (1982)
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Archive footage
![That's Entertainment, Part II]( "That's Entertainment, Part II")
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![The Hollywood Palace]( "The Hollywood Palace")
The Hollywood Palace (1970)
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Did You Know
Trivia
A hearing-impaired performer for many years until four operations restored it, she has been known and won awards for her many humanitarian efforts in this field as well as others, serving on several committees that fight for the rights of the ...
Star Sign
Scorpio
Personal Details
Born
Ruby Nanette Bernadette Theresa Fabares
San Diego, California, USA
Died
(age 97)
Palos Verdes Estates, California, USA
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