Shelley Fabares
Also Known As: Shelly Fabares, Michele Ann Marie "Shelley" Fabares, Michele Ann Marie Fabares, شلی فابارس
Biography: Michele Ann Marie "Shelley" Fabares (/fæˈbreɪ/; born January 19, 1944) is a retired American actress and singer. She is best known for her television roles as Mary Stone on the sitcom The Donna Reed Show (1958–1963) and as Christine Armstrong on the sitcom Coach (1989–1997), the latter of which earned her two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations. Her film roles include playing the leading lady to Elvis Presley in Girl Happy, Spinout, and Clambake. As the niece of singer/comedienne Nanette Fabray, she was indoctrinated early into the show biz life. Tap dancing from age three, she also modeled during her elementary school years and began appearing on such TV shows as Captain Midnight (1954) and Annie Oakley (1954) (the latter a recurring role). At age 12, she made her professional film debut in the Rock Hudson/Cornell Borchers tearjerker Never Say Goodbye (1956) as Hudson's daughter, and went on to play kid sister roles in the rock 'n' roll-themed Rock, Pretty Baby! (1956) and its sequel Summer Love (1957) both starring John Saxon. Teen-idol status came with her coming-of-age role as the ever-wholesome daughter "Mary Stone" on The Donna Reed Show (1958), a part she played for five seasons before embarking on a more grown-up film career. The character of "Mary Stone" was gently phased out of the show as her character "left for college". During its' run, she and TV "brother" Paul Petersen grew so popular that they sprinted to adjoining pop singing celebrity, although both admitted that their vocal talents were limited. In 1962, her recording of "Johnny Angel" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. She left The Donna Reed Show in 1963 (she would return periodically until its end in 1966) to pursue other acting opportunities. This was followed by a second album, The Things We Did Last Summer, which included two hit songs "Johnny Loves Me" (no. 21) and "The Things We Did Last Summer" (no. 46). She released a third album, Teenage Triangle in 1963. She landed top femme parts in such fun-and-frolic fare as Ride the Wild Surf (1964), Hold On! (1966) in which she played the love interest of Peter Noone (of Herman's Hermits) and sings Make Me Happy, as well as three of Elvis Presley's less-acclaimed films of the later 1960s: Girl Happy (1965), Spinout (1966) and Clambake (1967). She then played the love interest of a young Hank Williams Jr. in A Time to Sing (1968). She had support roles in television films like Brian's Song (1971) (playing Brian Piccolo's wife with James Caan as Brian), and Two for the Money (1972). Her performance in Brian's Song earned her a Golden Globe nomination. For her work, she was nominated twice for a Primetime Emmy Award and, in 1994, she was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award for her role as Mary Stone on The Donna Reed Show. From 2004 to 2011 she produced the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Santa Monica, California, USA
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Birthday: January 19, 1944
Age: 81 years old
Gender: Female
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Clambake
Overview: The heir to an oil fortune trades places with a water-ski instructor at a Florida hotel to see if girls will like him for himself, rather than his father's money.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-04
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Hot Pursuit
Overview: High school student Dan Bartlett misses the plane he was supposed to be on with his rich girlfriend and her family on the way to a Caribbean vacation during a school break. He flies there alone, and runs into a series of characters and misadventures as he tries to catch up.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-08
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Ride the Wild Surf
Overview: A group of friends go to Hawaii during the height of surfing season, to compete with other surf bums and find girlfriends along the way.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-08-05
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Brian's Song
Overview: Based on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-30
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Girl Happy
Overview: A Chicago mobster hires a rock and roll singer and his band to keep an eye on his daughter during Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-14
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Spinout
Overview: Band singer/race driver Mike McCoy must choose between marrying a beautiful rich girl and driving her father's car in a prestigious race.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-06
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The Great Mom Swap
Overview: When two girls think the other has it better, they swap places to see who's right!
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-23
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Hold On!
Overview: Herman's Hermits' first film, in which the British band has the chance to have an American spacecraft named for them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-06-22
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Love or Money
Overview: A lucrative real estate deal, or romance with the boss' daughter--that's the dilemma facing a yuppie in this comedy.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-05
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Never Say Goodbye
Overview: In present-day U.S., Dr. Michael Parker, a prominent surgeon, unexpectedly runs into his German-born wife whom he thought was dead. Victor, an artist and his "dead" wife's now boyfriend, berates Dr. Parker for "killing" her. The bulk of the story flashes back to Austria during World War II as we learn how Dr. Parker met and married his wife, and the one mistake that may have cost him his family.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-10
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The Canterville Ghost
Overview: The poor ghost of Sir Simon Canterville has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a brave descendant who will release him from the Canterville curse by performing a brave deed. An American family moves in and finds the ghost amusing, but a young girl in the family can release him - if she dares!
Genres: TV Movie Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Friendships, Secrets and Lies
Overview: Six former sorority sisters are suspected of murder when a baby's skeleton is found in the ruins of the sorority house.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-03
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Sky Heist
Overview: A husband and wife come up with a plan to steal $10 million in gold, using the hijacking of a police helicopter as a diversion.
Genres: Action Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-26
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Rock, Pretty Baby
Overview: A high school rock group enters a band contest.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-01
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Deadly Relations
Overview: Leonard Fagot has four daughters and loves them so much, that he usurps his control over them. He lets them know how he feels about the men they date. And if he disapproves of them, he probably will have them killed to get them out of his daughters' life.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-22
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Summer Love
Overview: A neighborhood rock band gets a job playing at a summer camp.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-10
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A Time to Sing
Overview: A young farmer becomes a singer against the wishes of his uncle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-08-15
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Your Studio and You
Overview: A parody of 1950s corporate/industrial films, commissioned by Universal Pictures executives after the studio's purchase by Seagrams, and featuring cameos by many stars and directors.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-01
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A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
Overview: This highly-rated television film covers the life of American movie/TV/pop music idol Annette Funicello. The movie starts with the move of her family from New York to California, where in 1955 shy Annette becomes one of the cast of The Mickey Mouse Club. The movie covers her child stardom, her teen idol years, her singing career with big hits like "Tall Paul", her romance with Paul Anka, her classic beach party films with Frankie Avalon, and her first marriage. It also shows her large comeback in the late 1980s and her second marriage, and the day when she found out she had multiple sclerosis.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-22
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Run Till You Fall
Overview: A small-time, down-on-his-luck private eye tries to win back his estranged wife and their young disabled son when he takes on a seemingly easy case that sours.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-09
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Operation Heartbeat
Overview: Lawsuits fly when a widow believes a gifted surgeon allowed her husband to die so his heart could be transplanted into the doctor's ailing mentor and friend. Operation Heartbeat was the pilot movie for the TV series Medical Center.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-04-17
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The Bad Seed
Overview: Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps her knowledge of her daughter's darker side to herself, but when a schoolmate of Rhoda's dies mysteriously, her self-deception unravels.
Genres: Thriller Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-09-12
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Gridlock
Overview: A series of freak accidents on the Los Angeles freeway traps a cast-load of familiar TV faces in an astounding traffic tie-up, with the entire system caught in a gridlock that John Beck, as a traffic expert, endeavors to unsnarl.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-02
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Marjorie Morningstar
Overview: While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for 32-year-old Noel Airman, a would-be dramatist working at a nearby summer theater. Like Marjorie, he is an upper-middle-class New York Jew, but has fallen away from his roots, and Marjorie's parents object among other things to his lack of a suitable profession. Noel himself warns Marjorie repeatedly that she's much too naive and conventional for him, but they nonetheless fall in love.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-04-24
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A Nightmare Come True
Overview: Eerie dreams that haunt a young nurse heighten the mystery surrounding her mother's sudden disappearance.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-02-12
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Jeanne Eagels
Overview: Biographical film based loosely on the life of 1920s stage star Jeanne Eagels.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-02
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Superman: Brainiac Attacks
Overview: Embittered by Superman's heroic successes and soaring popularity, Lex Luthor forms a dangerous alliance with the powerful computer/villain Brainiac. Using advanced weaponry and a special strain of Kryptonite harvested from the far reaches of outer space, Luthor specifically redesigns Brainiac to defeat the Man of Steel.
Genres: Animation Action Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-20
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Playing to Win: A Moment of Truth Movie
Overview: A young girl is taken with a boy that she meets, but he leads her into gambling where she begins losing money, becomes desperate, and starts to steal.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-11
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Memorial Day
Overview: An attorney finds himself at the center of a surprise reunion with the veterans of his platoon from Vietnam.The reunion stirs up painful memories and disturbing secrets for all involved.
Genres: War Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-23
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Superman: The Last Son of Krypton
Overview: Clark Kent, the last survivor of the dead planet Krypton, uses his amazing powers to defend people of his adopted world, Earth, and become Superman.
Genres: Animation Family Fantasy Action Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-10
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The Girl Rush
Overview: When her compulsive-gambler father dies, leaving her with an inheritance that amounts to zip, single gal Kim Halliday jumps at a caller's claim that she's part-owner of a Las Vegas "hotel." But hilarity ensues when she flies to Sin City to see it. While a wealthy casino owner eyes her dilapidated property, she takes a chance and tries to sell it to an hotelier's wealthy son.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-09-16
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Pleasure Cove
Overview: The story of a posh seaside vacation resort, and the lives and adventures of its guests and staff.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-03
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Donovan's Kid
Overview: Timothy Donovan, a con-man, returns to San Francisco to see his wife and daughter. Realizing his family is under the control of his wife's domineering uncle, Timothy Donovan teams up with a fellow con-man to free them.
Genres: Western Family Adventure Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-07
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Suburban Beat
Overview: Four suburban housewives form a neighborhood-watch program, which quickly develops into them solving crimes outside their neighborhood.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-17
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Our Town
Overview: Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. People grow up, get married, live, and die. Milk and the newspaper get delivered every morning, and nobody locks their front doors. This musicalization of Thornton Wilder's classic play stars Frank Sinatra who introduces the song, "Love and Marriage," which would go on to be immortalized as the theme song to the sitcom Married with Children.
Genres: Music Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-09-19
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Two for the Money
Overview: Two cops, who have quit the police department to become private detectives and bounty hunters, hunt for a killer who has eluded capture for years.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-02-26
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