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.
In 1962, her recording of "Johnny Angel" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Fabares was born in Santa Monica, California on January 19, 1944.[1] She is the niece of actress Nanette Fabray (née Fabares).[2] She graduated from North Hollywood High School in 1961.[3]
^Strodder, Chris (2000). Swingin' Chicks of the '60s: A Tribute to 101 of the Decade's Defining Women. Cedco. p. 35. ISBN 978-0768322323.
^Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits: The Inside Story Behind Every Number One Single on Billboard's Hot 100 from 1955 to the Present (5 ed.). Billboard Books. p. 107. ISBN 978-0823076772.
^"Sept 61". Philadelphia Daily News. 1961-09-07. p. 24. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
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...
Nanette Theresa Fabares on October 27, 1920 in San Diego, California to Lily Agnes (McGovern), a housewife, and Raoul Bernard Fabares, a train conductor...
Carl Betz co-stars as her pediatrician husband Dr. Alex Stone, and ShelleyFabares and Paul Petersen as their teenage children, Mary and Jeff. The show...
and ShelleyFabares) 1963 Teenage Triangle (with ShelleyFabares and Paul Petersen) 1964 More Teenage Triangle (with Paul Petersen and ShelleyFabares) 1967...
performances and/or appearances by Jill Gibson, Jan & Dean, The Beach Boys, ShelleyFabares, James Darren, Connie Francis, George Hamilton, Nancy Sinatra, The...
Marcels, James Darren, and ShelleyFabares 1964: More Teenage Triangle — Colpix CP-468/SCP-468 Second album featuring Petersen, Fabares, and Darren https://www...
Stone (Carl Betz) and mother of Jeff (Paul Petersen) and Mary Stone (ShelleyFabares). Reed was attracted to the idea of being in a comedy, something with...
won the role of Liesl over Geraldine Chaplin, Kim Darby, Patty Duke, ShelleyFabares, Teri Garr, Mia Farrow, and Lesley Ann Warren. The film was on the...
voiced Jonathan Kent in Superman: The Animated Series (1996) with wife ShelleyFabares voicing Martha Kent. Farrell hosted several National Geographic Presents...
section of Los Angeles, California. He married actress and singer ShelleyFabares in 1964 and produced several of her songs. They separated in 1966 and...
for television comedy film directed by Jonathan Prince and starring ShelleyFabares, Valerie Harper, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Hillary Tuck, Sid Caesar, Andrew...
American television film directed by Bill Condon. It stars Robert Urich, ShelleyFabares and Gwyneth Paltrow. The film originally aired on ABC on May 22, 1993...
Brian Keith and ShelleyFabares. Keith plays Dr. Sean Jamison, a pediatrician running a free clinic for children in Hawaii. ShelleyFabares stars as his...
Show. She was written into the cast as Trisha, an adopted child after ShelleyFabares left the series. She stayed with the show until it ended in 1966. After...
Lauderdale in 1960. ShelleyFabares, Mary Ann Mobley, and Chris Noel each appeared in a beach party movie before Girl Happy: Fabares in Ride the Wild Surf...