Actress Nanette Fabray, Tony, Emmy-winning star of stage and screen, dead at 97

Award-winning actress and comedian Nanette Fabray has died at the age of 97, Variety reported Friday.

Fabray was known for her charm, energetic exuberance and multi-talented performances in musical theatre in the 1940’s, as well as movies and TV in the 1950’s.

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Nanette Fabray, TV star of the '50s and '60s, dies at 97 https://t.co/xV73GtUB0a pic.twitter.com/evnv3iOPOK
— Variety (@Variety) February 23, 2018

She won a Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway musical "Love Life" in 1949, according to her biography, and three Emmy Awards in the mid-1950s for her work on Sid Caesar's television show "Caesar's Hour."

She co-starred with Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse in the 1953 movie "Band Wagon" and played Grandma Katherine Romano on the hit show "One Day at a Time" from 1979 to 1984, among many other roles over her long career.

She was also a longtime advocate for the deaf after overcoming a serious hearing problem of her own. She was awarded the President’s Distinguished Service Award and the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award for her long efforts on behalf of the hearing impaired.

Fabray's son, Dr. Jamie MacDougall, according to The New York Times, confirmed she died at her home in Palos Verdes, California on Thursday.

Nanette Fabray, singer, dancer and comedienne, dies at 97 https://t.co/TJyW4HAwmS pic.twitter.com/pi4ySHiERd
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) February 23, 2018

#RIP Nanette Fabray . Actress and game show panelist passes away at age 97 .. pic.twitter.com/ceJAvU9EI2
— RandyPinBaLL (@randypinball) February 23, 2018

RIP #NanetteFabray, star of stage and screen, and the last of this quartet: https://t.co/0dmdeUrXuM
— Nathan Cone (@TPRCinema) February 23, 2018

Flowers will be placed on the Walk of Fame star of actress Nanette Fabray today at 3:30 pm at 6300 Hollywood Blvd. pic.twitter.com/KzE4gwRDe1
— Ana Martinez (@wofstargirl) February 23, 2018