Shelley Fabares

Shelley Fabares (born January 19, 1944) is an American actress and singer.

Born Michelle Ann Marie Fabares in Santa Monica, California, she is the niece of Nanette Fabray, who changed the spelling of her last name, though Shelley kept the original form. She got her big break in the role of the teenage daughter in the long-running television family sitcom, The Donna Reed Show. Her national popularity led to a recording contract and she had two "Top 40" hits including "Johnny Angel" that went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April of 1962. Fabares left the TV show for a career in film and starred in a number of motion pictures including three Elvis Presley movies: Girl Happy (1965), Spinout (1966) and Clambake (1967).

Fabares married Jan & Dean's record producer Lou Adler in June 1964 before separating in 1966. The couple would later officially divorce many years later, in 1980.

In later years, she returned to television, most notably in the roles of Francine Webster on One Day at a Time and as Christine Armstrong Fox on the sitcom Coach.

She is married to actor Mike Farrell and is step-mother to his two children from a previous marriage. In October 2000, she received a life-saving liver transplant after being diagnosed with hepatitis.

TV Work

The Donna Reed Show (cast member from 1958-1963)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1966) (unaired pilot)
U.M.C. (1969)
Brian's Song (1971)
Two for the Money (1972)
The Brian Keith Show (1972-1974)
Sky Heist (1975)
The Practice (1976-1977)
Forever Fernwood (1977-1978)
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (cast member from 1977-1978)
Pleasure Cove (1979)
Donovan's Kid (1979)
Highcliffe Manor (1979) (canceled after 4 episodes)
Friendships, Secrets and Lies (1979)
Gridlock (1980)
One Day at a Time (cast member from 1981-1984)
Memorial Day (1983)
The Canterville Ghost (1985)
Run Till You Fall (1988)
Coach (1989-1997)
Deadly Relations (1993)
The Great Mom Swap (1995)
The Annette Funicello Story (1995) (Cameo)
The Last Son of Krypton (1996) (voice)
The Animated Series (1996-2000)
A Nightmare Come True (1997)
A Moment of Truth Movie (1998)

Filmography

The Girl Rush (1955)
Rock, Pretty Baby (1956)
Never Say Goodbye (1956)
The Bad Seed (1956)
Summer Love (1958)
Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
Ride the Wild Surf (1964)
Girl Happy (1965)
Hold On! (1966)
Spinout (1966)
Clambake (1967)
A Time to Sing (1968)
Hot Pursuit (1987)
Love or Money (1990)
Your Studio and You (1995) (short subject)

Discography

Albums

Shelley! (1962) Produced by Stu Phillips, Colpix Records
The Things We Did Last Summer (1962) Produced by Stu Phillips, Colpix Records
Teenage Triangle (1963) Produced by Stu Phillips, Colpix Records
Bye Bye Birdie (1963) Produced by Stu Phillips, Colpix Records (recorded with The Marcels, James Darren, & Paul Petersen)
More Teenage Triangle (1964) Produced by Stu Phillips, Colpix Records
The Best of Shelley Fabares (1994) on Rhino Records
Shelley Fabares (1994) on Collectors Gold Vol. 47

Singles

Colpix 620 What Did They Do Before Rock 'n' Roll/Very Unlikely (with Paul Peterson) (2/62)
Colpix 621 Johnny Angel/ Where's It Gonna Get Me (2/62)
Colpix 636 Johnny Loves Me/ I'm Growing Up (5/62)
Colpix 654 The Things We Did Last Summer/Breaking Up is Hard to Do (8/62)
Colpix 667 Telephone (Won't You Ring)/Big Star (12/62)
Colpix 682 Ronnie, Call Me When You Get A Chance/I Left A Note to Say Goodbye (3/63)
Colpix 705 Welcome Home/Billy Boy (10/63)
Colpix 721 Football Seasons Over/He Don't Love Me (1/64)

"I Know You'll Be There" b/w "Lost Summer Love" (Vee-Jay VJ 632) - The Fantastic Baggys play (uncredited) backing on Side One
"Johnny Angel" (1962)

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