We wrap up our look back at The Donna Reed Show with this 1993 interview on the Vicki! show with Shelley Fabares.
Ms. Fabares is a favorite here on Television Vanguard (as is Ms. Lawrence!) and we have another interview with her from the early 1990s done on Entertainment Tonight; that clip can be found in our archives from early 2017.
Shelley Fabares has had a remarkable career that spans the decades, and does hold the distinction of co-starring with Elvis Presley in three movies. She also recorded a hit record in the early 1960s (as she notes in this interview), and went on after The Donna Reed Show to work in youth-oriented feature films in the 1960s.
She made a comeback of sorts with the hit TV movie 'Brian's Song' in the 1971, and went on to work in other television series in the 1970s including Little People/The Brian Keith Show, The Practice (w/Danny Thomas), Forever Fernwood, Highcliffe Manor, and One Day At A Time.
She worked on TV movies during the 1980s, and then found a wonderful hit series in Coach, co-starring Craig T. Nelson during the late 1980s and through the first half of the 1990s. The niece of comedian/actress/singer Nanette Fabray, Ms. Fabares has also been a strong advocate for Alzheimer's research (her mother died of the disease.)
We wish her good health and happiness at this period in her life with husband Mike Farrell (M*A*S*H fame). She has bravely battled some health issues over the past few years, but is always in our thoughts and prayers for continued improved health and enjoying life to the fullest.
We love you Shelley !!
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We're nearing the home stretch of our summer-long presentation of family situation comedies of television of the 1950s to early 1960s era. September is just up the road and around the bend... we'll be paying tribute this coming week to one of television's all-time great shows, The Dick Van Dyke Show. Then we'll stop by a couple of more shows from the 1950's before we call it 'a summer.'
Much more to come this fall... more details on that once we reach September. In the meantime, let's enjoy the final few weeks of summer.