Shelley Fabares

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

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January 19 - 1944 - American

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Born Michelle Ann Marie Fabares in Santa Monica, California, she is the niece of Nanette Fabray. She got her big break in the role of the teenage daughter on the 1958 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).

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Santa Monica, California - Nanette Fabray - Sitcom - The Donna Reed Show - Billboard Hot 100 - 1962 - Elvis Presley - Girl Happy - 1965 - Spinout - 1966 - Clambake - 1967

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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.

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Jan & Dean - Lou Adler - June - 1964 - 1966 - 1980

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In later years she returned to television, most notably in the role of love-interest/wife, Christine Armstrong Fox, on sitcom, Coach.

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Sitcom - Coach

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Married to actor Mike Farrell, in October of 2000 she received a life-saving liver transplant after being diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis that destroyed her liver.

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Mike Farrell - 2000 - Hepatitis

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