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Biography

Born into a show business family, Shelley was acting almost before she could walk. She had bit parts in commercials and on TV until…more

Born

1/19/1944, Santa Monica, California

Birth Name

Michele Ann Marie Fabares

Gender

Female

Credits

Star (12)

Role
- Coach
  Christine Armstrong Fox
  - S 9: Ep 22 Leaving Orlando (2)
    5/14/97
  - S 9: Ep 23 Leaving Orlando (3)
    5/14/97
  - S 9: Ep 21 Leaving Orlando (1)
    5/7/97
  - S 9: Ep 20 The Neighbor Hood
    4/23/97
  - S 9: Ep 19 Upsized
    4/16/97
  - + 194 More Credits
- Superman: The Animated Series
  Martha Kent
- One Day at a Time
  Francine Webster (1982-1983)
  - S 8: Ep 25 Second Time Around
    5/16/83
  - S 8: Ep 23 Panzini
    5/2/83
  - S 8: Ep 19 A Young Man's Fancy
    3/7/83
  - S 8: Ep 14 The Cruise
    1/23/83
  - S 8: Ep 10 First Things First
    12/12/82
  - + 6 More Credits
- Mork & Mindy
  Cathy McConnell
  - S 4: Ep 22 The Mork Report
    5/27/82
  - S 4: Ep 21 Gotta Run (3)
    5/20/82
  - S 4: Ep 20 Gotta Run (2)
    5/13/82
  - S 4: Ep 19 Gotta Run (1)
    5/6/82
  - S 4: Ep 17 Midas Mork
    4/15/82
  - + 49 More Credits
- Gridlock
  Louise Gregory
- Highcliffe Manor
  Helen Blacke
- Forever Fernwood
  Eleanor Majors
  - S 1: Ep 8 Episode 008
    10/12/77
  - S 1: Ep 7 Episode 007
    10/11/77
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 006
    10/10/77
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 005
    10/7/77
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 004
    10/6/77
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Practice (1976)
  Jenny Bedford
  - S 2: Ep 9 Oh, Brother
    1/26/77
  - S 2: Ep 8 Jules Takes a Partner
    12/29/76
  - S 2: Ep 7 Carlotta
    12/22/76
  - S 2: Ep 6 A Doctor's Doctor
    12/8/76
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Snow Job
    12/1/76
  - + 11 More Credits
- The Brian Keith Show
  Dr. Anne Jamison
  - S 2: Ep 24 Classmates
    3/29/74
  - S 2: Ep 23 A Star is Sean
    3/15/74
  - S 2: Ep 22 No Man is an Atoll
    3/8/74
  - S 2: Ep 21 The Titanic Sails Again
    3/1/74
  - S 2: Ep 20 Sean-Do the Magician
    2/22/74
  - + 42 More Credits
- The Donna Reed Show
  Mary Stone (1958-1963)
  - S 7: Ep 30 Indoor Outing
    4/8/65
  - S 7: Ep 15 Old Faithful
    12/24/64
  - S 7: Ep 10 Anyone Can Drive?
    11/19/64
  - S 7: Ep 5 The Daughter Complex
    10/15/64
  - S 6: Ep 14 Moon-Shot
    12/19/63
  - + 187 More Credits
- The Twilight Zone
  Ellen Tillman
  - S 5: Ep 18 Black Leather Jackets
    1/31/64
- Annette
  Moselle Corey
  - S 1: Ep 20 Mystery Is Solved
    6/21/57
  - S 1: Ep 19 Mike To The Rescue
    6/14/57
  - S 1: Ep 18 Farewell Letter
    6/7/57
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Fight
    5/31/57
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Barbecue
    5/24/57
  - + 15 More Credits
Recurring Role (3)

Role
- Superman: The Animated Series
  Martha Kent
  - S 4: Ep 2 Legacy
    2/5/00
  - S 3: Ep 10 Unity
    5/15/99
  - S 3: Ep 3 New Kids in Town
    10/31/98
  - S 2: Ep 28 Little Girl Lost (2)
    5/2/98
  - S 2: Ep 27 Little Girl Lost (1)
    5/2/98
  - + 5 More Credits
- One Day at a Time
  Francine Webster
  - S 9: Ep 17 Bring in the Clowns
    4/4/84
  - S 9: Ep 15 Parting Company
    3/14/84
  - S 9: Ep 12 Never Hire a Relative
    1/15/84
  - S 7: Ep 23 Orville and Emily
    5/2/82
  - S 7: Ep 19 Meow, Meow
    3/28/82
  - + 7 More Credits
- Mork & Mindy
  Cathy McConnell
Guest Star (58)

Role
- Justice League Unlimited
  Ma Kent
  - S 2: Ep 23 Comfort and Joy
    12/13/03
- A Whole New Ballgame
  Christine Armstrong
  - S 1: Ep 7 Twisted
    3/13/95
- Live! with Kelly
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 159 April 26, 1994
    4/26/94
  - S 5: Ep 256 September 2, 1993
    9/2/93
  - S 5: Ep 145 March 30, 1993
    3/30/93
  - S 2: Ep 22 October 3, 1989
    10/3/89
- One On One With John Tesh
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 57 November 26, 1991
    11/26/91
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 288 March 29, 1990
    3/29/90
- Murder, She Wrote
  Liza Caspar
  - S 5: Ep 22 Mirror. Mirror, On the Wall Part 2
    5/21/89
  - S 5: Ep 21 Mirror. Mirror, On the Wall Part 1
    5/14/89
- Newhart
  Diane Beckwith
  - S 5: Ep 14 First of the Belles
    1/12/87
- The Love Boat
  Frances Hardy
  - S 8: Ep 18 Love on the Line/Don't Call Me Gopher/Her Honor the Mayor
    1/26/85
- The ABC Afterschool Special
  Fran Brogliatti
  - S 12: Ep 3 The Celebrity and the Arcade Kid
    11/9/83
- Matt Houston
  Barbara Newton
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Visitors
    2/27/83
- The Love Boat
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 15 Captain's Replacement, The/Sly as A Fox/Here Comes The Bride...Maybe
    1/15/83
- Mork & Mindy
  Cathy
  - S 4: Ep 2 The Wedding (2)
    10/15/81
  - S 3: Ep 8 Mork's New Look
    1/1/81
  - S 2: Ep 17 A Mommy for Mindy
    1/3/80
- Fantasy Island
  Linda Graham
  - S 4: Ep 12 The Heroine / The Warrior
    1/24/81
- The Love Boat
  Kathy
  - S 3: Ep 27 Invisible Maniac/September Song/Peekaboo
    4/19/80
- Hello, Larry
  Marion
  - S 2: Ep 10 Marion's Fiancé
    12/19/79
  - S 2: Ep 3 Goodbye, Marion
    10/24/79
  - S 2: Ep 2 Hello, Marion (2)
    10/19/79
  - S 2: Ep 1 Hello, Marion (1)
    10/12/79
- Fantasy Island
  Emily Perkins
  - S 3: Ep 8 The Handy Man / Tattoo's Romance
    11/10/79
- Disneyland
  Grace Donovan
  - S 25: Ep 11 Donovan's Kid (2)
    1/14/79
  - S 25: Ep 10 Donovan's Kid (1)
    1/7/79
- Fantasy Island
  Eva Capos
  - S 2: Ep 14 Seance / The Treasure
    1/13/79
- The Incredible Hulk
  Holly Cooper
  - S 2: Ep 11 Escape from Los Santos
    12/1/78
- Fantasy Island
  Jill Marlowe
  - S 2: Ep 4 Best Seller / The Tomb
    10/14/78
- Vegas
  Linda Stockwood
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Games Girls Play
    9/27/78
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Herself
  - S 11: Ep 29 December 13-17, 1976 (NBC-TV)
    12/13/76
  - S 11: Ep 24 November 22-28, 1976 (2)
    11/22/76
  - S 11: Ep 9 October 4-8, 1976 (NBC-TV)
    10/4/76
  - S 10: Ep 54 March 15-19, 1976 (NBC-TV)
    3/15/76
  - S 8: Ep 79 June 17-21, 1974 (NBC-TV)
    6/17/74
  - + 7 More Credits
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 15 Strike II
    1/6/76
- Barnaby Jones
  Susan Byrd
  - S 4: Ep 7 Flight to Danger
    10/31/75
- Medical Center
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 6 The Price of a Child
    10/13/75
- Medical Story
  Susan Duffy
  - S 1: Ep 6 An Air Full Of Death
    10/9/75
- Matt Helm
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 2 Now I Lay Me Down to Die
    9/27/75
- The Rookies (1972)
  Ann McNeal
  - S 3: Ep 17 Solomon's Dilemma
    1/27/75
- The Rockford Files
  Jolene Hyland
  - S 1: Ep 12 Caledonia - It's Worth a Fortune!
    12/6/74
- Ironside
  Charlotte Black
  - S 8: Ep 10 Far Side of the Fence
    11/21/74
- Police Story
  Annette Weiner
  - S 2: Ep 8 Wolf
    11/19/74
- Cade's County
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Fake
    3/19/72
- McCloud
  Natalie Rudell
  - S 2: Ep 6 Fifth Man in a String Quartet
    2/2/72
- Love, American Style
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 60 Love and the New Size 8
    1/7/72
  - S 2: Ep 56 Love and the Fuzz
    3/12/71
- Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law
  Lorraine Latham
  - S 1: Ep 11 Burden Of Proof
    12/2/71
- Longstreet
  Marianne Franklin
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Girl with a Broom
    11/4/71
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Shape of Nightmares
    10/28/71
- Mannix
  Gwen Townsend
  - S 5: Ep 3 A Step in Time
    9/29/71
- The Interns
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Guardian
    3/5/71
- Love, American Style
  Sheila
  - S 1: Ep 29 Love and Mother
    12/1/69
- Bracken's World
  Hillary Saxon
  - S 1: Ep 10 A Package Deal
    11/28/69
- Lancer
  Melissa Harper
  - S 1: Ep 21 Juniper's Camp
    3/11/69
- Daniel Boone
  Charity Brown
  - S 5: Ep 19 A Touch of Charity
    2/27/69
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
  Vanessa
  - S 1: Ep 6 Vanessa
    10/26/68
- Shindig
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 44 Beau Brummels / Shelley Fabares / Ian Whitcomb / Sammy Jackson
    7/14/65
- American Bandstand
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 22 Jody Miller / Shelley Fabares
    2/22/64
  - S 5: Ep 207 AB-1282: Shelley Fabares
    6/19/62
- Arrest and Trial
  Donna Blaney
  - S 1: Ep 18 An Echo Of Conscience
    1/26/64
- The Eleventh Hour (1962)
  Carol Hamilton
  - S 2: Ep 16 How Do I Say I Love You?
    1/15/64
- Mr. Novak
  Dani Cooper
  - S 1: Ep 14 My Name is not Legion
    12/24/63
  - S 1: Ep 3 I Don`t Even Live Here
    10/8/63
- The Twilight Zone
  Ellen Tillman
- The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 52 From Hollywood: Tab Hunter; Connie Stevens; Johnny Horton; The Diamonds; The Four Preps
    8/29/59
- The Donna Reed Show
  Mary Stone
- Loretta Young Show
  Kathy
  - S 5: Ep 29 Day of Rest
    5/18/58
- Fury
  Midge
  - S 2: Ep 19 The Tomboy
    3/16/57
- Annie Oakley
  Prudy Warren
  - S 3: Ep 30 Treasure Map
    12/30/56
- Captain Midnight
  Mary Kingsley
  - S 2: Ep 10 Flight into the Unknown
    12/31/55
- Matinee Theatre
  Young Cathy
  - S 1: Ep 22 Wuthering Heights
    11/30/55
- Producers' Showcase
  Susan
  - S 2: Ep 2 Our Town
    9/19/55
- Loretta Young Show
  Marie Schumann
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Clara Schumann Story
    3/21/54

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- Shelley is 5 foot 4 inches tall (163cm).
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- For two years after her marriage to Mike Ferrell, Shelley attended family therapy with Mike, his two children, his ex-wife and her new husband. The counseling was designed to ease the anxiety Mike's kids might feel about their parents' new marriages.
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- Shelley left The Donna Reed Show while it was still on the air because she was getting married and thought she should focus on her new husband.
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- Shelley: (about Donna Reed) She was a woman of just enormous intelligence and integrity and compassion and curiosity. She was definitely a role model in my life.
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- Shelley: (about her liver disease and transplant) This is the kind of situation that can tear people apart. It tears at the fabric of your soul and can certainly tear at your marriage and ours has gotten only stronger. Not only did we get closer, but friends and even people I didn't know were seriously praying for me. It was an enormous experience to go through, and although I wouldn't wish it on any one, it has been — with the exception of meeting my husband — the most profound experience my life. It has changed everything forever.
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- Shelley: I had to have a complete liver transplant. I waited with a beeper for a year and 10 months to get that gift.
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