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Shelley Fabares Profile
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| (Michelle Marie Fabares) |
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| 19 January 44 | is born Santa Monica, California, to James and Elsa Fabares, one of two girls. Her father's in real estate; her aunt is actress Nanette Fabray. |
| ? | starts dancing at age 4 |
| ? | becomes a children's wear model |
| 53 | has her acting break on a Frank Sinatra special |
| September 59 | lives with her parents in an old two-story house in Hollywood |
| is a freshman at Immaculate Heart High School |
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| 61 | is selected one of Hollywood's Deb Stars by the Screen Guild |
| 6 April 61 | is crowned "Queen Azalea XIV" at the 14th Azalea Festival in Wilmington, North Carolina |
| April 62 | has her first top ten hit, Johnny Angel; it reaches number six on the chart |
| October 62 | the press reports that she "is in tune with music publisher Lou Adler" |
| June 63 | decides to try her wings as a freelance performer and will be written out of the scripts of "The Donna Reed Show" |
| September 63 | Movie Life asks: "Is Ann-Margret after her Lou Adler? Shelley’s not worried." |
| 24 October 63 | has to appear in Los Angeles court because "she has made so much money she can't pay her income tax." She owes $2,435 on a $10,000 tax for 1962. Her problem is solved in court when Judge Ben Koenig allows her to withdraw $2,500 in government bonds from a court-ordered savings plan. |
| May 64 | is signed to a multiple-picture contract by Columbia Studio |
| 7 June 64 | marries music publisher Lou Adler at the Bel Air Hotel, in Los Angeles. He's 30; she's 20. |
| August 64 | receives savings bonds worth $32,400 from her earnings on "The Donna Reed Show" in Los Angeles. The bonds were put away under a savings plan. |
| November 64 | is tested for Judy Garland's old role in MGM's upcoming TV series "Meet Me in St. Louis" |
| 9 January 65 | she and Noreen Corcoran are among the seven bridesmaids at Annette Funicello's wedding to agent Jack Girardi at St. Cyril's Catholic Church in Encino |
| February 65 | is signed for MGM's "Meet Me in St. Louis" |
| April 66 | will be Elvis Presley's leading lady in Never Say Yes |
| January 67 | she and Adler separate |
| October 67 | her estranged husband is seen at the Daisy Club with singer Jill Gibson |
| April 70 | columnist Marilyn Beck writes about Adler: "Lou suddenly recalls he's never gotten around to filing for divorce from Shelley Fabares - from whom she's been split for years..." |
| February 72 | starts filming "The Little People" in Hawaii |
| April 72 | columnist James Bacon writes: It must be real love with record mogul Lou Adler and Britt Ekland. The former wife of Peter Sellers has been in Beverly Hills for a month with Adler. Adler and Shelley Fabares are getting a divorce and Britt quit seeing the Earl of Litchfield." |
| April 72 | columnist James Bacon writes: It must be real love with record mogul Lou Adler and Britt Ekland. The former wife of Peter Sellers has been in Beverly Hills for a month with Adler. Adler and Shelley Fabares are getting a divorce and Britt quit seeing the Earl of Litchfield." |
| Summer 72 | files for divorce from Adler |
| c. summer 72 | starts dating other men regularly |
| March 73 | lives with her sister but is looking for an apartment of her own |
| April 73 | plans a vacation in Alaska before returning to Hawaii to begin production for the second season of "The Little People" |
| May 74 | columnist Marilyn Beck tells that Shelley returned from her Alaska vacation last month and "doesn't have to worry about Hawaiian humidity anymore - only about where her next assignment will come from. While Shelley was enjoying the Cold Country, NBC cancelled 'The Brian Keith Show'..." |
| May 76 | resides in a condominium in Brentwood |
| she and Adler have been separated for nine years but still not divorced because "that's all that's necessary" |
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| 5 January 77 | Adler celebrates the eighth anniversary of his separation from her by buying two new screenplays |
| 80 ? | divorces Adler |
| 82 | meets TV actor Mike Farrell at a CBS affiliates meeting in San Francisco, where she is filming "One Day at a Time" |
| 31 December 84 | marries TV actor Mike Farrell. He's 45, she's 40. |
| 92 | her mother dies of Alzheimer's disease |
| July 94 | is nominated for an Emmy as best supporting actress for "Coach" |
| 95 | is honorary chairwoman for Memory Walk, a fundraiser for Alzheimer's disease |
| 15 November 04 | attends the "Voices for Justice" 2004 Human Rights Watch Annual Dinner at the Beverly Hilton |
| Sources: Independent Star-News, Tele Vues, Who?s Who in Hollywood 1966, Burlington Daily Times-News, Austin Herald, Screen Stories, Winnipeg Free Press, Movie Life, Humboldt Standard, Long Beach Independent, Pasadena Independent, Van Nuys News, Austin American-Statesman, New Castle News, The Fresno Bee, Mansfield News-Journal, Gettysburg Times, Daily Herald, pro.Corbis.com | |
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| Links: Filmography Elvis' Women: Shelley Fabares The Unofficial Shelley Fabares Homepage | |