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Who Is Shelley Fabares? Age, Husband, Career & More

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Michael Henderson

Published Jan 05, 2026

Shelley Fabares is a very talented actress who has earned a career for herself and has since starred in numerous productions from 1958 to 1963 she played the role of Mary Stone on The Donna Reed Show.

She is very talented to the extent that she won a Young Artist Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994. She’s very famous and has been in the entertainment industry for quite some time now.

She started her acting career as a child actress hence she gained experience that’s why it’s easy to continue to entertain and amaze her fans. In this article, we’re going to get into details about Shelly Fabares.

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Who Is Shelley Fabares?

Shelly Fabares was born on January 19th, 1944 in Santa Monica, California, United States of America to Elsa and James Fabares and as of 2022, she is 78 years old.

She is American and her ethnicity is White as well as her zodiac sign is Capricorn.

She became famous after she became part of the TV sitcom, Coach where she played the love interest of Craig T. Nelson. Her career started when she was three years old and made her debut at the age of 10 years when she acted as Marie Schumann Kathy.

Shelley Fabares career

Shelly Fabares made her way into the entertainment industry at a very young age as at the age of three her mother, Elsa put her into modelling.

Her niece is actress, Nanette Fabray, and she started acting at the age of three and got her big break at the age of ten as a child actress as she featured in an episode of Letter to Loretta. She went on to guest star on different TV series before she got her major role as Mary Stone in the long-running family sitcom, The Donna Reed Show.

She also branched into music which led to her songs to top charts.

Shelly Fabares left the Donna Reed Show in 1963 but returned periodically until the show ended in 1966 and continue to pursue her film career.

Where is Shelley Fabares now?

It’s normal to miss Shelly Fabares because her skills are exceptional and yes she played many roles however her last acting credit was recorded in 1998 which is “Playing to Win”.

Many people have been asking if Shelly Fabares is alive, well she’s not dead but very much alive however she was involved in an accident.

The accident happened in 1994 during the construction of her home as she accidentally fell through the floor joists and which made her left ribs broken.

Shelley Fabares husband

Shelly Fabares’ husband is fellow actor, Mike Farrell. He has been supporting her for many years.

They got married in 1984 after they met in 1970 when Shelly was a guest star in Mike’s TV series dubbed “The Interns”.

Four years before the actress married her husband, she had divorced her first husband, Lou Adler whom she married for 16 years, and it’s also Mike’s second marriage as well.

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