Biografia

Received a liver transplant in October 2000. Her liver failed due to an auto-immune disorder.

Her' three movies with Elvis Presley--Louco por Garotas (1965), Minhas Três Noivas (1966) and O Barco do Amor (1967)--were not the only associations she had had with "The King." When her one-hit-wonder "Johnny Angel" topped the charts on April 7, 1962, she was ousted from the #1 position two weeks later by Presley's "Good Luck Charm." The two future co-stars held the #1 and #2 chart positions through late April into May 1962. Incidentally, backing Fabares on "Johnny Angel" were Glen Campbell (guitar), Hal Blaine (drums), The Blossoms (backing vocals), etc.

Considered Donna Reed as her second mother.

Appeared with her aunt, Nanette Fabray, on One Day at a Time (1975) and the April 15, 1975 episode of The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1965) and three episodes of Coach (1989).

Frank Sinatra once sang to her on one of his TV specials in the 1950s.

There is a bedrock decency to people in the Midwest. They are thoughtful and ready to help you if something needs to be done.

I was not a Mouseketeer, but a lot of people think I was.

The chances of a child coming through as I did . . . the world is too hard. On the other hand, I would always encourage children of mine if they wanted to be in school plays and dance and sing. But I wouldn't put them to work.

[about her liver transplant] I was dying but suddenly had a second chance at living.

I didn't have a dysfunctional childhood or young adulthood, but I was somebody who was very much raised to do what other people told me to do as a person.