{"id":823694,"date":"2026-08-24T01:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T01:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/823694\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T01:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T01:02:11","slug":"shelley-fabares-dead-donna-reed-show-star-elvis-co-star-was-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/823694\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelley Fabares Dead: ‘Donna Reed Show’ Star, Elvis Co-Star Was 82"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tShelley Fabares<\/a>, the actress known for her roles in The Donna Reed Show and several Elvis Presley movies, has died. She was 82.<\/p>\n

\n\tFabares\u2019 family, including M*A*S*H star husband Mike Farrell, announced that the 2x Emmy-nominated Coach actress died \u201csurrounded by those who loved her\u201d on Saturday in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTo her family and friends, Shelley was a source of love, strength, laughter, and comfort,\u201d the family said. \u201cShe was a devoted wife, cherished stepmother, daughter, sister, niece, aunt, family member, and loyal friend whose warmth, generosity, humor, and grace made an enduring difference in the lives of everyone who knew her. She had a remarkable ability to make people feel welcomed, valued, and cared for.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThey added in part, \u201cWe will remember Shelley for her kindness, loyalty, wit, courage, and beautiful spirit. We will miss her deeply\u2014not only as a celebrated performer, but as the loving and extraordinary person she was in our everyday lives.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe are heartbroken by her loss, yet profoundly grateful for the years we shared with her and for the joy, compassion, and love she brought to so many. We ask that our family\u2019s privacy be respected as we grieve. We take comfort in knowing that Shelley\u2019s work and the memories she created with those who loved her will continue to live on,\u201d the family wrote.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tShelley Fabares and Elvis Presley in \u2018Girl Happy\u2019 (1965)<\/p>\n

\n\tBorn Jan. 19, 1944 in Santa Monica, Michele Ann Marie Fabares began acting at age 3, before making her TV debut at 10 in a 1954 episode of The Loretta Young Show. Over the years, she went on to appear in such shows as Annie Oakley, Walt Disney Presents: Annette, The Twilight Zone, The Incredible Hulk, Fantasy Island, Mork & Mindy, The Love Boat, Newhart and Murder She Wrote.<\/p>\n

\n\tFrom 1958 to 1965, Fabares was known for playing daughter Mary Stone on the ABC sitcom The Donna Reed Show.<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring this time, Fabares also had a recording contract, which resulted in her Top 40 hit \u201cJohnny Angel\u201d going to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1962. The song sold over a million copies, becoming certified gold.<\/p>\n

\n\tFabares also played Craig T. Nelson\u2019s TV news anchor love interest Christine Armstrong in the ABC sitcom Coach, which ran for nine seasons from 1989 to 1997, earning her two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn the big screen, Fabares starred opposite Elvis Presley in the movies Girl Happy (1965), Spinout (1966) and Clambake (1967). Her other films credits include The Bad Seed (1956), Hot Pursuit (1987) and Superman: Brainiac Attacks (2006)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shelley Fabares, the actress known for her roles in The Donna Reed Show and several Elvis Presley movies,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":823695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88,349056],"class_list":["post-823694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-shelley-fabares"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}