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Michele Ann Marie "Shelley" Fabares (/fæˈbreɪ/; born January 19, 1944) is a retired American actress and singer. She is best known for her television roles as Mary Stone on the sitcom The Donna Reed Show (1958–1963) and as Christine Armstrong on the sitcom Coach (1989–1997), the latter of which earned her two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations. Her film roles include playing the leading lady to Elvis Presley in Girl Happy, Spinout, and Clambake. As the niece of singer/comedienne Nanette Fabray, she was indoctrinated early into the show biz life. Tap dancing from age three, she also modeled during her elementary school years and began appearing on such TV shows as Captain Midnight (1954) and Annie Oakley (1954) (the latter a recurring role). At age 12, she made her professional film debut in the Rock Hudson/Cornell Borchers tearjerker Never Say Goodbye (1956) as Hudson's daughter, and went on to play kid sister roles in the rock 'n' roll-themed Rock, Pretty Baby! (1956) and its sequel Summer Love (1957) both starring John Saxon. Teen-idol status came with her coming-of-age role as the ever-wholesome daughter "Mary Stone" on The Donna Reed Show (1958), a part she played for five seasons before embarking on a more grown-up film career. The character of "Mary Stone" was gently phased out of the show as her character "left for college". During its' run, she and TV "brother" Paul Petersen grew so popular that they sprinted to adjoining pop singing celebrity, although both admitted that their vocal talents were limited. In 1962, her recording of "Johnny Angel" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. She left The Donna Reed Show in 1963 (she would return periodically until its end in 1966) to pursue other acting opportunities. This was followed by a second album, The Things We Did Last Summer, which included two hit songs "Johnny Loves Me" (no. 21) and "The Things We Did Last Summer" (no. 46). She released a third album, Teenage Triangle in 1963. She landed top femme parts in such fun-and-frolic fare as Ride the Wild Surf (1964), Hold On! (1966) in which she played the love interest of Peter Noone (of Herman's Hermits) and sings Make Me Happy, as well as three of Elvis Presley's less-acclaimed films of the later 1960s: Girl Happy (1965), Spinout (1966) and Clambake (1967). She then played the love interest of a young Hank Williams Jr. in A Time to Sing (1968). She had support roles in television films like Brian's Song (1971) (playing Brian Piccolo's wife with James Caan as Brian), and Two for the Money (1972). Her performance in Brian's Song earned her a Golden Globe nomination. For her work, she was nominated twice for a Primetime Emmy Award and, in 1994, she was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award for her role as Mary Stone on The Donna Reed Show. From 2004 to 2011 she produced the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Elvis: A Life in Music
as Self (archive footage)

Superman: Brainiac Attacks
as Martha Kent (voice)

Justice League
as Martha Kent (voice)

Playing to Win: A Moment of Truth Movie
as Nancy Erickson

A Nightmare Come True
as Lily Zarn

Superman: The Last Son of Krypton
as Martha Kent (voice)

Superman: The Animated Series

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
as Self (uncredited)

The Great Mom Swap
as Millie Ridgeway

Your Studio and You
as Shelley Fabares
A Whole New Ballgame
as Christine Armstrong

Deadly Relations
as Shirley Fagot

Love or Money
as Lu Ann Reed

Coach
as Christine Armstrong

Run Till You Fall
as Kathy Reuben

Hot Pursuit
as Buffy Cronenberg

Suburban Beat
as Mimi

The Canterville Ghost
as Lucy

Murder, She Wrote
as Liza Caspar
Memorial Day
as Ellie Walker

Newhart

Matt Houston

Gridlock
as Louise Gregory

Friendships, Secrets and Lies
as Mary Alice
Highcliffe Manor
as Helen Straight Blacke

Hello, Larry
as Marion Alder

Donovan's Kid
as Grace Donovan

Pleasure Cove
as Helen Perlmutter

Vega$

Mork & Mindy
as Cathy McConnell

Fantasy Island
as Jill Marlowe

The Incredible Hulk
as Holly Cooper

Forever Fernwood

The Love Boat
as Cathy

Lucan

Spencer's Pilots

The Practice
as Jenny Bedford

One Day at a Time
as Francine Webster

Matt Helm
as Chris / Tina

Medical Story
as Susan Duffy

Sky Hei$t
as Lisa

Dinah!
as Self

The Rockford Files
as Jolene Hyland

Police Story

The Brian Keith Show
as Dr. Anne Jamison

The Rookies

Two for the Money
as Bethany Hagan

Brian's Song
as Joy Piccolo

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Lorraine Latham

McCloud

Love, American Style
as Julie

Medical Center

Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Norma Fritchie

Operation Heartbeat
as 'Mike' Carter

Lancer

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
A Time to Sing
as Amy Carter

Clambake
as Dianne Carter

Mannix

Ironside
as Charlotte Black