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<blockquote data-quote="Jock Ewing Fan" data-source="post: 404575" data-attributes="member: 40536"><p>I remember that. Nanette Fabray was quite good in that recurring role. Interestingly, her niece, Shelley Fabares, played Francine,</p><p>Anne's rival on the show. Nannette Fabray also played the mother of Shelley Fabray's character (Christine Armstrong)</p><p>on "Coach" (which I was my favorite sports themed sitcom)</p><p>More importantly, a great lady who did wonderful work on behalf of the hearing impaired</p><p></p><p>From Wikipedia:</p><p></p><p>A longtime champion of hearing awareness and support of the deaf, she sat on boards and spoke at many related functions. A forward-thinking proponent of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Communication" target="_blank">total communication</a> and teaching the deaf language and communication in any way possible, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Sign_Language" target="_blank">American Sign Language</a> and not just the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oralism" target="_blank">oralism</a> method of the time, Fabray was one of, if not the first, to use sign language on [live] television,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanette_Fabray#cite_note-14" target="_blank">[14]</a> something which she continued to showcase on many programs on which she made appearances, including the <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carol_Burnett_Show" target="_blank">Carol Burnett Show</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_Game" target="_blank">Match Game '73</a></em>, and <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Got_a_Secret" target="_blank">I've Got a Secret</a></em>. She even contributed the story line to an entire 1982 episode[<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" target="_blank">citation needed</a></em>] of <em>One Day at a Time</em>, which focused on hearing loss awareness and acceptance, treatment options, and sign language. Fabray appeared in a 1986 infomercial for hearing device and deafness support products for House Ear Institute.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanette_Fabray#cite_note-15" target="_blank">[15]</a> In 2001, she wrote to advice columnist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Abby" target="_blank">Dear Abby</a> to decry the loud <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Background_music" target="_blank">background music</a> played on television programs.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanette_Fabray#cite_note-16" target="_blank">[16]</a> A founding member of the National Captioning Institute,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanette_Fabray#cite_note-:0-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> she also was one of the first big names<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanette_Fabray#cite_note-17" target="_blank">[17]</a> to bring awareness to the need for media closed-captioning.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanette_Fabray#cite_note-18" target="_blank">[18]</a></p><p></p><p>Likewise, after the passing of her second husband, Randy MacDougall, Fabray also started to learn about the tribulations associated with spousal death and began to bring awareness to the need for changes in the law for widows and widowers.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanette_Fabray#cite_note-19" target="_blank">[19]</a> She focused her later years on campaigning for widows' rights, particularly pertaining to women's inheritance laws, taxes, and asset protection.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanette_Fabray#cite_note-20" target="_blank">[20]</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanette_Fabray[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jock Ewing Fan, post: 404575, member: 40536"] I remember that. Nanette Fabray was quite good in that recurring role. Interestingly, her niece, Shelley Fabares, played Francine, Anne's rival on the show. Nannette Fabray also played the mother of Shelley Fabray's character (Christine Armstrong) on "Coach" (which I was my favorite sports themed sitcom) More importantly, a great lady who did wonderful work on behalf of the hearing impaired From Wikipedia: A longtime champion of hearing awareness and support of the deaf, she sat on boards and spoke at many related functions. A forward-thinking proponent of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Communication']total communication[/URL] and teaching the deaf language and communication in any way possible, including [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Sign_Language']American Sign Language[/URL] and not just the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oralism']oralism[/URL] method of the time, Fabray was one of, if not the first, to use sign language on [live] television,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanette_Fabray#cite_note-14'][14][/URL] something which she continued to showcase on many programs on which she made appearances, including the [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carol_Burnett_Show']Carol Burnett Show[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_Game']Match Game '73[/URL][/I], and [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Got_a_Secret']I've Got a Secret[/URL][/I]. She even contributed the story line to an entire 1982 episode[[I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed']citation needed[/URL][/I]] of [I]One Day at a Time[/I], which focused on hearing loss awareness and acceptance, treatment options, and sign language. Fabray appeared in a 1986 infomercial for hearing device and deafness support products for House Ear Institute.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanette_Fabray#cite_note-15'][15][/URL] In 2001, she wrote to advice columnist [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Abby']Dear Abby[/URL] to decry the loud [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Background_music']background music[/URL] played on television programs.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanette_Fabray#cite_note-16'][16][/URL] A founding member of the National Captioning Institute,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanette_Fabray#cite_note-:0-1'][1][/URL] she also was one of the first big names[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanette_Fabray#cite_note-17'][17][/URL] to bring awareness to the need for media closed-captioning.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanette_Fabray#cite_note-18'][18][/URL] Likewise, after the passing of her second husband, Randy MacDougall, Fabray also started to learn about the tribulations associated with spousal death and began to bring awareness to the need for changes in the law for widows and widowers.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanette_Fabray#cite_note-19'][19][/URL] She focused her later years on campaigning for widows' rights, particularly pertaining to women's inheritance laws, taxes, and asset protection.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanette_Fabray#cite_note-20'][20][/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanette_Fabray[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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