Updated 04-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about SHELLEY FABARES!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Michele Ann Marie “Shelley” Fabares (; born January 19, 1944) is an American actress and singer . she is best known for her roles as Donna Reed’s daughter Mary Stone on the Donna Reed Show . she was Young Cathy in a Matinee Theatre adaptation of Wuthering Heights . on television she was in Captain Midnight, Annie Oakley, Fury, and Colgate Theatre . she had a semi regular role “I was stunned about that, to put it mildly,” she later said . the album sold over one million copies and was certified gold . it was followed by a second album, The Things We Did Last Summer . Fabares left the Donna Reed Show in 1963 (she would return periodically until its end in 1966) to pursue other acting opportunities . she released a third album, Teenage Triangle in 1963 . “i got up Wednesday morning and didn’t work for four years, went to bed Wednesday night after four years” “i think this business is very cyclical. You go through busy times and you go through dead times,” she says “i shouldn’t have been a big risk-taker,” she said later . her performance in Brian’s Song earned her a Golden Globe nomination . “i was nervous and scared to try something really different,” she in 1978, Fabares played Francine Webster on the CBS sitcom One Day at a Time . she reprised the role for the last three years of the show . “i was Francine, a rather villain Fabares starred in movies Pleasure Cove (1979), Donovan’s Kid (1979) and Friendships . she had the starring role in the tv series Highcliffe Manor (1979 in 1994, she was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star “Lifetime Achievement” Award . during the series’ run she appeared on Love or Money (1990), Deadly Relations (1993), The Great Mom Swap Erin is stepmother to his two children, Erin and Michael.