Shelley Fabares: Who is Mike Farrell’s second wife?

Mike Farrell’s second wife is an American actress and singer Michele Ann Marie “Shelley” Fabares is well-known for playing iconic characters in the TV comedies The Donna Reed Show (1958–1963) as Mary Stone and Coach (1989–1997) as Christine Armstrong. She received two Primetime Emmy nods for her portrayal of Christine.

Fabares is the niece of legendary actress Nanette Fabray, who used to go by the name Fabares. She was born on January 19, 1944, in Santa Monica, California. In 1961, she graduated from North Hollywood High School with a diploma.

Her mother, Elsa R. Eyler, died of Alzheimer’s disease in 1992, and her father, James Alan Fabares, was born in Algiers, New Orleans, on August 2, 1909, and passed away in Los Angeles on December 10, 1977.

She also has a more senior sister named Nanette (“Smokey”). Fabares’ acting career started when she was just three years old, and she made her debut on television in 1954’s “The Clara Schuman Story” episode of Letter to Loretta at the age of ten.

Little roles in films like The Girl Rush (1955), Never Say Goodbye (1956), The Bad Seed (1956), Rock, Beautiful Baby! (1956), Jeanne Eagels (1957), Marjorie Morningstar (1958), and Summer Love were among her earliest TV appearances (1958).