Mitzi Gaynor
- Acting
- September 4, 1931 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
- October 17, 2024
Biography
Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber (September 4, 1931 – October 17, 2024), known professionally as Mitzi Gaynor, was an American actress, singer, and dancer of Hungarian descent. A leading lady of light musicals, the bright-eyed star is best remembered for South Pacific (1958) – for which she earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. She also hosted a string of successful annual musical TV specials in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She was added as a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.
Known for
Filmography
- Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion · Self
- Rat Pack · Self
- Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It · Self
- My Music: A Classic Christmas · Self
- Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips · Self
- Passion, Prejudice and South Pacific: Creating an American Masterpiece · Self
- Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years · Self
- Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour · Self
- Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not · Self
- Mitzi... Zings Into Spring · Self
- Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20s · Self
- Mitzi & 100 Guys · Self
- The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards · Self
- Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife · Self
- Mitzi... The First Time · Self
- Mitzi's 2nd Special · Self
- Mitzi · Self
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In · Self
- For Love or Money · Kate Brasher
- Marilyn · archive footage
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Self
- Lykke og krone · Self
- Surprise Package · Gabby Rogers
- The Frank Sinatra Timex Show · Self
- Happy Anniversary · Alice Walters
- Kraft Music Hall · Self
- South Pacific · Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN
- The Dick Clark Show · Self
- Les Girls · Joanne Henderson
- The Joker is Wild · Martha Stewart
- The Birds and the Bees · Jean Harris
- Anything Goes · Patsy Blair
- There's No Business Like Show Business · Katy Donahue
- Three Young Texans · Rusty Blair
- A Star Is Born World Premiere · Self
- Reflets de Cannes · Self
- The Oscars · Self
- Down Among the Sheltering Palms · Rozouila
- The I Don't Care Girl · Eva Tanguay
- Bloodhounds of Broadway · Emily Ann Stackerlee
- This Is Your Life · Self
- We're Not Married! · Patsy Reynolds
- Golden Girl · Lotta Crabtree
- Take Care of My Little Girl · Adelaide Swanson
- My Blue Heaven · Gloria Adams
- It's Your Health · Peggy Hendricks, Jim's girlfriend
- The Ed Sullivan Show · Self
- Monty and the Movies · Self
- All About Alfred · Self