Mitzi Gaynor
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.
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Movies (37)
Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion
as Self
2024
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
as Self
2021
My Music: A Classic Christmas
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
as Self
2013
Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years
as Self
2008
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not
as Self
1978
Mitzi... Zings Into Spring
as Self
1977
Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20s
as Self
1976
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
1975
The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards
as Self - Presenter
1974
Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife
as Self
1974
Mitzi... The First Time
as Self
1973
Mitzi's 2nd Special
as Self
1969
Mitzi
as Self
1968
For Love or Money
as Kate Brasher
1963
Marilyn
as Self ("There's No Business...") (archive footage) (uncredited)
1963
Surprise Package
as Gabby Rogers
1960
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
as Self
1959
Happy Anniversary
as Alice Walters
1959
South Pacific
as Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN
1958
Les Girls
as Joanne Henderson
1957
The Joker is Wild
as Martha Stewart
1957
The Birds and the Bees
as Jean Harris
1956
Anything Goes
as Patsy Blair
1956
There's No Business Like Show Business
as Katy Donahue
1954
Three Young Texans
as Rusty Blair
1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
1954
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
as Rozouila
1953
The I Don't Care Girl
as Eva Tanguay
1953
Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Emily Ann Stackerlee
1952
We're Not Married!
as Patsy Reynolds
1952
Golden Girl
as Lotta Crabtree
1951
Take Care of My Little Girl
as Adelaide Swanson
1951
My Blue Heaven
as Gloria Adams
1950
It's Your Health
as Peggy Hendricks, Jim's girlfriend
1949
