- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 4, 1931
- Place of Birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died
- October 17, 2024
Mitzi Gaynor
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.
Filmography
movieBob Mackie: Naked Illusion
2024 · Self
movieRat Pack
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieRita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021 · Self
movieMy Music: A Classic Christmas
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieHello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
2013 · Self
movieMitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years
2008 · Self
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
movieCole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieMitzi... What's Hot, What's Not
1978 · Self
movieMitzi... Zings Into Spring
1977 · Self
movieMitzi... Roarin' in the 20s
1976 · Self
movieMitzi & 100 Guys
1975 · Self
The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards
movieThe 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards
1974 · Self - Presenter
movieMitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife
1974 · Self
movieMitzi... The First Time
1973 · Self
movieMitzi's 2nd Special
1969 · Self
movieMitzi
1968 · Self
tvRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self (uncredited)
movieFor Love or Money
1963 · Kate Brasher
movieMarilyn
1963 · archive footage
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
movieLykke og krone
1962
movieSurprise Package
1960 · Gabby Rogers
movieThe Frank Sinatra Timex Show
1959 · Self
movieHappy Anniversary
1959 · Alice Walters
tvKraft Music Hall
1958 · Self - Host
movieSouth Pacific
1958 · Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN
tvThe Dick Clark Show
1958 · Self
movieLes Girls
1957 · Joanne Henderson
movieThe Joker is Wild
1957 · Martha Stewart
movieThe Birds and the Bees
1956 · Jean Harris
movieAnything Goes
1956 · Patsy Blair
movieThere's No Business Like Show Business
1954 · Katy Donahue
movieThree Young Texans
1954 · Rusty Blair
movieA Star Is Born World Premiere
1954 · Self
tvReflets de Cannes
1954 · Self
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
movieDown Among the Sheltering Palms
1953 · Rozouila
movieThe I Don't Care Girl
1953 · Eva Tanguay
movieBloodhounds of Broadway
1952 · Emily Ann Stackerlee
tvThis Is Your Life
1952 · Self
movieWe're Not Married!
1952 · Patsy Reynolds
movieGolden Girl
1951 · Lotta Crabtree
movieTake Care of My Little Girl
1951 · Adelaide Swanson
movieMy Blue Heaven
1950 · Gloria Adams
It's Your Health
movieIt's Your Health
1949 · Peggy Hendricks, Jim's girlfriend
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self