Mitzi Gaynor
September 4, 1931 (93 years old) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
Credits
- 2024 · Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion as Self
- 2022 · Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It as Self
- 2019 · My Music: A Classic Christmas as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips as Self
- 2008 · Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years as Self
- 2003 · Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour as Self (Archive Footage)
- 1978 · Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not as Self
- 1977 · Mitzi... Zings Into Spring as Self
- 1976 · Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20s as Self
- 1975 · Mitzi & 100 Guys as Self
- 1974 · The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1974 · Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife as Self
- 1973 · Mitzi... The First Time as Self
- 1969 · Mitzi's 2nd Special as Self
- 1968 · Mitzi as Self
- 1967 · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- 1963 · For Love or Money as Kate Brasher
- 1963 · Marilyn as Self ("There's No Business...") (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1960 · Surprise Package as Gabby Rogers
- 1959 · The Frank Sinatra Timex Show as Self
- 1959 · Happy Anniversary as Alice Walters
- 1958 · Kraft Music Hall as Self - Host
- 1958 · South Pacific as Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN
- 1958 · The Dick Clark Show as Self
- 1957 · Les Girls as Joanne Henderson
- 1957 · The Joker is Wild as Martha Stewart
- 1956 · The Birds and the Bees as Jean Harris
- 1956 · Anything Goes as Patsy Blair
- 1954 · 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 · Reflets de Cannes as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1953 · Down Among the Sheltering Palms as Rozouila
- 1953 · The I Don't Care Girl as Eva Tanguay
- 1952 · Bloodhounds of Broadway as Emily Ann Stackerlee
- 1952 · This Is Your Life as Self
- 1952 · We're Not Married! as Patsy Reynolds
- 1951 · Golden Girl as Lotta Crabtree
- 1951 · Take Care of My Little Girl as Adelaide Swanson
- 1950 · My Blue Heaven as Gloria Adams
- 1949 · It's Your Health as Peggy Hendricks, Jim's girlfriend
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self