Mitzi Gaynor
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1931-09-04
Day of Death
2024-10-17 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Known For
Acting
(2024)
Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion
as Self
(2022)
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
(2019)
My Music: A Classic Christmas
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
(2008)
(2003)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
as Self (archive footage)
(1978)
(1977)
Mitzi... Zings Into Spring
as Self
(1976)
Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20s
as Self
(1975)
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
(1974)
(1974)
The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1973)
Mitzi... The First Time
as Self
(1969)
Mitzi's 2nd Special
as Self
(1968)
Mitzi
as Self
(1963)
For Love or Money
as Kate Brasher
(1963)
Marilyn
as Self ("There's No Business...") (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1960)
Surprise Package
as Gabby Rogers
(1959)
Happy Anniversary
as Alice Walters
(1959)
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
as Self
(1958)
South Pacific
as Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN
(1957)
Les Girls
as Joanne Henderson
(1957)
The Joker is Wild
as Martha Stewart
(1956)
Anything Goes
as Patsy Blair
(1956)
The Birds and the Bees
as Jean Harris
(1954)
There's No Business Like Show Business
as Katy Donahue
(1954)
Three Young Texans
as Rusty Blair
(1954)
(1953)
The I Don't Care Girl
as Eva Tanguay
(1953)
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
as Rozouila
(1952)
We're Not Married!
as Patsy Reynolds
(1952)
Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Emily Ann Stackerlee
(1951)
Take Care of My Little Girl
as Adelaide Swanson
(1951)
Golden Girl
as Lotta Crabtree
(1950)
My Blue Heaven
as Gloria Adams
(1949)
It's Your Health
as Peggy Hendricks, Jim's girlfriend