Mitzi Gaynor

Mitzi Gaynor

Known for
Acting
Born
September 4, 1931
Died
October 17, 2024 (aged 93)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA

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

Photos

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Filmography

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Monty and the Movies poster

Monty and the Movies

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

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All About Alfred

All About Alfred

Movie · as Self

2024
Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion poster

Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion

Movie · as Self

2022
Rat Pack poster

Rat Pack

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It poster

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

Movie · as Self

2019
My Music: A Classic Christmas poster

My Music: A Classic Christmas

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2013
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips poster

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

Movie · as Self

2009
Passion, Prejudice and South Pacific: Creating an American Masterpiece

Passion, Prejudice and South Pacific: Creating an American Masterpiece

Movie · as Self

2008
Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years poster

Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years

Movie · as Self

2003
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1978
Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not poster

Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not

Movie · as Self

1977
Mitzi... Zings Into Spring poster

Mitzi... Zings Into Spring

Movie · as Self

1976
Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20s poster

Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20s

Movie · as Self

1975
Mitzi & 100 Guys poster

Mitzi & 100 Guys

Movie · as Self

1974
Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife poster

Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife

Movie · as Self

1974
The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards poster

The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards

Movie · as Self - Presenter

1973
Mitzi... The First Time poster

Mitzi... The First Time

Movie · as Self

1969
Mitzi's 2nd Special poster

Mitzi's 2nd Special

Movie · as Self

1968
Mitzi poster

Mitzi

Movie · as Self

1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In poster

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

TV · as Self (uncredited) · 2 eps

1963
For Love or Money poster

For Love or Money

Movie · as Kate Brasher

1963
Marilyn poster

Marilyn

Movie · as archive footage

1962
Lykke og krone poster

Lykke og krone

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1960
Surprise Package poster

Surprise Package

Movie · as Gabby Rogers

1959
Happy Anniversary poster

Happy Anniversary

Movie · as Alice Walters

1959
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show poster

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show

Movie · as Self

1958
South Pacific poster

South Pacific

Movie · as Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN

1958
The Dick Clark Show poster

The Dick Clark Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1958
Kraft Music Hall poster

Kraft Music Hall

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1957
Les Girls poster

Les Girls

Movie · as Joanne Henderson

1957
The Joker is Wild poster

The Joker is Wild

Movie · as Martha Stewart

1956
Anything Goes poster

Anything Goes

Movie · as Patsy Blair

1956
The Birds and the Bees poster

The Birds and the Bees

Movie · as Jean Harris

1954
There's No Business Like Show Business poster

There's No Business Like Show Business

Movie · as Katy Donahue

1954
Three Young Texans poster

Three Young Texans

Movie · as Rusty Blair

1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere poster

A Star Is Born World Premiere

Movie · as Self

1954
Reflets de Cannes poster

Reflets de Cannes

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1953
Down Among the Sheltering Palms poster

Down Among the Sheltering Palms

Movie · as Rozouila

1953
The I Don't Care Girl poster

The I Don't Care Girl

Movie · as Eva Tanguay

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1952
We're Not Married! poster

We're Not Married!

Movie · as Patsy Reynolds

1952
Bloodhounds of Broadway poster

Bloodhounds of Broadway

Movie · as Emily Ann Stackerlee

1952
This Is Your Life poster

This Is Your Life

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1951
Golden Girl poster

Golden Girl

Movie · as Lotta Crabtree

1951
Take Care of My Little Girl poster

Take Care of My Little Girl

Movie · as Adelaide Swanson

1950
My Blue Heaven poster

My Blue Heaven

Movie · as Gloria Adams

1949
It's Your Health

It's Your Health

Movie · as Peggy Hendricks, Jim's girlfriend

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps