Mitzi Gaynor
Actor
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.
Filmography
South Pacific
as Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN 1958
There's No Business Like Show Business
as Katy Donahue 1954
Les Girls
as Joanne Henderson 1957
We're Not Married!
as Patsy Reynolds 1952
Anything Goes
as Patsy Blair 1956
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
as Self 2021
Take Care of My Little Girl
as Adelaide Swanson 1951
Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Emily Ann Stackerlee 1952
For Love or Money
as Kate Brasher 1963
The Birds and the Bees
as Jean Harris 1956
Golden Girl
as Lotta Crabtree 1951
Surprise Package
as Gabby Rogers 1960
Three Young Texans
as Rusty Blair 1954
My Blue Heaven
as Gloria Adams 1950
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
as Self 2013
Happy Anniversary
as Alice Walters 1959