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Mitzi Gaynor

Mitzi Gaynor

Birthday: 1931-09-04 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
2003
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour

as    Self (archive footage)

1975
Mitzi & 100 Guys

as    Self

1974
1968
Mitzi

as    Self

1963
For Love or Money

as    Kate Brasher

1960
Surprise Package

as    Gabby Rogers

1959
Happy Anniversary

as    Alice Walters

1958
South Pacific

as    Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN

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
1954
Three Young Texans

as    Rusty Blair

1953
The I Don't Care Girl

as    Eva Tanguay

1953
Down Among the Sheltering Palms

as    Rozouila

1952
Bloodhounds of Broadway

as    Emily Ann Stackerlee

1952
We're Not Married!

as    Patsy Reynolds

1951
Take Care of My Little Girl

as    Adelaide Swanson

1951
Golden Girl

as    Lotta Crabtree

1950
My Blue Heaven

as    Gloria Adams