Mitzi Gaynor
Acting Born Sep 4, 1931 Chicago, Illinois, USA 24 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) as Self (uncredited)
- This Is Your Life (1952) as Self
- Kraft Music Hall (1958) as Self - Host
- The Dick Clark Show (1958) as Self
- Reflets de Cannes (1954) as Self
- South Pacific (1958) as Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN
- Mitzi & 100 Guys (1975) as Self
- There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) as Katy Donahue
- My Blue Heaven (1950) as Gloria Adams
- For Love or Money (1963) as Kate Brasher
- We're Not Married! (1952) as Patsy Reynolds
- Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021) as Self
- Golden Girl (1951) as Lotta Crabtree
- Les Girls (1957) as Joanne Henderson
- Rat Pack (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Anything Goes (1956) as Patsy Blair
- Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion (2024) as Self
- Lykke og krone (1962)
- The Joker is Wild (1957) as Martha Stewart
- Mitzi's 2nd Special (1969) as Self
- Marilyn (1963) as archive footage