Person
Mitzi Gaynor
Acting
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 4, 1931
- Died
- Oct 17, 2024
- From
- 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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Credits
The Joker is Wild
South Pacific
There's No Business Like Show Business
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Oscars
Les Girls
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
We're Not Married!
The Ed Sullivan Show
Anything Goes
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Take Care of My Little Girl
This Is Your Life
Bloodhounds of Broadway
For Love or Money
Kraft Music Hall
The Birds and the Bees
Golden Girl