Mitzi Gaynor

Personal Info

Birthday

September 4, 1931

Day of Death

2024-10-17

(93 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber

Mitzi Gaynor

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

South Pacific

The Birds and the Bees

There's No Business Like Show Business

Les Girls

We're Not Married!

The Joker is Wild

For Love or Money

Bloodhounds of Broadway

Filmography

2024
Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion
as Self
2022
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
as Self
2019
My Music: A Classic Christmas
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
as Self
2008
Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years
as Self
2003
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
as Self (archive footage)
1978
Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not
as Self
1977
Mitzi... Zings Into Spring
as Self
1976
Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20s
as Self
1975
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
1974
The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards
as Self - Presenter
Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife
as Self
1973
Mitzi... The First Time
as Self
1969
Mitzi's 2nd Special
as Self
1968
Mitzi
as Self
1963
For Love or Money
as Kate Brasher
Marilyn
as Self ("There's No Business...") (archive footage) (uncredited)
1960
Surprise Package
as Gabby Rogers
1959
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
as Self
Happy Anniversary
as Alice Walters
1958
South Pacific
as Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN
1957
Les Girls
as Joanne Henderson
The Joker is Wild
as Martha Stewart
1956
The Birds and the Bees
as Jean Harris
Anything Goes
as Patsy Blair
1954
There's No Business Like Show Business
as Katy Donahue
Three Young Texans
as Rusty Blair
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
1953
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
as Rozouila
The I Don't Care Girl
as Eva Tanguay
1952
Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Emily Ann Stackerlee
We're Not Married!
as Patsy Reynolds
1951
Golden Girl
as Lotta Crabtree
Take Care of My Little Girl
as Adelaide Swanson
1950
My Blue Heaven
as Gloria Adams
1949
It's Your Health
as Peggy Hendricks, Jim's girlfriend