Acting
Mitzi Gaynor
EN, FR, NO cinema · 41 credits
Born
4 September 1931
Died
17 October 2024 (aged 93)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber
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
Filmography
Monty and the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
My Music: A Classic Christmas
as Self (archive footage)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
2003
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
as Self (archive footage)
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards
as Self - Presenter
Mitzi
as Self
For Love or Money
as Kate Brasher
Marilyn
as archive footage
Lykke og krone
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Surprise Package
as Gabby Rogers
Happy Anniversary
as Alice Walters
South Pacific
as Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN
Les Girls
as Joanne Henderson
The Joker is Wild
as Martha Stewart
Anything Goes
as Patsy Blair
The Birds and the Bees
as Jean Harris
There's No Business Like Show Business
as Katy Donahue
Three Young Texans
as Rusty Blair
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
as Rozouila
The I Don't Care Girl
as Eva Tanguay
We're Not Married!
as Patsy Reynolds
Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Emily Ann Stackerlee
Golden Girl
as Lotta Crabtree
Take Care of My Little Girl
as Adelaide Swanson
My Blue Heaven
as Gloria Adams
It's Your Health
1949
It's Your Health
as Peggy Hendricks, Jim's girlfriend