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Mitzi Gaynor

Actress / Film Actress / Television Actress / Stage Actress | * 09/04/1931 (92) | Chicago, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
Mitzi Gaynor (born Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber; September 4, 1931) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Her notable films include We're Not Married! (1952), There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), The Birds and the Bees (1956), and South Pacific (1958) – for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical at the 1959 awards. ()
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A leading lady of light musicals, the bright-eyed Gaynor is best remembered for "South Pacific". She also hosted a string of successful annual musical TV specials in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Music | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart. ...

There's No Business Like Show Business

NR

1954 | 3.1/5 | 1h 57min
Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance / Love
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After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele. A Rashômon style narrative presents the story ...

Les Girls

NR

1957 | 3.4/5 | 1h 54min
Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
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Can a girl from Little Rock find happiness with a mature French planter she got to know one enchanted evening away from the military hospital where she is a nurse? Or should she just wash that man out ...

South Pacific

Certification unknown

1958 | 3.2/5 | 2h 37min
Music, Romance / Love, War
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A musical comedy based on several Damon Runyon short stories. When a bookie on the run, Robert 'Numbers' Foster, falls for a pretty country songbird, Emily Ann Stackerlee , he'll do anything to help h ...

Bloodhounds of Broadway

Certification unknown

1952 | 3.5/5 | 1h 30min
Comedy, Music
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Awards & Nominations for Mitzi Gaynor

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Mary Pickford Award Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
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Movies with Mitzi Gaynor as Actress(27)

as herself2021 Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
as Self (archive footage)2019 My Music: A Classic Christmas
2013 Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
as herself2008 Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years
as herself1975 Mitzi & 100 Guys
as herself1973 Mitzi... The First Time
as herself1968 Mitzi
as Kate Brasher1963 For Love or Money
as Self ("There's No Business...") (archive footage) (uncredited)1963 Marilyn
as Gabby Rogers1960 Surprise Package
as Alice Walters1959 Happy Anniversary
as Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN1958 South Pacific
as Martha Stewart1957 The Joker Is Wild
as Joanne Henderson1957 Les Girls
as Patsy Blair1956 Anything Goes
as Jean Harris1956 The Birds and the Bees
as herself1954 A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Rusty Blair1954 Three Young Texans
as Katy Donahue1954 There's No Business Like Show Business
as Rozouila1953 Down Among the Sheltering Palms
as Eva Tanguay1953 The I Don't Care Girl
as Patsy Reynolds1952 We're Not Married!
as Emily Ann Stackerlee1952 Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Adelaide Swanson1951 Take Care of My Little Girl
as Lotta Crabtree1951 Golden Girl
as Gloria Adams1950 My Blue Heaven
as Peggy Hendricks, Jim's girlfriend1949 It's Your Health

TV Shows/Series with Mitzi Gaynor as Actress(6)

as herself1967 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as herself1958 The Dick Clark Show
as Self - Host1958 Kraft Music Hall
as herself1952 This Is Your Life
as herself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self (archive footage)1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Full Name: Mitzi Gaynor
Born: Friday, 09/04 1931 (September) in Chicago, Illinois (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 92 years + 228 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Hollywood Professional School, Hollywood High School
Spouses (current/former): Jack Bean
Other names for Mitzi Gaynor (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber"
Mitzi Gaynor frequently works together with these people:
Debbie Reynolds (8x, Actress)
Jackie Gleason (7x, Actor)
Art Carney (7x, Actor)
Johnny Carson (7x, Actor)
Lyle R. Wheeler (6x, Crew)
Bob Hope (6x, Actor)
Red Buttons (6x, Actor)
Jack Benny (6x, Actor)
Harry Belafonte (5x, Actor)
David Wayne (5x, Actor)
Alfred Newman (5x, Crew)
Ben Nye (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:65772, Added: 05/23/2018, Last updated: 03/24/2024