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.
Filmography
all 48
Movies 39
self 30
TV Shows 9
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack (2022)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
My Music: A Classic Christmas (2019)
Movie
Self - #LesGirls
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips (2013)
Movie
Self - Performer
Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years (2008)
Movie
Self - Presenter
The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards (1974)
Movie
Kate Brasher
For Love or Money (1963)
Movie
Self ('There's No Business...') (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marilyn (1963)
Movie
Gabby Rogers
Surprise Package (1960)
Movie
Alice Walters nee Gans
Happy Anniversary (1959)
Movie
Self - Host
Kraft Music Hall (1958)
TV
Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN
South Pacific (1958)
Movie
6
Joanne 'Joy' Henderson
Les Girls (1957)
Movie
Martha Stewart
The Joker is Wild (1957)
Movie
Jean Harris
The Birds and the Bees (1956)
Movie
6
Patsy Blair
Anything Goes (1956)
Movie
Rusty Blair
Three Young Texans (1954)
Movie
Self - Guest
The Donald O'Connor Show (1954)
TV
Eva Tanguay
The I Don't Care Girl (1953)
Movie
Emily Ann Stackerlee
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952)
Movie
Patricia 'Patsy' Reynolds Fisher
We're Not Married! (1952)
Movie
3
Lotta Crabtree
Golden Girl (1951)
Movie
Adelaide Swanson
Take Care of My Little Girl (1951)
Movie
Gloria Adams
My Blue Heaven (1950)
Movie
Peggy Hendricks, Jim's girlfriend
It's Your Health (1949)
Movie
Self / Self (archive footage)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
TV
6
Gallery
Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1931-09-04
Deathday2024-10-17 (93 years old)
Birth NameFrancesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber
Birth PlaceChicago, United States
RelationshipsJack Bean (1954 - 2006)
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsFrancesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber
AwardsMary Pickford Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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