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Mitzi Gaynor


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. See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideSoundtrack (18 titles)
2010 So You Think You Can Dance Canada (TV series)
Top 18 Results (2010) (performer: "Let Go")
 
2010 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
Our All Time Favourite Films (2010) (performer: "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair" - uncredited, "A Wonderful Guy" - uncredited)
 
1997 Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (TV documentary) (performer: "Anything You Can Do")
 
1996 Eye for an Eye (performer: "Anything Goes")
 
1967 The 39th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (performer: "Georgy Girl")
 
1964 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Episode #17.20 (1964) (performer: "It's Too Darn Hot" - uncredited, "The More I See You" - uncredited, "Birth of the Blues" - uncredited, "St. James Infirmary" - uncredited, "When the Saints Go Marching In" - uncredited, "Joshua Fight the Battle of Jericho" - uncredited)
 
1959 Happy Anniversary (performer: "Happy Anniversary")
 
1958 South Pacific (performer: "A Cock-Eyed Optimist" 1949 - uncredited, "Twin Soliloquies Wonder How It Feels" 1949 - uncredited, "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" 1949 - uncredited, "Reprise: Some Enchanted Evening" 1949 - uncredited, "A Wonderful Guy" 1949 - uncredited, "Act I Finale" 1949 - uncredited, "Honey Bun" 1949 - uncredited, "My Girl Back Home" 1949 - uncredited, "Dites Moi" reprise and Orchestral Finale 1949 - uncredited)
 
1957 Les Girls (performer: "Les Girls" - uncredited, "Ladies in Waiting" - uncredited, "Why Am I So Gone About that Gal?" - uncredited)
 
1956 Anything Goes (performer: "Anything Goes", "You're The Top", "It's De-lovely", "Blow Gabriel Blow")
 
1956 The Birds and the Bees (performer: " The Same Thing Happens With The Birds And The Bees", "La Parisienne")
 
1954 There's No Business Like Show Business (performer: "Lazy" - uncredited, "A Sailor's Not a Sailor 'Til a Sailor's Been Tattooed" - uncredited, "When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam'" - uncredited, "Alexander's Ragtime Band" - uncredited)
 
1954 The 26th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (performer: "The Moon Is Blue")
 
1953 Down Among the Sheltering Palms (performer: "THE DRUM CHANT", "WHAT MAKE DE DIFF'RENCE")
 
1953 The I Don't Care Girl (performer: "Pretty Baby", "Beale Street Blues" - uncredited, "The Johnson Rag" - uncredited, "On the Mississippi" - uncredited, "I Don't Care" - uncredited, "I Don't Care" Reprise - uncredited, "Kiss Me My Honey, Kiss Me" - uncredited)
 
1952 Bloodhounds of Broadway (performer: "In the Sweet Bye and Bye" - uncredited, "Cindy", "Bye Low", "I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'" - uncredited, "Eighty Miles Outside of Atlanta" - uncredited, "I Wish I Knew" - uncredited, "Jack of Diamonds")
 
1951 Golden Girl (performer: "California Moon" - uncredited, "Sunday Morning" - uncredited, " I Wish I Was in Dixie's Land" - uncredited, "Kiss Me Quick and Go" - uncredited, "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" - uncredited, "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers" - uncredited, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" - uncredited)
 
1950 My Blue Heaven (performer: "Cosmo Cosmetics" - uncredited, "Live Hard, Work Hard, Love Hard" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActress (18 titles)
1963 For Love or Money
Kate Brasher
 
1960 Surprise Package
Gabby Rogers
 
1959 Happy Anniversary
Alice Walters nee Gans
 
1957 Les Girls
Joanne 'Joy' Henderson
 
1957 The Joker Is Wild
Martha Stewart
 
1956 Anything Goes
Patsy Blair
 
1956 The Birds and the Bees
Jean Harris aka Countess Louise
 
1954 Three Young Texans
Rusty Blair
 
1953 The I Don't Care Girl
Eva Tanguay
 
1952 Bloodhounds of Broadway
Emily Ann Stackerlee
 
1952 We're Not Married!
Patricia 'Patsy' Reynolds Fisher
 
1951 Golden Girl
Lotta Crabtree
 
1951 Take Care of My Little Girl
Adelaide Swanson
 
1950 My Blue Heaven
Gloria Adams
 
1949 It's Your Health (short)
Peggy Hendricks, Jim's girlfriend (as Mitzi Gerber)
 
Show ShowSelf (33 titles)
2011 2011 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
2008 Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years (video documentary)
Herself, Performer
 
2006 Good Morning America (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 7 November 2006 (2006) … Herself
 
1999-2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
Herself
Mitzi Gaynor: Hollywood's Cockeyed Optimist (2001) … Herself (also archive footage)
 
1997 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1978 Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not (TV movie)
Herself
 
1977 Mitzi... Zings Into Spring (TV movie)
Herself
 
1976 Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20's (TV movie)
Herself
 
1975 Mitzi and a Hundred Guys (TV movie)
Herself
 
1974 The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1973 Cavalcade of Champions (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1970-1973 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 23 March 1973 (1973) … Herself
Episode dated 29 September 1972 (1972) … Herself
Episode dated 19 May 1972 (1972) … Herself
Episode dated 16 July 1970 (1970) … Herself
 
1973 Mitzi... The First Time (TV movie)
Herself
 
1968-1969 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Herself
Episode #3.5 (1969) … Herself
Episode #2.5 (1968) … Herself (uncredited)
 
1969 Mitzi's 2nd Special (TV movie)
Herself
 
1968 Mitzi (TV movie)
Herself
 
1967 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Herself - Host
Mitzi Gaynor Christmas Show (1967) … Herself - Host
 
1967 The 39th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer
 
1956-1964 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself / Dancer / Herself - Singer
Episode #17.20 (1964) … Herself - Singer/Dancer
Episode #11.38 (1958) … Herself
Episode #9.29 (1956) … Herself
 
1961 The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1960 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
Rossano Brazzi (1960) … Herself
 
1960 The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Documentary Awards
 
1960 The Dick Clark Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #3.21 (1960) … Herself
 
1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer: 'There's No Business Like Show Business'
 
1959/I The Jack Benny Hour (TV movie)
Herself
 
1958 The Frank Sinatra Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 19 October 1958 (1958) … Herself
 
1956-1958 Reflets de Cannes (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode dated 11 May 1958 (1958) … Herself
Episode dated 2 May 1956 (1956) … Herself
 
1954-1955 The Donald O'Connor Show (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Singer
Episode #1.6 (1955) … Herself - Singer
Episode #1.1 (1954) … Herself
 
1954 A Star Is Born World Premiere (TV short)
Herself
 
1954 The 26th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer
 
1953 The George Jessel Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.1 (1953) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (9 titles)
2003 Ça c'est l'amour (video short)
Herself
 
2003 Ed Sullivan Presents: The Beatles (video)
Herself
 
1999 Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1996 Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1974 Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (TV movie)
Herself
 
1963 Marilyn (documentary)
Herself (scene from "There's No Business Like Show Business") (uncredited)
 
1962 Lykke og krone (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1954 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Print ad: "Lux" soap (1959)

Publicity Listings:

2 Articles  | 4 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

MySpace | Official Site | See more »

Alternate Names:

Mitzi Gerber

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Dancing is still the hardest profession. Gene Kelly said dancing is a man's game Women have to do the same thing in heels, and have to sing and smile at the same time. Professional athletes don't even have to do that - and they get to wear sneakers. See more »

Trivia:

Measurements: 35 1/2C-23-37 (in 1953), 36C-21 1/2-36 1/2 (measured in 1956), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo