Biography for
Mitzi Gaynor More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

4 September 1931, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Birth Name

Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber

Height

5' 6" (1.68 m)

Mini Biography

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.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Ray Hamel

Spouse

Jack Bean

(18 November 1954 - 4 December 2006) (his death)

Trivia

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

Best performance was arguably her show-stopping appearance at the 39th Academy Awards where her singing and dancing "Georgy Girl" stopped the show. The Academy had a hard time getting the audience to sit down and stop applauding.

Personal Quotes

[on her co-stars] I never worked with a stinker. How great is that!

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.