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Mitzi Gaynor
Soundtrack | Actress
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.
Known for
South Pacific (1958),
Les Girls (1957),
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954),
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952)
Details
Sep
4,
1931 (age 89)
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5' 6"
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Filmography | Edit filmography
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Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years (2008)
(Video) - Self - Performer, Performer ("Let Go", "A Wonderful Guy", "Love is Blue" (L'Amour est Bleu), "Mr. Melody", "Married", "I Can Cook, Too", "I Got the Music in Me", "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing", "Dance", "Delovely", "I'm a Woman", "Tango of Dreams", "Me and My Baby", "I'm Hip", "The New Orleans Hop Scop Blues", "Oh My, My", "You Are the Sunshine of My Life") |
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South Pacific (1958)
Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN, Performer ("A Cock-Eyed Optimist" (1949), "Twin Soliloquies (Wonder How It Feels)" (1949), "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair" (1949), "Reprise: Some Enchanted Evening" (1949), "A Wonderful Guy" (1949), "Act I Finale" (1949), "Honey Bun" (1949), "My Girl Back Home" (1949), "Dites Moi" (reprise) and Orchestral Finale (1949)) (uncredited) |
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Les Girls (1957)
Joanne 'Joy' Henderson, Performer ("Les Girls", "Ladies in Waiting", "Why Am I So Gone (About that Gal)?") (uncredited) |
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The Birds and the Bees (1956)
Jean Harris, Performer (" (The Same Thing Happens With) The Birds And The Bees", "La Parisienne") |
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Anything Goes (1956)
Patsy Blair, Performer ("Anything Goes", "You're The Top", "It's De-lovely", "Blow Gabriel Blow") |
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There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
Katy Donahue, Performer ("When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam'", "Alexander's Ragtime Band", "Lazy", "A Sailor's Not a Sailor ('Til a Sailor's Been Tattooed)") (uncredited) |
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The I Don't Care Girl (1953)
Eva Tanguay, Performer ("Beale Street Blues", "I Don't Care" (Reprise), "The Johnson Rag", "Pretty Baby", "I Don't Care", "Kiss Me My Honey, Kiss Me", "On the Mississippi", "Little Fugue in G minor, BWV 578") (uncredited) |
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Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952)
Rozouila, Performer ("THE DRUM CHANT", "WHAT MAKE DE DIFF'RENCE") |
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Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952)
Emily Ann Stackerlee, Performer ("In the Sweet Bye and Bye" (uncredited), "Cindy" (uncredited), "Bye Low", "I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'" (uncredited), "Eighty Miles Outside of Atlanta" (uncredited), "I Wish I Knew" (uncredited), "Jack O'Diamonds") |
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Golden Girl (1951)
Lotta Crabtree, Performer ("California Moon", "Sunday Morning", " (I Wish I Was in) Dixie's Land", "Kiss Me Quick and Go", "When Johnny Comes Marching Home", "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers", "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny") (uncredited) |
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My Blue Heaven (1950)
Gloria Adams, Performer ("Cosmo Cosmetics", "Live Hard, Work Hard, Love Hard") (uncredited) |
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Call the Midwife (2013)
(TV Series) - Performer ("I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair") (1 episode, 2013)
Episode #2.5 (Feb
17,
2013)
Season 2,
Episode 5
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Performer ("I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair") (uncredited)
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20 to 1 (2010)
(TV Series) - Performer ("I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair", "A Wonderful Guy") (1 episode, 2010)
Our All Time Favourite Films (Jun
23,
2010)
Season 9,
Episode 11
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Performer ("I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair", "A Wonderful Guy") (uncredited)
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Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997)
(TV Movie) - Self (archive footage), Performer ("Anything You Can Do") |
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Toast of the Town (1964)
(TV Series) - Performer ("It's Too Darn Hot", "The More I See You", "The Birth of the Blues", "St. James Infirmary", "When the Saints Go Marching In", "Joshua Fight the Battle of Jericho") (1 episode, 1964), Self - Singer / Dancer (1 episode, 1964)
The Beatles' Second Appearance (Feb
16,
1964)
Season 17,
Episode 20
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Self - Singer / Dancer,
Performer ("It's Too Darn Hot", "The More I See You", "The Birth of the Blues", "St. James Infirmary", "When the Saints Go Marching In", "Joshua Fight the Battle of Jericho") (uncredited)
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Bing Crosby and Dean Martin Present High Hopes (1959)
(TV Special) - Self - Singer / Dancer, Performer ("High Hopes", "Talk to Me", "Cheek to Cheek") (uncredited) |
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The Jack Benny Hour (1959)
(TV Special) - Mitzi Gaynor, Performer ("Mr. Wonderful", "Everybody Loves to Take a Bow") (uncredited) |
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The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954)
(TV Special) - Self - Performer, Performer ("The Moon Is Blue") |
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967–1977)
(TV Series) - Self / Self - Guest (10 episodes, 1967) |
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The Merv Griffin Show (1970)
(TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1970)
A Tribute to Producer Ross Hunter with guests Carol Burnett, Jane Wyman, Mitzi Gaynor, George Kennedy, James Farentino, Ross Hunter (Dec
10,
1970)
Season 8,
Episode 63
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Marilyn (1963)
Self (scene from "There's No Business Like Show Business") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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