MITZI GAYNOR

Updated 04-May-2020.

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Mitzi Gaynor: In her two-hour-plus Archive interview, performer Mitzi Gaynor talks about her early interest in dance and music. She recalls joining the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Company, getting signed by 20th Century Fox, and appearing in several hit films, including “My Blue Heaven” with Betty Grable, “Anything Goes” with Bing Crosby, and “Les Girls” with Gene Kelly. Gaynor also describes how she was cast as “Nellie Forbush” in the classic movie musical, “South Pacific.” She recounts her memorable performances on several Academy Award show broadcasts, including singing “Georgy Girl” on The 1967 Academy Awards – the most heralded performance on an Oscar broadcast. She then details her many television specials, commenting on choreographers Peter Gennaro and Tony Charmoli, costume designer Bob Mackie and her husband/producer Jack Bean. She talks of her recent Emmy-winning PBS special, Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years and speaks fondly of her current managers, Rene Reyes and Shane Rosamonda. She describes her current projects, what it’s like to still be on tour and how show business and television have changed over the years. John Dalton conducted the interview on October 9, 2012 in Beverly Hills, CA.

Mitzi Gaynor – IMDb: Mitzi Gaynor, Actress: South Pacific. 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.

Mitzi Gaynor donates extensive collection to Great American Songbook Foundation: An unforgettable performance by Kristin Chenoweth topped a star-studded evening Saturday, September 30,  as the Center for the Performing Arts hosted its

Mitzi Gaynor wins Emmy while performing in Boca Raton: BOCA RATON – Actress, singer and dancer Mitzi Gaynor has won a bevy of awards during a film, stage and TV career that spans more than a half century. Coincidentally, while she was performing her “Razzle Dazzle: My Life Behind the Sequins” show to mark the first public performance at the Keith C. and Elaine […]

American Celebration at Chapman University: “This show should be at the Pantages Theater right now!” exclaimed legendary film, television and nightclub star Mitzi Gaynor Saturday night at Chapman University’s American Celeb…

Mitzi Gaynor: Superstar, one-time Elgin girl: “Oh, honey,” Mitzi Gaynor told us, “it’s hard to be Mitzi Gaynor. I drive myself crazy worrying and hoping all the time, and I never want to disappoint anyone.” Count us definitely not disappointed. Especially when we found out that the legendary dancer/singer/actress, star of screen and stage, lived in Elgin as a little girl.

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Mitzi Gaynor is an american actress, singer, and dancer . her notable films include There’s no business like show business (1954) and South Pacific . she trained as a ballerina as he was gaynor sang, acted, and danced in a number of film musicals . she sang with some of the biggest male musical stars of the day . Gaynor’s most popular film in her time at Fox was There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954) she was billed after Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Marilyn Monroe, Donald O’Connor and they resided on North Arden Drive in Beverly Hills, California . she had just been released from Twentieth Century-Fox with four years left on her contract and decided with the time off to get married . Gaynor’s third film for Paramount was The Joker Is Wild (1957) in 1957, she appeared in MGM’s Les Girls . for her performance, she was nominated for a Best Actress co-stars were Yul Brynner and Nol Coward . her last film role was For Love or Money (1963), starring Kirk Douglas . she appeared between two sets by The Beatles . she sang “Too Darn Hot” and a blues medley at the 1967 oscars . she later added the number to her concert repertoire . through the 1960s and 1970s, she starred she recorded the title song from her film Happy Anniversary for the Top Rank label . Gaynor appeared regularly in Las Vegas and at nightclub and concert venues . she became fond of the city and frequently made guest appearances on local “Mitzi’s back in town” became an annual slogan when Gaynor would come to the city for a number of weeks each year to develop her Las Vegas routines . on December 4, 2006, Jack Bean, Gayn gaynor’s one-woman show, Razzle Dazzle: my life behind the Sequins, toured the united states and Vancouver from 2009 thru 2014 . on April 10, 2007, she was honored by the Museum of Television Gaynor was honored with the 2009 Boston Youth Moves lifetime achievement award . she was inducted into the great american songbook hall of fame in 2017 . Lisa is the best thing since… “Mitzi Gaynor!” Lisa exclaims.In episode 2 of Monty Python’s Fliegender Zirkus, Connie Booth played Princess Mitzi gaynor in “The Tale