2021Nominee
Best Performance
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Mitzi Gaynor
Actor
Chicago, Illinois, USA
September 4, 1931
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
Nominee
Best Performance
Monty and the Movies
1958Nominee
Best Performance
South Pacific
Career Highlights
1952Highlight
Best Performance
We're Not Married!
1954Highlight
Best Performance
There's No Business Like Show Business
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Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
South Pacific
There's No Business Like Show Business