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"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. Gaynor recorded two albums for the Verve Records label, one called Mitzi and the second called Mitzi Gaynor Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin.
Dec 6, 2023 · Mitzi Gaynor Reveals Why She Beat Out Elizabeth Taylor, Doris Day for Iconic Role in ‘South Pacific’. She began her career working with some of Hollywood’s biggest names, including Betty ...
May 15, 2014 · This tells the grim saga of a man trapped in a cave in a small town. A fading, arrogant newspaper reporter decides to sensationalize the story, with help from the trapped man's bored, callous...
Oct 28, 2019 · At 88 and temporarily in a wheelchair due to a dance injury, the crowd-pleasing actress delivered quotable quotes about her South Pacific leading man, Rossano Brazzi, in a swimsuit (“My dear, I...
Jan 26, 2024 · “I truly love an audience,” Mitzi, 92, tells Closer. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, she recorded nine television specials that allowed her to share her love of singing, dancing and fabulous ...
Bing Crosby's character, Bill Benson, goes to England and meets Mitzi Gaynor's character Patsy Blair, and he signs her as the female lead. Meanwhile, Donald O'Connor's character, Ted Adams, travels to France and meets Jeanmaire's character, Gaby Duval, and he signs her to the same role.
After South Pacific (a part which her husband managed to secure for her) Gaynor made only a handful of films. Her last effort was For Love or Money (1963), a matrimonial comedy starring Kirk Douglas. In 1963, Gaynor retired from films, explaining that she felt 'kind of ordinary' as an actress.
