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Mitzi Gaynor was born as born as Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber on the 4th September 1931, in Chicago, Illinois USA and is a Golden Globe Award- nominated actress, singer and dancer, best known to the world for her appearance in the musical “South Pacific” (1958), as Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN, among many other appearances.

Have you ever wondered how rich Mitzi Gaynor is, as of mid- 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Gaynor’s net worth is as high as $10 million, an amount earned through her successful career in the entertainment industry, which started in the late ‘40s. Aside from film appearances, notable for her singing, Mitzi was featured in several Academy Film Award Ceremonies, performing some of her most successful film hits, which also improved her wealth.

Mitzi Gaynor Net Worth $10 Million

Mitzi is the daughter of dancer, Pauline Fisher and her husband Henry von Gerber, who was a violinist, music director, and cellist. Her parents divorced and her father remarried, and she became step-sister to Donald W. Duncan, famous anti-war activist.

From Chicago, she and her family moved to Elgin, and then to Detroit, Michigan, and when she turned eleven, they moved to Hollywood. Starting as a child, Mitzi took ballet lessons and as she grew up she also took singing lessons. When she turned 13, she joined Los Angeles Civic Light Opera company as a singer and dancer, and then four years later lied about her real age in order to enroll at Hollywood High School, and to sign a seven-year contract with Twentieth Century-Fox, although she was released from her contract after four years. During that time, she featured in musicals such as “My Blue Heaven” (1950), “Take Care of My Little Girl” (1951), “Golden Girl” (1951), then “Bloodhounds of Broadway” (1952), “Down Among the Sheltering Palms” (1953), next to Jane Greer and William Lundigan, and “There’s No Business Like Show Business” (1954), starring Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe and Donald O’Connor. Her net worth had a sound base already.

After Fox, she worked for several other production houses, including Paramount, Rodgers and Hammerstein, MGM among others. She continued to build her name in the entertainment industry by appearing in such musicals as “Anything Goes” (1956) with Bing Crosby, and Zizi Jeanmaire, then the Oscar Award- winning “The Joker Is Wild” (1957) with Frank Sinatra and Jeanne Crain, and the same year she featured in the Oscar Award- winning “Les Girls” with Gene Kelly and Kay Kendall. The following year came her most notable role as Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN in the Oscar Award- winning “South Pacific” (1958), starring Rossano Brazzi and John Kerr. Before she retired from acting, Mitzi featured in “Surprise Package” (1960), and “For Love or Money” in 1963, next to Kirk Douglas, and Gig Young. Since then she has toured extensively, and has created several TV specials, which only increased her wealth.

Regarding her personal life, Mitzi was married to Jack Bean from 1954 until 2006, when he died; Jack was also her manager. The couple was childless.



Full Name Mitzi Gaynor
Net Worth $10 Million
Date Of Birth September 4, 1931
Place Of Birth Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Height 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
Profession Actress
Nationality American
Spouse Jack Bean (m. 1954–2006)
Parents Henry von Gerber, Pauline Fisher
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/OfficialMitziGaynor
Twitter https://twitter.com/themitzigaynor
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0310989/
Albums Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin, That Certain Feeling, Mitzi, Mitzi (Special Edition), Broadway Musicals – South Pacific, South Pacific / That Certain Feeling, Mitzi Gaynor Sings, Remember, “Mitzi” & “Sings the Lyrics of IRA Gershwin”
Nominations Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Movies South Pacific, Les Girls, There’s No Business Like Show Business, Anything Goes, The Joker Is Wild, Golden Girl, Bloodhounds of Broadway, We’re Not Married!, Surprise Package, My Blue Heaven, The I Don’t Care Girl, Happy Anniversary, Take Care of My Little Girl, The Birds and the Bees, Three Young …
TV Shows Mitzi and a Hundred Guys, Mitzi…Roarin’ in the 20’s, The Donald O’Connor Show
Quote
1 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.
2 [on her co-stars] I never worked with a stinker. How great is that!
Fact
1 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.

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Call the Midwife 2013 TV Series performer – 1 episode
So You Think You Can Dance Canada 2010 TV Series performer – 1 episode
20 to 1 2010 TV Series documentary performer – 1 episode
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults 1997 TV Movie documentary performer: “Anything You Can Do”
Eye for an Eye 1996 performer: “Anything Goes”
The 39th Annual Academy Awards 1967 TV Special performer: “Georgy Girl”
The Ed Sullivan Show 1964 TV Series performer – 1 episode
Happy Anniversary 1959 performer: “Happy Anniversary”
Bing Crosby and Dean Martin Present High Hopes 1959 TV Special performer: “High Hopes”, “Talk to Me”, “Cheek to Cheek” – uncredited
The Jack Benny Hour 1959/I TV Special performer: “Mr. Wonderful”, “Everybody Loves to Take a Bow” – uncredited
South Pacific 1958 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
Les Girls 1957 performer: “Les Girls”, “Ladies in Waiting”, “Why Am I So Gone About that Gal?” – uncredited
The Birds and the Bees 1956 performer: ” The Same Thing Happens With The Birds And The Bees”, “La Parisienne”
Anything Goes 1956 performer: “Anything Goes”, “You’re The Top”, “It’s De-lovely”, “Blow Gabriel Blow”
There’s No Business Like Show Business 1954 performer: “When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam'”, “Lazy”, “A Sailor’s Not a Sailor ‘Til a Sailor’s Been Tattooed”, “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” – uncredited
The 26th Annual Academy Awards 1954 TV Special performer: “The Moon Is Blue”
Down Among the Sheltering Palms 1953 performer: “THE DRUM CHANT”, “WHAT MAKE DE DIFF’RENCE”
The I Don’t Care Girl 1953 performer: “Pretty Baby”, “Beale Street Blues” uncredited, “The Johnson Rag” uncredited, “On the Mississippi” uncredited, “I Don’t Care” uncredited, “I Don’t Care” Reprise uncredited, “Kiss Me My Honey, Kiss Me” uncredited
Bloodhounds of Broadway 1952 performer: “In the Sweet Bye and Bye” uncredited, “Cindy”, “Bye Low”, “I’ve Got a Feelin’ You’re Foolin'” uncredited, “Eighty Miles Outside of Atlanta” uncredited, “I Wish I Knew” uncredited, “Jack of Diamonds”
Golden Girl 1951 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
My Blue Heaven 1950 performer: “Cosmo Cosmetics”, “Live Hard, Work Hard, Love Hard” – uncredited

Actress

Title Year Status Character
For Love or Money 1963 Kate Brasher
Surprise Package 1960 Gabby Rogers
The Children of Lindos 1960 Short Gabby Rogers
Happy Anniversary 1959 Alice Walters nee Gans
South Pacific 1958 Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN
Les Girls 1957 Joanne ‘Joy’ Henderson
The Joker Is Wild 1957 Martha Stewart
The Birds and the Bees 1956 Jean Harris
Anything Goes 1956 Patsy Blair
There’s No Business Like Show Business 1954 Katy Donahue
Three Young Texans 1954 Rusty Blair
Down Among the Sheltering Palms 1953 Rozouila
The I Don’t Care Girl 1953 Eva Tanguay
Bloodhounds of Broadway 1952 Emily Ann Stackerlee
We’re Not Married! 1952 Patricia ‘Patsy’ Reynolds Fisher
Golden Girl 1951 Lotta Crabtree
Take Care of My Little Girl 1951 Adelaide Swanson
My Blue Heaven 1950 Gloria Adams
It’s Your Health 1949 Short Peggy Hendricks, Jim’s girlfriend (as Mitzi Gerber)

Self

Title Year Status Character
The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards 1974 TV Special Herself – Presenter
Mitzi… A Tribute to the American Housewife 1974 TV Special Herself
Mitzi… The First Time 1973 TV Special Herself
Cavalcade of Champions 1973 TV Movie Herself – Presenter
The 24th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1972 TV Special Herself
Perry Como’s Winter Show 1971 TV Movie Herself
Laugh-In 1968-1969 TV Series Herself
Mitzi’s 2nd Special 1969 TV Movie Herself
Mitzi 1968 TV Movie Herself
The Kraft Music Hall 1967 TV Series Herself – Host
The 39th Annual Academy Awards 1967 TV Special Herself – Performer
Danny Thomas Special: My Home Town 1966 TV Special Herself
The Jack Paar Program 1964 TV Series Herself (on film)
The Ed Sullivan Show 1956-1964 TV Series Herself / Herself – Singer / Dancer
The 33rd Annual Academy Awards 1961 TV Special Herself – Audience Member
The Donald O’Connor Show 1954-1960 TV Series Herself / Herself – Singer
This Is Your Life 1960 TV Series Herself
The 32nd Annual Academy Awards 1960 TV Special Herself – Presenter: Documentary Awards
The Dick Clark Show 1960 TV Series Herself
Bing Crosby and Dean Martin Present High Hopes 1959 TV Special Herself – Singer / Dancer
The 31st Annual Academy Awards 1959 TV Special Herself – Performer: ‘There’s No Business Like Show Business’
The Jack Benny Hour 1959/I TV Special Mitzi Gaynor
Reflets de Cannes 1956-1958 TV Series documentary Herself
The 27th Annual Academy Awards 1955 TV Special Herself – Audience Member
A Star Is Born World Premiere 1954 TV Short Herself
The 26th Annual Academy Awards 1954 TV Special Herself – Performer
The George Jessel Show 1953 TV Series Herself
The 25th Annual Academy Awards 1953 TV Special Herself – Audience Member
What Ever Happened to Norma Jeane? 2017 Documentary filming Herself
Mia, a Dancer’s Journey 2014 TV Movie documentary Herself
Hello: A Portrait of Leslie Phillips 2013 TV Movie documentary Herself – #LesGirls
Out of My Dreams: Oscar Hammerstein II 2012 TV Movie documentary Herself / Nellie Forbush
2011 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys 2011 TV Movie Herself – Presenter
Passion, Prejudice and South Pacific: Creating an American Masterpiece 2009 Documentary Herself
Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years 2008 Video documentary Herself, Performer
Mitzi Gaynor: Impressions of the Fox Years 2007 Video documentary short Herself
Good Morning America 2006 TV Series Herself
The Fabulous Fox 2004 TV Movie documentary Herself
Biography 1999-2001 TV Series documentary Herself
Vancouver: Focus on Expo 86 1986 Documentary short Herself (uncredited)
Mitzi… What’s Hot, What’s Not 1978 TV Special Herself
Mitzi… Zings Into Spring 1977 TV Special Herself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1967-1977 TV Series Herself / Herself – Guest
Mitzi… Roarin’ in the 20’s 1976 TV Special Herself
Mitzi and a Hundred Guys 1975 TV Special Herself

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Ça c’est l’amour 2003 Video short Herself
Ed Sullivan Presents: The Beatles 2003 Video Herself
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 1999 TV Movie documentary Herself (uncredited)
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults 1997 TV Movie documentary Herself
Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies 1996 TV Movie documentary Herself
Mission: Impossible 1989 TV Series Patsy Blair
Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals 1974 TV Movie Herself
Marilyn 1963 Documentary Herself (scene from “There’s No Business Like Show Business”) (uncredited)
Lykke og krone 1962 Documentary Herself (uncredited)
The Ed Sullivan Show 1954 TV Series Herself

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2011 Lifetime Achievement Award Ojai Film Festival
2011 Mary Pickford Award Satellite Awards
2008 Emmy National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences – New York Chapter Outstanding Entertainment Programming/Special Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years (2008)
1960 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Motion Picture On 8 February 1960. At 6288 Hollywood Blvd.
1958 Golden Laurel Laurel Awards Top Female Musical Performance Les Girls (1957)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1959 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Actress – Comedy or Musical South Pacific (1958)

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