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L–R: Mitzi Gaynor, Taina Elg, Kay Kendall and Gene Kelly in Les Girls. Les Girls (also known as Cole Porter's Les Girls) is a 1957 American CinemaScope musical comedy film directed by George Cukor and produced by Sol C. Siegel, with Saul Chaplin as associate producer. The screenplay by John Patrick and story by Vera Caspary.
On October 14, 1968, Gaynor starred in Mitzi, her first television special. In specials including Mitzi – The First Time and Mitzi ... Zings into Spring she showcased the talents she had first used as a theatrical performer, then in films like There's No Business Like Show Business, Les Girls, and South Pacific, and finally as a concert ...
Gaynor had prominent roles in "There's No Business Like Show Business" in 1954 with Ethel Merman and Marilyn Monroe and in the 1957 films "Les Girls" with Gene Kelly and the "The Joker Is Mitzi ...
Mitzi Gaynor, the star of Golden Age musicals such as South Pacific and Les Girls, who also gained acclaim for a string of Emmy-winning TV specials, has died. She was 93. She was 93.
Mitzi Gaynor, star of 1950s big-screen musicals including “South Pacific” and “Les Girls” and a series of beloved variety specials in the 1970s, died on Thursday. She was 93.
In 1958, Kendall won a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Lady Sybil Wren in Les Girls, the story of three showgirls in postwar Paris (with Mitzi Gaynor and Taina Elg). [4] The following year she starred opposite Harrison in the comedy The Reluctant Debutante. [17]
The specials were the subject of the 2008 documentary “Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years.” Born Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber (Mitzi is diminutive for Marlene) in Chicago on Sept. 4, 1931, she was a part of a musically inclined family and started singing and dancing at a young age.
Mitzi Gaynor, an actor, singer and dancer who starred in the 1950s movie musicals 'South Pacific' and 'Anything Goes,' died Thursday at 93.