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Mitzi Gaynor, Star of ‘South Pacific,’ Dies at 93
Mitzi Gaynor, star of big-screen musicals including "South Pacific" and "Les Girls," has died. She was 93.
Mitzi Gaynor, star of 1950s big-screen musicals including “ South Pacific ” and “Les Girls” and of a series of beloved variety specials in the 1970s, died on Thursday. Gaynor starred as Navy nurse Nellie Forbush in the 1958 big-screen adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “South Pacific” together with Rossano Brazzi as French planter Emile De Becque and John Kerr as Lt. Cable. In 1974 came “Mitzi… A Tribute to the American Housewife,” which also starred Ted Knight, Jerry Orbach, Jane Withers, Cliff Norton and Suzanne Pleshette; the next year there was “Mitzi and a Hundred Guys,” which featured Jack Albertson, Michael Landon and many other celebrities; 1976 saw “Mitzi… Roarin’ in the 20’s,” with Carl Reiner and Ken Berry (which won an Emmy for Bob Mackie’s costume designs); next was “Mitzi… Zings Into Spring” (1977), with Roy Clark and Wayne Rogers; and finally there was 1978’s “Mitzi… What’s Hot, What’s Not,” which featured Gavin MacLeod, John McCook and Benny Goodman.
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