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`Sidewalks` is honored to talk to an acting
legend
Born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, singer and
dancer Mitzi Gaynor made her cinematic debut
in "My Blue Heaven" (1950).
During the late 1950s, she landed roles that paired
her with Hollywood's leading men, including Bing
Crosby and Donald O'Connor in "Anything Goes"
(1956), Gene Kelly in "Les Girls," and Frank Sinatra
in "The Joker is Wild" (both 1957). In 1958, Mitzi
won the role of Nellie Forbush in Rodgers and
Hammerstein musical "South Pacific."
In the mid-1960s, Mitzi become a major attraction in
the Las Vegas nightclub circuit. She regularly
appeared on a number of television variety programs
in the 1970s, including the eponymous annual musical
special, Mitzi.
In 1989, reprising her 1956 role, Mitzi embarked on
an 11-month tour with a production of "Anything
Goes."
Mitzi is currently at work on her one-woman show, "Razzle
Dazzle: My Life Behind the Sequins," which is
touring the United States and Canada throughout
2009.
In this 2009 interview with SIDEWALKS host
Rafael Siegel, Mitzi talks about working in
Hollywood and what current popular actor she would
love to work with. As part of the promotional tour,
she discusses the 50th anniversary of "South
Pacific," now on Blu-Ray.
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