`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.