Mitzi Gaynor: "I quit film because I was ordinary in them."
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- Mitzi's films included There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), which featured Irving Berlin's music and also starred Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Marilyn Monroe, Donald O'Connor, and Johnnie Ray; and South Pacific, the 1958 motion picture adaptation of the stage musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein.
On July 30, 2008, Gaynor, along with Kenny Ortega, Elizabeth Berkley, Shirley MacLaine, and cast members from High School Musical, So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing with the Stars, and a host of others, participated in the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences TV Moves Live, a celebration of 60 years of dance on television. Gaynor appeared performing the final few bars of "Poor Papa", a song-and-dance number from her 1969 TV spectacular, Mitzi's 2nd Special. Four months later, on November 18, City Lights Pictures released Mitzi Gaynor Razzle Dazzle: The Special Years, a new documentary celebrating Gaynor's annual television specials of the '60s and '70s. The film, which was broadcast on public television and released on DVD, includes show-stopping moments from the original specials (digitally remastered in 5.1 stereo) along with newly taped interviews with Gaynor colleagues, friends, and admirers, including Bob Mackie, Carl Reiner, Kristin Chenoweth, Rex Reed, Tony Charmoli, Alton Ruff, Randy Doney, and Kelli O'Hara. Gaynor's one-woman show, Razzle Dazzle: My Life Behind the Sequins, toured the United States and Vancouver, from 2009 thru 2014, including an acclaimed 2 week engagement in NYC.
On December 4, 2006, Jack Bean, Gaynor's husband of 52 years, died of pneumonia in the couple's Beverly Hills, California home, aged 84. A producer and personal manager, Bean guided Gaynor's career. Mitzi is now 85 years old.
Mitzi was NEVER ordinary. Still beautiful at 86.
Shes 90
@@jackchen7003 She couldn't be 90 in this video. She's gorgeous.
I could listen to her all day. So honest and articulate. Great live performer.
She wasn't just ordinary! She was fabulous! Couldn't take my eyes off her when she was in a film. It wasn't just her beauty. It was her presence.
Great personality : she is honest, humble : she's amazing
Actors today could use a lesson from her.
“Then my hair grew in blonde...” 😂 I’ve been waiting 40 years for that to happen to me!
She’s a cutie!
Her honesty is incredibly refreshing.
Mitzi owned South Pacific. She was magnificent in it.
YES!!!!!
alexalex13131 Totally agree! She was just magnificent. I own the bluray and watch it all the time. She has a wonderful screen presence - definitely owned the role of Nellie.
I,ve never warched South Pacific.only the famous song clips. Nothing like a Dame is fantastic where Nellie comes jogging through ....' oh Luther.....'. And the haunting Bali Hi'ie. Think i'll watch it now though.
@@degsbabe Juanita Hall who had the done the play and sang Bali Hai ,was, oddly, dubbed in the movie.
Oh well, back to Steven Seagal for you then.
I love how honest Mitzi is in this interview - and all he interviews she gives on UA-cam. She says that she didn't have a movie star personae. I don't quite agree with her. Whenever Mitzi was on the screen in any of her movies, there was light, happiness, and effervescence.
Star, I think she was so talented! Thanks for watching. I hope you will check out the other interviews on my Channel. Best to you.....
I am subscribing right now! Thanks for your kind reply. It's great to be a part of the "Mitzi Admiration Society."
So right. I had the opportunity to see her live (Latin Casino) in the early Sixties. She is 100% genuine.
The other side of the coin is that every interview you see on YT is stolen and the posters criminals. Those interviews are protected by copyright and none of the posters have permission from the rights owners.
What a wonderful, humble, talented lady!
She's like a breath of fresh air! Love her!
Matzo Gaynor you were more than good in South Pacific. You were absolutely perfect in that movie. You are absolutely beautiful. What a wonderful legacy to leave.
Her dancing was outstanding. She was Cyd Charisse level.
I think she was better than Cyd Charisse in jazzy numbers -- Charisse looked too balletic in them (though she excelled in more balletic choreography).
No question mitzi and cyd both had the most beautiful legs in film history.
But not as good as her look-a-like Vera-Ellen. Eleanor Powell was the only other one at Vera-Ellen's level.
She was sooo good in South Pacific and she had a figure to die for. She’s so humble about her talent.
She had the perfect physique
What a joyful Lady, and I mean Lady. Thank you for posting.
I think she was wonderful in "South Pacific" and "Les Girls." I still find her fascinating!
Very fine interview and video clip... Mitzi is one in a million... and very modest and forthcoming about her fame, talent and career. Her singing and dancing in that 1967 Academy Awards Show to Georgy Girl is the stuff of legend, as is her appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show that helped introduce the Beatles to America. Her place in history and in the entertainment industry is her's to keep now. Along with South Pacific, she will be remembered for all those wonderful television specials during the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s on CBS. Bravo Mitzi!
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Do you have any idea what year this interview was I can't seem to figure it out from the description.
Wow! Now that is sober introspection. And on camera no less! You're aces with me Mitzi.
OMG You thought you were ordinary?? We think you're extraordinary . Bless you Mitzi for all the joy you've given us ❤
Believe me Mitzi, you are one of the main reasons why I continue watching South Pacific almost once a year with my wife and still love watching you playing Nellie Forbush from Small Rock Arkansas. Don't be so modest. I think that your acting skills were extraordinary enough to make me fall madly in love with the character you helped to create. I think I enjoy watching that movie as much now as I did when it first came out in 1958. My crush for you never waned, never, ever. I'll bet there are millions of other South Pacific aficionados who feel the same way I do. You touched us in a very special and tender way and that, I believe, is something you should be very happy about!
She's the personification of professionalism.
Mitzi Gainer has delighted me since I was a young man. She remains to me, one of the greatest performers, ever. Thank you so much for your gift to me and so many others.
i am glad mitzi has got the recognition she so deserves, as she is one of the greats of show business
Mitzi is adorable. Funny that she ended the interview with the statement 'look at my work, that is what I do'. I just finished watching a previous video interview with Mitzi and she said one of the reasons that she got the role in South Pacific is because she auditioned whereas other actresses did not, instead saying 'look at my work, that is what I do'.
A wonderful star. And modest and funny. Who cannot adore her ?
What a breath of fresh air! Honesty, simple charm, laughing at her own expense. I love her!
Mitzi, just face it, you're 🔥🔥🔥🔥! Thank you for all your hard work, and your extraordinary dancing 🙏
What a fine down to earth talent. Open, honest and terrific in the process. Class act Mitzi.
The idea that she "had no persona" blows my doors off. She's MITZI GAYNOR, fer cryin' out loud! Ever since I first saw her in South Pacific, I've had a crush on her. Even when she was "acting," as she puts it, she was adorable. She is one of my ALL-TIME FAVORITES!
Remarkable person, Mitzi Gaynor. If Hollywood couldn't find challenging roles for her--other than South Pacific--Hollywood was nuts.
She’s actually on Instagram if anyone wanted to know ...
if Mitzi did have those thoughts, perhaps it answers the question as to why Mitzi did not become a massive film star, if it was down to talent alone and personality she should have been offered every part on offer, as she is a triple threat consummate entertainer.
I have loved Mitzie since I was a kid. She is beautiful, even today. IM GLAD SHE IS STILL HERE
Thanks for posting. Mitzi is a very cool and genuine lady. Her innate enthusiasm also made her characters enjoyable.
Mitzi is one of the sassiest and most beautiful women who's ever hit the screen.
Hard not to love her. She's one of a kind
I think she was fantastic. A triple threat! Act, sing and dance!
Honest and gorgeous. As well as talented. Wish Hollywood still had entertainers as classy as her
Just recently saw an interview with her and she said she never felt like she was anything special. Imagine being Mitzi gaynor and having self doubts when she is remarkable in her performances and her ability to connect with the audience ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Always loved her work....As a child, South Pacific was the very first Film I ever saw. I was mesmerized then and to this day, I will never forget how good the movie made me feel :-)
I've watched several interviews with her. She really seems well-grounded, smart, and analytical. She was before my time (I first heard of her b/c she was on Ed Sullivan with the Beatles). Very impressive.
Her honesty and self awareness is so refreshing in a performer.
I love her. She is very talented, beautiful and a fabulous dancer. She is a legend and an icon.
perfect at everything
I LOVE Mitzi Gaynor!!! Nellie Forbush did it for me.
She was magnificent ☺️ Very lovely voice and the dancing is superb. This is so raw kudos to you Mitzi. I wish my hair would grow out a different color 🧡🧡🧡
So sad that this woman, who sparkled many peoples lives with her enchanting personality and to me was indeed a STAR and very good actress doesn’t think she is 🌷
Mitzi is a gift, so full of life. Not like the Kardashians. So full of themselves.
@tin pan alley 1619 Broadway she warrants attention.
Mitzi is fantastic - so candid - and what a legacy. She takes herself to task for her acting in films - but I've always loved her.
She was wonderful in movies! I loved her; beautiful & very talented. I don't know why she thinks poorly of herself as an actress. such a adorable and sweet personality, and is one of my favorite actresses. I just finished watching "I don't care" and I really don't think anyone else could have done such a wonderful job on the movie than she did. Every movie of her's I have absolutely loved. I actually always admired her personality and acting skills. Well, Mitzi, you have at least one fan who thinks you were wonderful in movies and still are in life
You can't be a legend by being ordinary, only by being extra-ordinary can you be a legend. And she is one.
WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great performer ---Very talented & gorgeous.
From a mad keen 77yo Aussie fan.
She makes a wonderful appearance on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964. Same show the Beatles appeared in on February 16, 1964 in Miami. She looked great. Apparently, the Beatles really enjoyed meeting her. They asked for her autograph.
Wonderful interview. One real lady and an excellent performer.
Mitzi Gaynor was as beautiful as Betty Grable and Marilyn, and just as talented.
Ordinary? Not in the least. She needs to watch her movies as a critic, she was incredible she was wonderful in No Business....
Mitzi is still one of my favorates
She's a pro who embraces change!
She was just as cute as she could be. Her persona was the prettiest girl next door, that was the cheerleader, home coming queen, dated the capt of the football team and was absolutely wonderful to her little sister. I loved her movies and her specials. She and Bob Mackie were a team with costumes. Everybody thinks it was Cher. No it was Mitzi.
I've carried a torch for her my whole life. I'm 60 now and the torch is still glowing for her. Just look at her face. She's absolutely beautiful.
No wonder I liked her and liked to see her in movies. She seems like someone who would like me!
What a delightful Lady. Very classy and modest. Unusual for Hollywood. But then she is not a typical Hollywood movie star. Refreshing.
This Beautiful Lady was honest ,humble, kept it real,to put it plainly She was not a Lady to be owned and pushed around and ...and was Not willing to "sell her soul"so to speak.
She didn’t mention THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS, she was terrific there too.
She and an incredible figure and could sing and dance, if she felt time to get out then it was the right time to get out. She had the talent to stay longer but as she states did not want to do what she did not want to do. I can see her coming back and people loving her. Talented lady.
She's wonderful.
I love her. She was one of the Hollywood greats along with many others. So humble too.
Nothing ordinary about this lady! She is beautiful, smart and talented! A real star!
no way! you were/are awesome! such light, and energy, and talent.... iconic!
Mitzi was a knock out then and still is. She performed with excellence every time I've seen her.
She turns 90 this year. What a class act.
I last saw and met Mitzi in 1973 at one of her stage performances of, "South Pacific". Wonderful lady and a consummate pro. Not many know that Elizabeth Taylor (lacked the voice) and Doris Day (Day's star-power was feared it might overpower the film) were first considered for the part of "Nellie" before Mitzi got the part. She was great!
Doris Day would have elevated “South Pacific” to an outstanding entertainment rather than a merely pleasant experience.The studio was
not prepared to pay D.D. what she was worth (she was the world’s no.1 box office star).The result speaks for itself.”South Pacific” and
‘’My Fair Lady” were the two most successful shows in the history of Broadway yet they compromised on casting the female leads with
the movie versions and I will never understand why.Doris Day and Julie Andrews were both head and shoulders above the others.
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David Allen Doris Day would have been perfect for the roll of Nellie Forbush.
God forbid, Elizabeth Taylor. The saints be praised that never happened.
@@davidallen508 I do not like Doris Day and Julie Andrews whom have both been very pro lgbtq.
Humble about her accomplishments. Good quality.
And this is why I like her so much. She's honest about herself but I think she was very entertaining and talented.
I adore Mitzi.... she was a terrific actress and performer...
LOVE her!
Dancing superb.
Acting and screen presence memorable, stellar.
She's So Beautiful, I think she's Smarter than all of them, She Was Too Honest& Authentic for Hollywood ...Im glad she's Comfortable with herself..She Stayed True to herself, I admire that🥰🤩😘
We just saw Mitzi in South Pacific on the the big screen for it's 60th anniversary. It was something else! I took my youngest daughter one night, and took my other daughter three nights later. So great to show to the young ones. Mitzi was perfect - we all agree on that. Wish she had made more films.
When was this interview and who was the interviewer? I recognize him from local L.A. t.v, but can't remember his name. Thank you so much for this!
Very few down to earth & grounded people in the entertainment industry like Mitzi.
Didja ever see any of her TV specials? Hardest working woman in show business!!! Terrific!!!!
She Seems Pretty Interesting To Me !! I Could Have Listened To Her More.
She is very sincere and absolutely right. To be a movie star or actress star you need a special persona... also very fair while talking about colleagues . I like her very much
THIS INTERVIEW BRINGS TO MIND ANOTHER OF MY FAVORITES...JANE POWELL....SHE HAD TALENT GALORE...BUT SHE WAS WASTED IN FILM...WHY????
One of my favs! Pretty is as pretty does. Love Mitzi Gaynor.
This taping was a single camera effort, common back when cameras were expensive. If you watch you can see the interviewer "acting" his questions (after they had turned the camera around and Mitzi was long gone...). Not to single him out and kudos to the editor for making it seamless, I just wanted to point out how hard it was to make television before computers...and cost effective tech...p.s. Mitzi could have, but did not feel like playing along. I admire her for that.
She is celebrity goals! She is so talented! Only if more actors strived for this type of ability!
so interesting to hear these actors talk behind the scenes. thanx to youtube there are tons of celebrity interviews to see, and when you put them all together, you get an idea of what the 'business' side of show business was really like.
Refreshingly honest and down to earth. Have always loved beautiful talented Mitzi! I think if she had any true competition dancing and singing wise it was with the late great Doris Day who of course could also act! Thanks for sharing ~
This is what a star should be,knows she has good qualities, and bad ones,down to earth, a decent person beautiful outside and inside!!!!!!😁🇬🇧
Mitzi is one of the best , not arrogant like most now days ‘ stars ‘
I. love watching her dance.
Dawn French is amazing! This characterisation is brilliant.
I wish I could have seen her in person, she was so real!
What an honest woman! She also seems genuine and approachable. Very rare.
She's a perfectionist & too hard on herself imo.
Kind of reminds me of Julie Adams, who was a great story teller since she was so honest and self-depreciating.
She’s always been a star. Still is at 90.
AMAZINGLY HONEST WOMAN .............LOVE HER.....................
What a delightful lady, Mitzi looks stunning.
Well I wouldn't mess with this lady 💕💖..Mitzi she's so pretty 2022.
She’s not ordinary to her fans. I wonder who put that idea in her head. Some overly critical director or studio boss. She was precious and magical in South Pacific.
Ms. Gaynor could sure sing and dance. Before Hollywood and "South Pacific" took hold, Mitzi was this very ethnic looking Hungarian from Chicago. I have often thought she would have made an excellent "bad" girl in film noir - in black & white. She's very bright, and could have found a way to do it.