Mitiz Gaynor, the actress best known for starring in the film version of ‘South Pacific,’ is dead at 93.

Her entertainment career spanned eight decades across film, television and the stage.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mitzi Gaynor, the effervescent dancer and actor who starred as Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film of

Mitzi Gaynor, the effervescent dancer and actor who starred as Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film of "South Pacific" and appeared in other musicals with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, has died. She was 93. Gaynor, among the last survivors of the so-called golden age of the Hollywood…

Mitzi Gaynor, the effervescent dancer and actor who starred as Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film of "South Pacific" has died at the age of 93.

Among the last survivors of the so-called golden age of the Hollywood musical, she died of natural causes in Los Angeles on Thursday morning.

Mitzi Gaynor, the effervescent dancer and actor who starred as Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film of "South Pacific" and appeared in other musicals with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, has died. She was 93.

Mitzi Gaynor's entertainment career spanned eight decades across film, television and the stage, but she is best remembered for “South Pacific.”