Editor’s note: Actor-dancer Mitzi Gaynor died Thursday at age 93. This story was originally published on March 19, 2013. “Oh, honey,” Mitzi Gaynor told us, “it's hard to be Mitzi Gaynor.

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 ...

Mitzi Gaynor, known for her iconic role as Nellie Forbush in the classic 1958 film "South Pacific," died Thursday in Los Angeles. She was 93. Gaynor died from natural causes, the actress' long ...

Mitzi Gaynor, who died Oct. 17 in Los Angeles, put the “viva! in “vivacious,” the adjective most likely to succeed with columnists and press agents looking for a word to capture the quintess ...

By Anita Gates Mitzi Gaynor, the bubbly actress, singer and dancer who landed one of the most coveted movie roles of the mid-20th century, the female lead in “South Pacific,” but who abandoned ...

LOS ANGELES — Mitzi Gaynor, the midcentury Hollywood star who appeared in the movie musicals “South Pacific,” “Les Girls” and ...

Mitzi Gaynor visits Hawaii to film the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, “South Pacific,” in 1958. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) Her entertainment career spanned eight decades across film ...

Mitzi Gaynor, the effervescent dancer and actor who starred as Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film “South Pacific” and appeared in other musicals with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly ...

She was 93. (AP Photo/Don Brinn, File) FILE – Mitzi Gaynor arrives at The Paley Center For Media Los Angeles Benefit Gala on Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014, in Los Angeles. Gaynor, among the last ...

Int his 2012 file photo, actress Mitzi Gaynor at a Golden Globes event in Los Angeles. The entertainer has died at the age of 93. John Shearer/Getty Images, file Share LOS ANGELES — Mitzi Gaynor ...