The famed director has done a few films in which the story revolves around a female lead, including 1977’s “New York, New ...

Singer, dancer and actress Mitzi Gaynor, who wowed audiences in movie musicals like "South Pacific," and became a fixture on TV variety shows and a headliner in Las Vegas, died Thursday. She was 93.

She became an international star as a member of the company and later directed it, guiding it out of debt and boosting its popularity.