Annie Gaybis
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| Born | Annie Gaybis Byner Maryland, Florida |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 💼 Occupation | Actress |
| 📆 Years active | 1973-Present |
| Known for | Oh! Calcutta!, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Friday the 13th Part III |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | John Byner |
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Annie Gaybis Byner (born January 22, 1953) is an American film, stage and television actress, singer, and humanitarian. She is known for her Broadway co-starring role in the 1977 Broadway revival of "Oh! Calcutta!", as well as for her B movie roles, particularly as KTTV's "Bedtime Movie Girl." She also appeared in major Hollywood productions such as Showgirls, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and Friday the 13th Part III.
Early life[edit]
Annie Gaybis was born in Maryland to Myer and Laura Helen Gaybis. Her father ran a home improvement company when she was a child. Her mother died when she was only five years old. Annie would go on to be raised by her father, her grandfather, and a friend of the family. Her father dreamed of his daughter growing up to become an oceanographer.
She received her Actors Equity Card as a child performing children's and teenage roles with the Center Stage repertory company. She studied dance from the age of six, before incorporating dance and voice training. She would eventually move to Los Angeles and continue her training.
Career[edit]
Gaybis began her career in entertainment by juggling stage, film and cabaret work in the early 1970s. A role in 1973's Massage Parlor Murders![1] led to several more throughout the decade, including a co-starring role as Snow White in 1978's movie musical, Fairy Tales with soul singer, Martha Reeves and Professor Irwin Corey. From the early '70s through the mid '80s, she would also begin making guest appearances on several local AM Los Angeles morning television shows.
Her cabaret act began in the mid-1970, opening for acts such as future collaborator, Skip E. Lowe. Over the course of her cabaret career, she would perform in revues and production shows in Las Vegas as well as touring Aruba, Puerto Rico, Dusseldorf, Cancun, and Bermuda. Gaybis took on the starring role of Mary Magdalene in 1973's Tidings, Comfort and Joy at the Actors Playhouse in New York, and starred on Broadway in Oh! Calcutta! at New York’s Edison Theatre from 1977 to 1978. In 1986, she portrayed Bianca in Otello, opposite Placido Domingo and under the direction of famed German opera director, Gotz Friedrich at the Los Angeles Opera.
The 1980s saw several follow up movie roles. Two highlights included her 1982 appearances in Friday the 13th Part III and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. She would also play a role in Orson Welles' reissue of his 1972 movie, Necromancy, entitled The Witching.[2]
In 1992, Gaybis would in The Distinguished Gentleman with Eddie Murphy, and the Twin Peaks movie, Fire Walk with Me. 1995 saw her appearing, uncredited, in both Showgirls and Waterworld. She appeared as a sidekick to Skip E Lowe in the syndicated talk and entertainment show, Skip E Lowe Looks At Hollywood[3] from 1992 to 1994.
From 1993 to 1998, Gaybis' stage acting career followed up with features in Funny Girl, Joey and Maria’s Italian Wedding, Faust, and 1996 Pagliacci. 1997 saw her performing in Fedora with Placido Domingo, and costarring in Desert Song. 1999's La Traviata cast Gaybis and dancer Donna Gale in the dual roles of “Flora's Girls”, and 2000 saw Annie work with film director, Bruce Beresford, in a modern update of Rigoletto at The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
In 2001, she joined the South Korean Universal Ballet company in a production of La Bayadère, and appeared at The Hollywood Bowl in a performance of Wellington’s Victor. 2005 saw Gaybis conducted by Anton Copolla in Rigoletto, and 2008 brought her back to dance in Il Trovatore. From 2008 to 2015, Gaybis starred as Maggie in After the Fall, Catherine Holly in Suddenly Last Summer, and Vanda Jordan in Venus in Fur. She also played Billie Dawn in both 2012 and 2015 productions of Born Yesterday.
She followed this up as Sally Bowles in 2017’s I Am A Camera, and Doris in The Owl and the Pussycat in 2018. In 2019's Nuts, Annie starred as Claudia Faith Draper, while 2021’s production of Two For The Seesaw cast Annie as Gittel Moscawitz in a televised, world-wide pay-per-view streaming production, produced by Eclipse Studios.
The City Repertory Theatre’s 2021 production of Blithe Spirit starred Annie as Elvira.
In 2023, the First Coast Opera's major production of Johann Strauss II comic operetta Die Fledermaus had Annie performing the role of Ivanka, created especially for her talents by director Nelson Sheeley for First Coast Opera.
Gaybis won the 2023 Best Supporting Actress from The Florida International Film Festival for her role in the cult remake of D.O.A. She traveled as special guest to several international film festivals and screenings, throughout the country, for Q&As, before the movie moved on to Amazon, Google Play, Apple TV and VUDU. She finished off 2023 portraying Rita in the two-character play "Educating Rita" for a sold-out run for City Repertory Theatre.
Annie continues to be a key player in several stage, film, and television productions. She tours across the United States with her husband, John Byner, performing at sold out venues. She also continues work on her Annie Gaybis channel on YouTube and anniegaybis.com
Charities[edit]
During her time in Los Angeles, circa 1992, Gaybis was associated with the LA-based non-profit charity, SHARE (Share Happily and Reap Endlessly),[4] through her now-husband John Byner. The group was formerly spearheaded in the 1950s by Dean Martin's wife, Jeanne, to assist children’s organizations.
Personal life[edit]
Gaybis married actor, comedian, and impressionist John Byner on Valentine's Day, 1992. They live in Northeast Florida on the Intracoastal.
References[edit]
- ↑ Massage Parlor Murders, retrieved 2022-04-18
- ↑ The Witching (1983), retrieved 2022-04-18
- ↑ Skip E. Lowe Looks At Hollywood with Guests: Woodlawn with Annie Gaybis open, retrieved 2022-04-18
- ↑ "Share Inc". share4children.org. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
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