I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy "A Wonderful Guy" is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific." It was first introduced by Mary Martin in the original Broadway production and sung by Mitzi Gaynor in the 1958 film adaptation. In the show, Nellie sings this song after being convinced that despite the racial differences between her and Emile, there is good in him. And so she is elated to be in love with him. Rodgers and Hammerstein were as inspired by Mary Martin's personality as they were by the character of Nellie Forbush to
Nellie Zabel Willhite Nellie Zabel Willhite Eleanor "Nellie" Zabel Willhite (Born November 22, 1892 in Box Elder, South Dakota – September 2, 1991) was the first deaf woman to earn a pilot’s license, as well as South Dakota’s first female pilot. Willhite became deaf at age two due to measles. She earned her pilot's license in 1928. She was a founding member of the Ninety-Nines, an organization which was founded in 1929 with 99 female pilots as founding members, and is dedicated to the advancement of aviation and support for women in aviation. Willhite started the first South Dakota chapter of the Ninety-Nines