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Margaret Nixon McEathron (February 22, 1930 – July 24, 2016), known professionally as Marni Nixon, was an American soprano and ghost singer for featured actresses in musical films.
Jul 25, 2016 · Marni Nixon, the American cinema’s most unsung singer, died on Sunday in Manhattan. She was 86. The cause was breast cancer, said Randy Banner, a student and friend. Ms. Nixon, a California...
Marni Nixon. Actress: The Sound of Music. "Loverly" soprano Marni Nixon ensured herself a proper place in film history although most moviegoers would not have recognize her had they passed her on the street. But if you had heard her, that might be a horse of a different color.
Kerr's Anna Leonowens in The King and I (1956), Natalie's Maria in West Side Story (1961), and Audrey's Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady (1964) were all dubbed by the amazing but uncredited Nixon. Born Margaret Nixon McEathron on February 22, 1930, in Altadena, California, she was a child actress.
Jul 25, 2016 · The singer dubbed the voices for Deborah Kerr in The King and I, Natalie Wood in West Side Story and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady — three of Hollywood's biggest movie musicals. Nixon died ...
Jul 25, 2016 · Marni Nixon, known as Hollywood's "invisible voice", has died aged 86. The singer appeared, uncredited, on many of the biggest movie musicals of all time - dubbing the voices for...
Dec 28, 2016 · We take a moment to remember Marni Nixon, a singer who lent her voice to actresses in some of Hollywood's biggest movie musicals. She died in July of complications from breast cancer.
Jul 29, 2016 · Remembering Hollywood 'Ghost Singer' Marni Nixon Nixon, who died on Sunday, was a classically trained actress who mostly worked behind the scenes. She dubbed vocals for many films, including My...
Feb 3, 2021 · Marni Nixon was Hollywood’s great unsung singer. She dubbed the voices of Audrey Hepburn in 'My Fair Lady', Deborah Kerr in 'The King and I' and Natalie Wood in 'West Side Story'. But for most of her career, no one knew who she was.
Jul 25, 2016 · NEW YORK — Hollywood voice double Marni Nixon, whose singing was heard in place of the leading actresses in such classic movie musicals as “West Side Story,” “The King and I” and “My Fair Lady,”...