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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. She was the singing voice of leading actresses on the soundtracks of several musicals, including Deborah Kerr in The King and I, Natalie Wood in West Side Story ...
Jul 25, 2016 · By Margalit Fox. July 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 ...
Feb 3, 2021 · Hollywood’s best-acclaimed ‘ghost’ singer, Marni Nixon was hired, often unbeknownst to the stars themselves, to do the singing for actresses including Deborah Kerr in The King and I, Natalie Wood in West Side Story and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady – all Oscar-winning movie musicals. In 1956, Deborah Kerr was nominated for an Academy ...
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. She was one of those unsung (or "much sung") talents given short shrift at that time. For those who think film ...
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. She was one of those unsung (or "much sung") talents given short shrift at that time.
Jul 29, 2016 · Nixon, who died on Sunday, was a classically trained actress who mostly worked behind the scenes. She dubbed vocals for many films, including My Fair Lady. Originally broadcast in 2001.
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 Deborah Kerr in ...
Jul 25, 2016 · Soprano Marni Nixon, shown above in June 1988, was dubbed "The Ghostess with the Mostest" in Time magazine. "Bad rhyme, but that sort of stuck," she said. Jack Mitchell/Getty Images hide caption
Jul 25, 2016 · Marni Nixon. Add Topic. Marni Nixon, voice of classic movie musicals, has died at age 86. Mark Kennedy. The Associated Press ...
Jul 25, 2016 · Nixon was born Margaret Nixon McEathron in 1930 in Altadena, California. The nickname Marni came from the first letters of her first and middle names. She took up the violin as a child and later ...
