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Marni Nixon
22 February 1930
Marni Nixon played in 1 movies in the Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family genres.
Marni Nixon got succeed with average imdb rating 7.2.
Dubbed singing voice of Eliza Dolittle for Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady (1964).
Hosted "Boomerang," a Seattle children's TV show.
Children with Ernest Gold: Andrew Gold, Martha (b. 1954), and Melani (b. 1962).
Provided the singing voice for Natalie Wood in West Side Story (1961). She also was Deborah Kerr's singing voice in both An Affair to Remember (1957) and the musical classic The King and I (1956).
Started out at the age of four as a violinist and had a singing act with her sisters by age eight.
... Earned her reputation as "Singing Voice of the Stars" by "ghosting" other film luminaries as well, including Margaret O'Brien, Janet Leigh, and Jeanne Crain in some of their song sequences. She even touched up some singing parts for Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), dubbing the phrase "These rocks don't lose their shape" and some higher notes in the "Diamond's Are a Girl's Best Friend" number.
She starred in her own local children's TV show in Seattle entitled "Boomerang" in the late 70s and early 80s and won four Emmys for her efforts.
Toured extensively with both Liberace and Victor Borge.
Of her three children, Andrew Gold is a rock musician, composer and producer; daughter Martha Carr is a psychologist; and Melanie Gold is a singer and songwriter.
Has appeared in one film with Julie Andrews: The Sound of Music (1965). She also provided Eliza Dolittle's singing voice for Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady (1964) -- a role originated on the stage by Andrews.
Also dubbed the singing voice of Anita (Rita Moreno) in West Side Story (1961) for the song "Tonight" when Betty Wand developed bronchitis at the last moment.
When Harvey Fierstein was asked who should play the lead in a film adaptation of the musical "La Cage Aux Folles", he replied: "Me! Dubbed by Marni Nixon!".
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