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stopbush

(24,396 posts) Mon Jul 25, 2016, 02:50 PM Jul 2016

Marni Nixon Has Died - Voice of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady

Singer Marni Nixon has died at the age of 86. She didn’t get the marquee credit, but the singing in some of the most famous musicals of the twentieth century was actually her work.

As NPR relates, Nixon lent her voice to Deborah Kerr as Anna Leonowens in The King and I; Natalie Wood as Maria in West Side Story; and Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. (She presumably wouldn’t have gotten that last gig if they’d cast the actress who originated the role...

http://pictorial.jezebel.com/marni-nixon-the-real-voice-of-my-fair-ladys-eliza-dool-1784261446

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Marni Nixon Has Died - Voice of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady (Original Post) stopbush Jul 2016 OP

She was marvelous. narnian60 Jul 2016 #1

Awwww..... LisaM Jul 2016 #2

Sad news. I saw her in a panel discussion after the 40th anniversary showing of West Side Story. pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #3

Rest in peace, sweet fair lady. MerryBlooms Jul 2016 #4

She was wonderful! RIP Marnie. smirkymonkey Jul 2016 #5

Her son, Andrew Gold, had a hit in 80's with the song "Lonely Boy". Boomerproud Jul 2016 #6

Wow the voice of West side story UTUSN Jul 2016 #7

She was well known in classical music circles for tackling stopbush Jul 2016 #8

narnian60

(3,510 posts)

1. She was marvelous.

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Mon Jul 25, 2016, 02:53 PM

Jul 2016

LisaM

(27,801 posts)

2. Awwww.....

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Mon Jul 25, 2016, 02:53 PM

Jul 2016

We had an album of her doing, I guess you'd call them Mary Poppins "covers". She had a beautiful voice. A friend of mine took a voice lesson from her once.