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  Marni Nixon (Soprano) - Short Biography
Marni Nixon was the singing voice of Audrey Hepburn, Deborah Kerr, Natalie Wood, Jeanne Crain and Marilyn Monroe, to name only a few.
But Marni Nixon has a face -- and voice -- all her own, as she has been demonstrating to audiences for five decades.
Certainly Marni Nixon is a very gifted musical actress, a talent which for years overshadowed her other considerable abilities.
www.bach-cantatas.com /Bio/Nixon-Marni.htm   (956 words)

  
  Marni Nixon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Marni Nixon (born February 22, 1930) is a singer whose renown for dubbing the singing voices of featured actresses in movies earned her the sobriquet "The Ghostess with the Mostess".
Nixon finally appeared on the screen, singing for herself in the film of The Sound of Music as part of the chorus of nuns.
When they first met on the set of The Sound of Music, she greeted Nixon with a hearty handshake and the line: "I really love your work!" In fact, they had already been co-workers on a song, as Nixon voiced one of the trio of geese in the cartoon sequence of Mary Poppins.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marni_Nixon   (569 words)

  
 Interview with Marni Nixon
Nixon, who was also dubbed the "ghostess with the mostess" many years ago by Time Magazine was the singing voice for Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady", for Deborah Kerr in "The King and I" and for Natalie Wood in "West Side Story".
Nixon says she developed her current show to answer the many questions people constantly ask her about the films she has dubbed, the actresses she has sung for, and how dubbing is done.
Nixon spent the 1970's living in Seattle,singing with the Seattle Opera and hosting a local children's TV show called "Boomerang" for which she won four Emmys.
myvanwy.tripod.com /companies/barrington/marninixon.html   (494 words)

  
 Biography for Marni Nixon   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Born Marni McEathron in Altadena, California, she was a former child actress and soloist with the Roger Wagner Chorale in the beginning.
Marni made her Broadway musical debut in 1954 in a show that lasted two months but nothing came from it.
Marni's vocal career in films dissolved by the mid 60s but she continued on with concerts and in symphony halls, while billing herself as "The Voice of Hollywood" in one-woman cabaret shows.
www.imdb.com /name/nm0633262/bio   (800 words)

  
 Theater News - Feature: Marni Nixon: Follies Girl - The "ghostess with the mostess" joins the starry cast of ...
Marni Nixon will probably always be most famous for having provided the singing voices of Deborah Kerr, Natalie Wood, and Audrey Hepburn in the big-screen adaptations of The King and I, West Side Story, and My Fair Lady.
(Nixon later toured with the show.) Now, she is about to join the cast of the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Stephen Sondheim's Follies, again at the Belasco.
Far be it from Marni Nixon to pooh-pooh that legend--certainly not after the paranormal experience she had during the run of The Dead.
www.theatermania.com /content/news.cfm/story/1386   (981 words)

  
 Marni Nixon, The Voice of Hollywood, a CurtainUp Feature
Marni Nixon, autographing her memoir after playing her one-woman show to a full house at Barrington stage.
And Nixon, who like Elaine Stritch and Barbara Cook, is living proof that musical talent and charm need not fall victim to Father Time, has strengthened her mix of reminiscences, songs and film clips to make this a more sophisticated entertainment.
Nixon was happy to be cast as one of the nuns but there was some nervous anticipation about meeting Andrews to whom she served as a reminder of a major disappointment.
www.curtainup.com /marninixon.html   (1005 words)

  
 Rent A Ghost Writer
Marni did this very same thing whether she was creating an operatic character on the stage, or pushing gorgeous sounds out of the lips of Kerr, Wood, Hepburn, or even Marilyn Monroe (yes, she did dub two lines of Marilyn’s famous “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” track).
Just as Marni shadowed Deborah Kerr in 1955 as she walked the sets of The King and I so that she could know what Anna was doing while she sang, fifty years later, in my own way, I shadowed Marni so that I could know how she would tell her life story.
The Marni who could look at her whole life in a way that perhaps the real Marni would not have dared to without a deadline looming before her and without “the ghost’s ghost” there to help her translate it into words and sentences and paragraphs and chapters.
www.rentaghostwriter.com /blog   (2408 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Marni Nixon Sings Gershwin: Music: Marni Nixon,Lincoln Mayorga   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Nixon has a sly, winking way on the best of these songs; her obvious enjoyment of the lyrics is simply infectious.
Nixon sings well, and her operatic sound is beautiful, but, generally, she lacks the warmth and irony of, say, Michael Feinstein, or the range of Ella Fitzgerald.
Nixon's comments (e.g., about "Of Thee I Sing" she exclaims, "This is really big music hall stuff, Radio City kind of thing.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000001574?v=glance   (595 words)

  
 National Opera Association Convention   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Marni Nixon, lovely Titian-haired singer from California, enjoys world-renown as the "Ghostess with the Mostess," as she was dubbed by Time magazine for the unseen role she has performed in the film versions of famous musicals.
Miss Nixon appears as a musical comedy and cabaret performer, opera diva, stage actress, symphony guest artist in both classical and "pops" repertoire, recitalist, recording artist, television raconteuse (and chanteuse), teaches voice and gives Master Classes --- all thoroughout the world.
Indicative of her unique status in the theatrical and msuical worlds, Marni Nixon has the honor to be included amoung the few legendary singers listed in The New Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1980).
www.omti.org /marni.html   (112 words)

  
 Music Store. Shopping: Marni Nixon Sings Gershwin Most Popular Music   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Marni Nixon has the one of the most beautiful voice in Musical Theater History.
This CD is great to listen to not only because its Gershwin but because Marni brings in a natural beauty to Gershwin's music that does its justice.
Marni Nixon, well known as the voice behind Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady," is quite appealing on this collection of Gershwin standards and lesser-known gems.
www.evaluebuy.com /shops/asinsearch_B000001574.html   (204 words)

  
 Marni Nixon @ Soundbug
Marni Nixon (born 22 February 1930), is a singer whose renown for dubbing the singing voices of featured actresses in movies earned her the soubriquet "The Ghostess with the Mostess".
She was born Marni McEathron in Altadena, California, and began singing at a young age in choruses.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, she hosted a children's television show in Seattle on KOMO channel 4 called Boomerang.
www.soundbug.com /artist/1264   (285 words)

  
 Marni Fairies, Elves, Contests, Bases, Tutorials, Websets, Links, And Much More!   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Net is Marni Kotak's conceptual art website by which she turns her entire life into a business, marketing her daily activities as strategic information, her self-documentary photos as.
Marni is named after Marni Pont O'Doherty, who was a senior vice president and banking analyst at Keefe in New York City.
Marni was also well known in the Rick.
www.99hosted.com /names3265.html   (367 words)

  
 Moviefone: Movie Celebrities - Marni Nixon: MAIN
Marni Nixon, The Voice Behind the Movie Musicals, a CurtainUp...
The American soprano, Marni Nixon, is known in the popular world as the singing voice behind...
Besides her singing career, Marni Nixon is also an actress,...
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 NPR : Actress Rita Moreno and Vocalist Marni Nixon
NPR : Actress Rita Moreno and Vocalist Marni Nixon
Fresh Air from WHYY, April 18, 2003 · Moreno won an Oscar for her role as Anita in West Side Story and has been in dozens of films and TV shows.
Marni Nixon is the singing voice of Maria (played by Natalie Wood) in West Side Story.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1236303   (161 words)

  
 Playbill News: Voice of "My Fair Lady" and " West Side Story" Joins Nine on Broadway, Oct. 7
Marni Nixon makes her return to Broadway in the Tony Award-winning revival of Nine, Oct. 7 as the mother of the show's focal character, Guido Contini.
Nixon joins the new cast of Nine which will feature John Stamos as Guido Contini, Eartha Kitt as Liliane La Fleur and Jenna Elfman as Carla.
Nixon has provided the singing voice to many movie musicals for Deborah Kerr, Natalie Wood and Audrey Hepburn in the films "The King and I," "West Side Story" and "My Fair Lady," respectively.
www.playbill.com /news/article/81622.html   (451 words)

  
 Marni Nixon joins the company of NINE! (BroadwayWorld.com)
Marni Nixon will replace Mary Beth Peil on Tuesday, October 7th, 2003.
Miss Nixon is the singing voice for Deborah Kerr, Natalie Wood and Audrey Hepburn in the motion pictures The King and I, An Affair to Remember, West Side Story, and My Fair Lady.
Miss Nixon has been travelling recently with her one- woman show "Marni Nixon: the Voice of Hollywood" and is currently negotiating the release of her Autobiography currently entitled "Marni: Giving up the Ghost".
www.broadwayworld.com /read.cfm?prid=7684   (1045 words)

  
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Nixon lives in New York where she also teaches voice.
Nixon's chameleon-like singing was soon in great demand.
Nixon completed a tour as Fraulein Schneider in "Cabaret" and has dubbed Grandma Fa for Disney's, "The Legend of Mulan." Her son Andrew Gold, is a Songwiter, Record Producer, instumentalist and singer.
www.littlemarysunshine-bway.com /webpages/cast.html   (1587 words)

  
 Biography and Discography - Marni Nixon
Below you will find previously reviewed links to sites containing music and band biographies for Marni Nixon along with any artist, band or singers discography.
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First find Marni Nixon then you can find sites with an accurate discography and biography.
www.iband.com /music/n_bios/Marni_Nixon.html   (308 words)

  
 CD: Marni Nixon: Sings Classic Kern : Marni Nixon
Marni Nixon: Sings Classic Kern : Marni Nixon
Opera singer Marni Nixon did fine working in dubbing singing for the female stars of West Side Story, The King and I and My Fair Lady, but this recording has the depressing sound of the typical crossover album.
Nixon tackles the ballads as though they were arias and sounds pinched and confined; she is uncomfortable with the lighter material.
www.dorothyfields.co.uk /cd_nixon.htm   (158 words)

  
 Nixon - News, Pictures, MP3, Videos and Gossip   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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 Marni Nixon
"Loverly" soprano Marni Nixon has ensured herself a proper place in film...
Discuss this name with other users on IMDb message board for Marni Nixon
Find where Marni Nixon is credited alongside another name
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 Amazon.com: Marni Nixon Sings Classic Kern: Music: Marni Nixon   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Amazon.com: Marni Nixon Sings Classic Kern: Music: Marni Nixon
Marni Nixon, perhaps best-known for dubbing Audrey Hepburn's singing in the film version of "My Fair Lady," turns in a simply magnificent performance here as she sings some of the finest pop songs ever written.
The accompaniment by pianist Lincoln Mayorga and a small band is perfect and it is obvious that was a labor of love for both vocalist and ensemble.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000157S?v=glance   (380 words)

  
 Theatre West
Theatre West alum Marni Nixon talking about her career, with film clips featuring her voice dubbing for Natalie Wood, Deborah Kerr and Audrey Hepburn in West Side Story, The King and I and My Fair Lady.
Marni Nixon - To Tell The Truth Appearance
Theatre West alum Marni Nixon on "To Tell The Truth".
www.theatrewest.org /media.html   (304 words)

  
 Reference Recordings Complete Audiophile Classical, Music Orchestra and Jazz HDCD Catalog
Marni Nixon’s new bestselling autobiography, I Could Have Sung All Night, chronicles her stellar Hollywood career, dubbing the singing voices for many stars, including Audrey Hepburn (My Fair Lady), Natalie Wood (West Side Story), Deborah Kerr (The King and I), and many more.
Now Marni Nixon’s Gershwin and Kern collections, long out of print, are available again, at a new low price of $12.98.
RR-28 MARNI NIXON SINGS CLASSIC KERN - $12.98
www.referencerecordings.com   (3041 words)

  
 Nixon, Marni - MP3, links, discography
Marni Nixon talks about dubbing Deborah Kerr in andquot;The King andamp; Iandquot;.
Singing for Deborah Kerr: An Interview With Marni Nixon
Reprint of an article that appeared in the liner notes of the motion picture soundtrack for andquot;The King andamp; Iandquot;.
cooking.erp-volga.com /music/Nixon_Marni.html   (95 words)

  
 Marni Nixon   (Site not responding. Last check: )
"Loverly" soprano Marni Nixon has ensured herself a proper place in film...
Discuss this person with other users on IMDb message board for Marni Nixon
Find where Marni Nixon is credited alongside another name
www.imdb.com /name/nm0633262   (280 words)

  
 VH1.com : Marni Nixon : Artist Main
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 Music By Marni Nixon
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The King And I - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Audio CD
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