Marni Nixon - Movie and TV Clips

[delicatewhimsy]

I had no idea she was the voice behind all of my favorite muscials... I feel like my whole life is a lie! But she had such a versatile voice. And so beautiful too! My goodness.

[ApoloExpress]

i grew up liking sister sophia the best because she was on maria's side haha and a few years ago when i found out she was marni nixon i was yeahhhh!! she's awesome!!!

[CharlieMount]

Marni didn't sing for Julie Andrews in "Mary Poppins". She did voices for the animated characters.

[Picture111]

Why is the clip from Mary Poppins included? I thought that was all Julie Andrews?

[RobinGoodFellovv]

@Picture111

She's not dubbing Julie Andrews, she's dubbing the geese!

[girldetective18]

Incredible voice. Ahhhh

[gLeEeEeK123]

Legend.

[dahsuerk]

My family always had both the Broadway and motion pictures record albums of the hit musicals. The motion picture soundtrack albums never mentioned who sang the songs.

[Loobs666]

Did you also know that she over-dubbed Johnny Rottens vocals on the Sex Pistols' track 'Anarchy in the UK' and the Nine Inch Nails track 'Starfuckers inc'...amongst many others! Check out the Stranglers first album, Rattus Norvegicus.... It's all Marni!

[Iaminlovewithmusic42]

i love her voice.

[SopranoChic08]

She came to my university a few days ago and spoke about her career. She's quite wonderful =)

[eotto2001]

Thanks for the post. Marni has a wonderful voice. I've been falling her for years.

[skuttytip]

If I'm not mistaken Marni dubbed Leslie Caron in "Gigi." Is this mentioned in Nixon's book?

[Schrotter0512]

I watched Mulan and had a look at the credits; under every character was written who was the speaking voice, and when there was another person singing than speaking it was divided into singing and speaking voices - except for grandma fa :( Mrs whatever spoke her, but Marni Nixon is not mentioned

[Kismetico]

If you read Marni's book, she is frank about her career and is not unkind about any of the women she voice-doubled.She and Deborah really collaborated - and lovely Audrey ,she said, tried so hard to impress the producers with her gentle but limited singing voice.She felt sorry that Natalie was praised by the producers to her face, and all the while they intended to dub her,when filming finished.

Natalie was furious,and i can understand why.

[jmie5]

That's a pretty neat appraisal of Mrs. Nixon's book; you make it sound very interesting, and thank you for the time. :)

At least poor Natalie Wood has one song undubbed in "West Side Story," if you can call it that, the twenty-second or so snippet of "Somewhere," after Tony is shot. That's all her, and it's a little too less to judge by, but I think she sounded very pretty (though I'm sure Marni was far more polished, thus history went the way it did.)

[Rapture1987]

@jmie5 Audrey Hepburn sang more in MY FAIR LADY than Natalie Wood did in WSS. Audrey sang most of "Just You Wait" herself - as well as the reprise, later on in the film.

Audrey also sang a few lines in the introduction to "I Could Have Danced" (e.g: 'Sleep, sleep, I couldn't sleep tonight!')

If they had transposed the songs down for Audrey, she could have done it with some proper guidance - not in an operatic manner of course, but still meaningfully.

Still, Marni was mostly awesome in MFL.

[grandmagrumpy]

Thank you, Marni, for all those golden notes!

[ironica728]

I love Marni.

[BEVERYCUMMINS]

I would love to see her  sing on her own. I didn't know about Mulan. and Sound of Music. I think she deserves accolades galore for these performances. I saw she was on Broadway herself

[swanningaround]

The woman is a genius. She is the original of all these great songs. Wow!

[nclysander]

Well, yes and no. Gertude Lawrence, Julie Andrews, and Carol Lawrence were the first Anna, Eliza, and Marias on Broadway respectively. They were the VERY originals. But yes, Nixon's versions have been with film audiences for generations.

[swanningaround]

Hi nc. You are quite correct and obviously well informed. Thanks for your comments. :)

[supersammie89]

Grandma Fa too? No kidding!

[oliviaphobia]

i love marni nixon :]

i wish she had gotten to act in fair lady...

[KatherineXIX]

The best dubbing job in history, in my opinion, was her singing for Deborah Kerr in The King and I - they sounded exactly alike. But in My Fair Lady it wasn't all that convincing - Audrey had a beautiful speaking voice and Marni had a gorgeous singing voice, but they just didn't sound anything alike.

[dannybex]

I agree -- she was fine for Kerr, but didn't work at even trying to match Hepburn's softer speaking voice nor Natalie Wood's voice in West Side Story. Also, it's a shame she feels the need to trash those whose voices she dubbed, just because she never had the career they did. Still, she sounds GREAT at age 76!

[xenglishluvx]

Wow, i only knew that she dubbed for My Fair Lady! Marni has a wonderful voice, and is amazongly talented - i so wish i could sing like her! I am glad, though, that i got to see her onstage in My Fair Lady - but not as Eliza; as Mrs. Higgins. She was fantastic as that role. I do wish she could have been Eliza Doolittle, though.

I had no idea she was in Mulan!

[dotsymae]

Marni-My husband got me your book and I have studied every word. It is SO interesting and informative and very moving. (Sometimes to tears like when your sister-in-law died) You have had the most amazing life...I hope you do more things in the future so you can write a sequel! Bless your heart.

[satininacoffin]

Haha I had no idea she was in Mulan.

[alanbweaver]

I saw Marni perform a few years ago and she was terrific. what a talent and voice. She accepted her role as a "dubber". how many people have been in SO many classic musicals! Great job Marni!

[princessdisney26]

wow-that is so cool-does she still perform at all? how did u get to see that? ur so luckey! i can only imagine how terrific that must have been to see her perform.

[54nomore]

It is unbelievable to me a woman w/so much talent never truly got the recognition from the masses she truly deserved. She has such a tremendous and most beautiful voice. I grew up on those musicals she dubbed for, and I can never forgive the producers for never mentioning her in the credits. I love and adore Marni Nixon and she will forever hold a place in my heart. She should be given a special Oscar, Tony, and Grammy for her work over these years. Great Post!!

[meavid]

I grew up with her as the host of Boomerang, a Seattle children's show. She was fantastic. "A Boo-mer-ang, a boo-mer-ang, what does it do? It comes back to you"

[placekicker]

"It's a funny looking thing, something like an airplane wing..."

[meavid]

"and when you throw it, ever so high, so high it seems to hide in the sky..."

[shelleyboodles]

I loved Boomerang! "B boom boom, b boom boom..."

I wish there were clips of it on YouTube. I can't find any.

[nightengale3093]

i had no idea that she sang in so many movies, i only knew about West Side Story, and The Sound Of Music. That is absolutly amazing.

[sschimel]

She has had an amazing career, because while she was dubbing these movies, she was also performing and recording music as far afield as Arnold Schoenberg. And her career has lasted for ever it seems. The video mentions performances in 2006.

[aznbabessz]

i love love love love love her voice!!!!!!!!!!! especially the song she sang for audrey hepburn =)

[starrbeatlesqueen]

whoa. i had no idea audrey's voice was dubbed in my fair lady.

[Kismetico]

Marni is truly amazing with her mimicing of the voice patterns of talented stars like Deborah Kerr, Audrey Hepburn and Natalie Wood.But the secret has been out for years, and Ms Nixon has rightly been billed as The Voice of Hollywood and found a successful career for herself. Good on you,Marni.

[dabebe39]

I was in a musical review with her at college in 1996 or was it 97.

[FessdapFrisc]

I love how her voice has all these different personalities, like it sounds different in every song.

[tismalu]

She's excellent !

[ellandelachapelle]

Thanks for posting this. She´s been one of my favourite singers ever since my best friend discovered that she sang instead of Hepburn, Wood and Kerr. We thought this grossly unfair! Like Debbie Reynolds in Singing in the Rain - only Marni didn´t really the credit she deserved! (perhaps she does now?) Greetings from Swedish music critic

[CrescentNoon]

True definition of a legend.

[juanieboy12]

Didn't she win an award for her work?

[FessdapFrisc]

Gosh I hope so. She's amazing!

[petthead]

mom! You're great! Love you, Andrew Gold, son of ernest and Marni Nixon-Gold

[tismalu]

Wow!You're her son!

[abitjilted]

UnFAIR....she was a glorious talent- hope she gets her much deserved place on the WALK OF FAME

[FAS1582]

Amazing. Not only a great singer but also a great mimic. Changes her voice for each part, each actress. Flawless.

[dgill1965]

Bravo!! BTW, Marni appeared on a Prairie Home Companion broadcast (as herself) circa 2004. The show is likely available on-line.

[ChocolateSprinklz]

yeah i was at that show :o]

she is completely amazing

[contardi]

marvelous

[judygenefan]

She's so underrated. Thanks for posting.

[doktorharp]

Thanks, great to see this. What versatility! Check our her her work in the Randy van Horne singers for Hannah-Barbera cartoons such as Top Cat and the Flintstones.