I Could Have Danced All Night - My Fair Lady - Audrey Hepburn 's own voice

[Smile6784]

Audrey's voice wasn't good enough but I'm glad I can hear it now

[theblazingangel]

And Marni Nixon's voice just isn't that good anyway. Shrill and annoying. I don't think Audrey's was a great voice either but if you're gonna pick a voice, pick a great one and Nixon just sounds wrong.

[MotownConnoisseur30]

The thing is that the role of Eliza Doolittle is to be played by a trained soprano. Audrey was not a trained singer nor a soprano. She sounds beautiful when she sang "Moon River" because it was in her comfort zone. Here, she just sounds bad. They did the right thing by dubbing. If they kept this in, the film would been the laughing stock of Hollywood.

[ancilladomini100]

Mamma mia! Che classe ragazzi.....!

[MilaKuleshova]

Одри - прелесть! Самая моя любимая актриса!!!!

[Diandradevita13]

LOVELY EYES. AAAA

[Diandradevita13]

extremely pretty.

[scoreyourlife]

Thanks so much for posting this. I love Audrey Hepburn in this role but am grateful Marni Nixon sang.

[Cineburk]

Thanks for the hard work. It sounds great!

[KatyHallow]

Audrey Hepburn had a good voice; the part was just a bit out of her voice range. Funny Face is a good example of her singing within her comfort zone.

[Sayuri89]

@KatyHallow You are right! And she also sings in breakfast at Tiffany´s. She might not be the best, but she def is not bad at it either! I personally like her voice. It has character and easy to recognize among others!

[jben2199]

Wow - well done, you did a good job syncing this up!

[NewArtsParadigm]

Marni Nixon did an amazing job on the version we recognize as Audrey's. It's great to hear Audrey in the filming. So, why didn't Julie A get chosen for the movie version- someone who can actually sing?

[Asylum07MasterMadman]

@NewArtsParadigm I like Julie, but she never sounded improper enough for the role. I listen to her soundtrack, and its like, this was before she learned? I think Audrey would have been great if they put her in the studio, as this is just a rehearsal track, without the polish.

[NewArtsParadigm]

@Asylum07MasterMadman Haha- yes- Julie had a really AMAZING voice. Have you ever heard her recordings when she was, I think 12, really accomplished. Good point there;)

[Rapture1987]

@NewArtsParadigm Julie's voice changed a lot over the years. Her range kept diminishing, much more rapidly than other singers like Ethel Merman or even Marni Nixon & Judy G. Singing very demanding coloratura pieces at the age of 12 is sure to have harmed her vocal chords in the LONG run!

Audrey's voice on the other hand, despite smoking, changed very little over the years. Even Julie's speaking voice became deeper, while Audrey's voice retained its ethereally feminine quality

[NewArtsParadigm]

@Rapture1987 I don't know- I thought it was in decent shape until she had that operation where she sued for an undisclosed amount and won. Audrey...I love her, and learn so much from every time I see her, but I would never call her a singer...I don't think it changed, because I don't think she had much of one....

[Rapture1987]

@NewArtsParadigm I'm not saying it wasn't "in decent shape until she had that operation" - I'm saying that Julie's vocal RANGE kept shrinking. And I think she taxed her voice a lot in general, sometimes sacrificing vocal health in her pursuit of 'optimum' vocal expression. She always gave 125% when she sang. As for Audrey, I know she wasn't a "singer", and I wasn't referring to her voice as a SINGER - I was talking about her voice/vocal quality IN GENERAL over the years. :)

[TheFearlessPuppy]

@NewArtsParadigm Audrey initially turned down the role as Eliza Doolittle, and said that Julie Andrews should play the part, but Julie Andrews was working on Mary Poppins, so Audrey took the role later on. They were never enimies, and did get along quite well. :)

[lostvocals6]

@TheFearlessPuppy Julie was absolutely never offered the part. She would have leaped at the chance. A number of women, including Liz Taylor, were considered but not Julie. No one knew her outside of Broadway. Disney took a chance giving her her first film, and the gamble paid off. Jack Warner even asked Cary Grant to play Higgins! Grant said, "Not only will I not play Higgins, if you don't give it to Rex I won't even see the film.

[BrainyNairb]

@NewArtsParadigm well according to what i found out, when they were considering filming the musical, they actually considered julie andrews but then thought against it since julie was just starting in broadway and was an unknown actress and they wanted to make the film more popular by using audrey hepburn since she was an already established actress.

[NewArtsParadigm]

@BrainyNairb Hmmmm....interesting. Well, we should find out what's what, for posterities sake:) If she was filming Mary Poppins (with Disney) she was definitely not an unknown. I know she was well known before she had her US Broadway review, but if Mary was her first film?? and wasn't out yet, they could have indeed considered her not well known enough to use for film. History's of success and work with actors is really interesting.

[Rapture1987]

@NewArtsParadigm When the MFL film was being made, Julie Andrews may have been a Broadway superstar, but Audrey was already a Cinematic *LUMINARY* with a number of screen hits, an Academy award, and 3 other Oscar nominations under her belt - in ADDITION to having won a Tony Award in the Theatre world! Even today, Audrey Hepburn's legacy in Cinema/Film eclipses Julie Andrews' achievements in the same medium BY FAAAAAAAR - Julie is only really remembered for Mary Poppins and SOM.

[NewArtsParadigm]

@Rapture1987 I appreciate your love of Audrey (she was amazing)- but it's unfair to say Andrews is only remembered for Poppins and SOM. She has a career that is very different than the film/acting career that Audrey had. I'm not sure comparing them that way works very well. Julie has won tons of awards for all her work, is well- known and still working. I don't think you can compare them. They are different genre's, different skills, different looks.

[Rapture1987]

@NewArtsParadigm If you re-read my post, you'll see that I was referring SPECIFICALLY to Audrey and Julie's achievements in the *CINEMATIC/FILM* industry. Not overall careers. :) :)

[lostvocals6]

@NewArtsParadigm

Julie was absolutely never offered the part. She would have leaped at the chance. A number of women, including Liz Taylor, were considered but not Julie. No one knew her outside of Broadway. Disney took a chance giving her her first film, and the gamble paid off. Jack Warner even asked Cary Grant to play Higgins! Grant said, "Not only will I not play Higgins, if you don't give it to Rex I won't even see the film.

[NewArtsParadigm]

@lostvocals6 be sure to look at who made that comment. Not me;)

[reedman12695]

@NewArtsParadigm because she instead went on to do Mary Poppins and get an academy awards

[NewArtsParadigm]

@reedman12695 Right! And made some fairly pointed comments at Jack Warner, who didn't want her in MFL. I think she was quoted when receiving the award for Poppins as saying something like "Special thanks to Jack Warner who made this all possible" (!)

[lilybith17]

@NewArtsParadigm Julie Andrews did get chosen fo this part. Instead, she turned it down and did Mary Poppins.

[NewArtsParadigm]

@lilybith17 actually- she didn't. She wanted it- and many believe she should have gotten it. Take a look. Jack Warner, head of Warner Studios didn't believe Andrews had enough of a draw and Audrey had never had a box office miss.

[lostvocals6]

@lilybith17 Julie was absolutely never offered the part. She would have leaped at the chance. A number of women, including Liz Taylor, were considered but not Julie. No one knew her outside of Broadway. Disney took a chance giving her her first film, and the gamble paid off. Jack Warner even asked Cary Grant to play Higgins! Grant said, "Not only will I not play Higgins, if you don't give it to Rex I won't even see the film.