Marni Nixon on Dubbing for Marilyn Monroe and Deborah Kerr

[funboy7979]

Deborah Kerr, class act. Marni Nixon, ditto.

[funboy7979]

Marni Nixon and Leonard Lopate, two exquisities.

[MyprettyBubble]

I agree, they did the same with Oliver Twist the musical, although that would have been easy to guess....

[Glinkaism1]

This is really interesting. :) Thanks for posting.

[SatchmoSings]

Try telephoning WNYC in New York City; all the on-air people are white; those that work "behind the scenes" are all the most dopey, affirmative-action blacks you can imagine.

[SatchmoSings]

Who is the interviewer?

[egames170]

@DisneyBeck. Julie Andrews played Eliza in the broadway musical of My Fair Lady. But indeed, Marni Nixon did the dubbing for the movie.

[jimjimmyjames59]

Indeed, it was Marni Nixon.

[etraig]

@DisneyBeck i forgive you, you are wrong, it was marni, although it was in the right range, it didn't sound like Julie.

[SatchmoSings]

@DisneyBeck You must be fucking deaf in addition to being a fucking moron; it was Marni Nixon all the way; it doesn't even sound remotely close to Andrews.

Indeed, at the academy awards, Andrews publically "thanked" Jack Warner for keeping her completely OFF the picture; she was as sarcastic and catty as you are an idiot but at least what Andrews had to say was most deserved; you're just a moron.

[DisneyBeck]

@SatchmoSings there is no need for such horrid rudeness. You could've easily have corrected me without personal attack or insult, as other informed people have in a polite civil way.

[SatchmoSings]

@DisneyBeck You are absolutely correct; there is absolutely no excuse for my having addressed you as I did; it was totally uncalled for.

Others pointed your your error in a most polite and civil way but I'm not one of these people.

[PageboyHaircut]

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[SatchmoSings]

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[PageboyHaircut]

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[SatchmoSings]

@PageboyHaircut

Excellent!

Sounds good!



[93Vet]

Marilyn did the entire song except for the NO's.

[hebneh]

I remember first reading about Marni Nixon in, I think, the 1960s. So her dubbing was not a secret by then.

I think this is a fascinating subject and I'd really enjoy knowing whose voices were, and weren't, dubbed. Of course even people who could sing (sort of) might have had their real voice in one film and be dubbed in another. Or be dubbed in portions, as well.

[pinknlilly]

She is amazing

[edwardjames50]

Marni Nixon is a real cunt who trashes Natalie Wood and Audrey Hepburn constantly, But hey, those two ladies are legends, and Nixon is.......nobody. And I do NOT believe that Nixon EVER dubbed Marilyn.

[BsyncVideos]

thumbs up if your the 13,337 viewer hah

[Floymin]

My exposure to Marni was on a kids show here in Seattle called Boomerang. On that show she only looked to be in her 30s. It's amazing that she was actually pushing 50 when she did that show.

[freetobeme03]

This is wonderful to watch! I am a young lady who grew up watching older films with my mom, and it is just so neat to find out the true singers of those movies. Thank you for this!

[witchbax]

Just finished listening to my entire collection of M.M.'s recordings. It took 2 hours. (Obviously it is not her on WHEN I FALL IN LOVE). Anyway, I closed my eyes and just listened -what an amazing voice, so expressive. I guess that's why everyone loves her, it's not just the looks. Even when she is purposely trying to sound bad as in THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC she sounds amazing but awful at the same time.Truly an underated singer.

[theblazingangel]

@witchbax Hmmm, agreed. I'm gonna listen to all of Marilyn's recordings again too. I especially like her sultry turn on Do It Again!

[forthton]

the great Marni Nixon.. I got her autograph at the re-release of My Fair Lady... what a great great dame :)

[frickadele]

Remember "Singing in the Rain?" Debbie Reynold's character.. was dubbing the "STARS" singing voice... and eventually the audience is shown... that the real singer is Debbie's character. Now people are finding out that people like... Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady".... had a dubber. Hollywood manufactures sandcastles. Don't admire a steroid actor like Stallone. He works 2 months a year... pretending to be someone else. That's not a real man. Believe movies...and you're as good as dead.

[Dirkdebruyne]

@frickadele yes , but wasn't Debbie reynolds herself dubbed(in her role as a "dubber") in "singing in the rain " ? she doesn't have a great voice and some of the notes she produces in 'singing in the rain " i find very dubious...

[RobinGoodFellovv]

@Dirkdebruyne

You're right! Ironically Reynolds was dubbed by Betty Noyes.

[TheTypicalGirl]

@frickadele Now people are finding out? This has been public knowledge for decades.

[frickadele]

@TheTypicalGirl

Little by little people find out

whole voice was "dubbed"...

or whose body part was"doubled".

You knew for DECADES....

that Hepburn's voice was dubbed?

[rmtmiller]

The high parts too are Marni Nixon in Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend - including in the intro to the song.

[bsw3222]

wow, how shocking that once again someone is spreading lines about Marilyn, if you look up a clip of Jane russell, Esther williams and this unknown talking about the film, this unknown woman even admits that NOTHING WAS DUBBED!

[JohnnyGNV]

Regarding Marilyn Monroe: She states in her book that on "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" she was asked to dub in one line: -these Rocks don't lose their shape, diamonds are a girl's best friend!" and if you listen to the recording carefully, you can tell, but the rest is pretty much all Marilyn's voice!

[darreyl102]

i had read that the high notes at the start of the song- the 'No's" were dubbed too- but don't know if that's true.

[lou2u]

@JohnnyGNV

A lot of the "No, no, no"s in the beginning are Marni too (not the first of the screeched "No"). Marilyn is there when the song starts "The French..." Marni sang all the higher parts. Marni was good at sounding like MM.

[lou2u]

@JohnnyGNV

Don't forget the "no, no no"s. That's obviously not MM either.

[JohnnyGNV]

@RobinGoodFellovv Well, I couldn't swear to it, but Marni states that just that one line is Marni jumping in on that one phrase. If you listen to it carefully, you can hear that the tail end of the phrase is slightly different. Marni does NOT take credit for the high notes at the beginning of the song, I think that may be yet another soprano. It gets a little confusing, Marilyn had a passable singing voice, but not much of a range I guess -

[ifusuckilltellu]

Marni was great and I always respected her gift but Ms. Monroe never needed her services but a lot less beautiful non-talented women did so that's what kept her bills paid!

[wiebs23]

the topic of dubbing reminds me of the movie "singing in the rain", where kathy selden (debbie reynolds) has to dubb lina lamonts voice, and she wasn't allowed to say,...

[Yasuluvsanime]

@wiebs23 lol I thought of the exact same thing

[MissusFingerBottom]

@wiebs23 this is exactly what I thought! I love both musicals

[petie71]

@wiebs23 Funny about that — Jean Hagen (who played Lina) is the one who actually sang those parts! Lol. So, Jean Hagen dubbed Debbie Reynolds who's character was dubbing Jean Hagen's character! Crazy, eh?

[mndubose]

@wiebs23 Its ironic because they ended up dubbing over Debbie Reynolds in some parts of "Singing in the Rain"--example being "Lucky Star" at the end of the movie. Also, when Kathy is singing for Ms. Lamonte "I Would, Would You", it isn't her actual voice. Strangely ironic, isn't it?

[misshepburn19]

yes she was a nun in the sound of music, she did do a Marilyn Monroe picture but they kept Marilyn's voice in the picture (Gentlemen movie)

[mctavish1953]

wasnt marni one of the nuns in sound of music

[sailorandmeawesome]

but she didnt do any song for marilyn im sure, cuz i have seen marilyns films and the voice sounds like marilynnn!!!!

[norskbente]

@sailorandmeawesome ...Marni Nixon DID, in fact, dub for some of the singing for Marilyn in "Diamonds".

[mauricioD]

Ditto. Audiences were (and still are) captivated as much by the performer on-screen as by the refined character behind the music. 'Shall We Dance?!!'

[BEVERYCUMMINS]

I love her voice and she is wonderful still .

I think a lot of people know and respect this . thank you for posting this