Marni Nixon - To Tell The Truth

[dahsuerk]

My Fair Lady, King and I, West Side Story are all Marni Nixon. She was one of the nuns in the Sound of Music.

[gLeEeEeK123]

I love Marni!

[escondida123]

I"d love to be a dubber, but bummer, I do not enjoy my own voice that much , as to punish others with it. I guess, "Singing in the rain" was kind of inspired of a dubber lady like Mrs Nixon.

[KimLoveJulie]

Can i see the whole thing everywhere

[cjcher]

I actually grew up in the Seattle area with her kids show Boomerang that she hosted.

[bigred997]

This was a no-brainer. If you saw Sound of Music, she was one of the nuns singing near the beginning in a long sequence and was given screen credit.

[vinylsingleman]

Andrew Gold, who had the hits "Lonely Boy" and "Thank You For Being A Friend" in the '70s, is Marni Nixon's son.

[jeffreykare]

She also sang for Deborah Kerr in The King and i.

[PatinPDXOR]

How fun to see the famous "reveal" of the three challengers as the curtain rose and that music played. Sent a shiver of recognition and delight down my spine. I grew up watching "To Tell the Truth" in the 1960's, when it was on Monday nights at 7:30 pm, and for some reason I can't fathom that was one of my favorite pieces of music from a TV show. Thank you for playing that again.

[oregongirl210]

I am very proud to say I was named after the fabulous Marni Nixon!! Most people ask where I got my name & I couldn't be more proud to be named Marni...thank you, Marni!!!

[fromthesidelines]

Gil Fates was executive producer on all versions of the original series, 'wm'- he was also "executor" of Goodson-Todman's film/video archive; he usually preserved their prime-time series on kinescope (right up to 1969) to save money. He only began saving complete runs of nighttime "PASSWORD" in '62 [daytime in '66] and the daytime "TO TELL THE TRUTH" in '65 on videotape, probably because there was an intention of syndicating them in the future (as the '66-'67 "PASSWORD" shows were).

[dido93]

Thanks to Reference Recordings, Mayorga and Prof. Johnson, Mrs. Nixon is not a "ghost" but a perfect and exquisite interpreter for Kern and Gershwin musical gems...

Listen to these wonderful CDs...

Vivamente consigliati...;-)!!!

[QBCNetwork]

Believe it or not, Marni Nixon also did TTTT on NBC in 1990. Lynn Swann was the host when she appeared.

[heine71]

You mean 1991.

[QBCNetwork]

Lynn Swann started hosting October 1990 & was replaced in February 1991 by Trebek.

[heine71]

Lynn Swann replaced Gordon Elliott as To Tell The Truth 1990 host since Gordon didn't do well in the 8 weeks he hosted or something.

[fromthesidelines]

The prime-time edition of the original "TO TELL THE TRUTH" (1956-'67) was virtually preserved on kinescope film- the daytime edition was saved on its original videotape during its last three years (up to 1968), so this is from a 1965 Monday night show....

[wmbrown6]

Apparently, each "TTTT" edition was helmed by a different producer, each of whom had different philosophies of how to preserve the episodes of the respective editions.

[sexymama1966]

1965 or 1966 probably after the sound of music debuted.

[143AC]

She also dubbed Ms.Debbie Kerr's

voice for"The King & I!".

[CharlieMount]

I don't know for sure. Probably mid 60s.

[gymnastix]

Charlie--When did this episode of "TTTT" air? I'm guessing early-to-mid '60s, by the hairstyles & fashions? I know it had to be before '68, because the show left the network that year & Garry Moore hosted the syndicated version in the '70s.

[michaeledwardmorris]

Thanks for this "TTTT" clip (it's great hearing that classic "tension music" at the beginning...a real blast from the past).

[dookykins]

Bob Cobert did the music...it appeared in 1961.

[CharlieMount]

I wish I had the entire appearance on tape. It would have been interesting to hear all the questions and answers. I posted another video with Marni in clips from her movies, and an appearance she did with Liberace.

[zciweslab]

thanks for this clip. Marni is a great singer that is so under the radar. Too bad her recording of Schoenberg's 'Brettllieder' is out of print- her 'Bachianas Brasileiras #5' is tops, too.

[dgill1965]

I've never heard Marni's 'Bretllieder.' But have you every heard the 1956 RCA recording she made of 'Mother Magoo Suite?' Robert Farnon Orchestra backs her up.