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Margaret Nixon McEathron (February 22, 1930 – July 24, 2016), known professionally as Marni Nixon, was an American soprano and ghost singer for featured actresses in musical films.
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In the 1964 film version, Marni Nixon dubbed the song for Audrey Hepburn. [2] Both Andrews' and Nixon's versions are available on the original cast and soundtrack albums, respectively, and Hepburn's original version is available in the specials for the DVD of the film.
Kerr's singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon, who also dubbed for Kerr in the film The King and I. "An Affair to Remember" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1957 but lost out to "All the Way". The song has since become a jazz standard. [1]
"Getting to Know You" is a show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I. It was first sung by Gertrude Lawrence in the original Broadway production and later by Marni Nixon who dubbed for Deborah Kerr in the 1956 film adaptation.
In the 1964 film adaptation of the musical, the song was sung by Marni Nixon, dubbing the singing voice of Audrey Hepburn, who played Eliza Doolittle. [2] In 2004, Nixon's version finished at #17 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.
The musical was originally presented Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons, starting on October 1, 1999.The opening night cast included Blair Brown, Paddy Croft, Brian Davies, Daisy Eagan, Dashiell Eaves, Sally Ann Howes, John Kelly, Brooke Sunny Moriber, Marni Nixon, Alice Ripley, Emily Skinner, Stephen Spinella and Christopher Walken.
[37] Marni Nixon, who had dubbed a number of film actresses' singing parts in film musicals, was cast as a character–Sister Sophia–rather than dubbing another voice. [38] The last person to be cast was Daniel Truhitte in the role of Rolfe. [37] Rehearsals for the singing and dance sequences began on February 10, 1964. [39]