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Marni Nixon


"Loverly" soprano Marni Nixon has ensured herself a proper place in film history although most moviegoers would not recognize her if they passed her on the street. But if you heard her, that might be a horse of a different color. Marni is one of those unsung heroes (or should I say "much sung" heroes) whose incredible talents were given short shrift at the time... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActress (18 titles)
2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series)
Edna Dumas
Redemption (2001) … Edna Dumas
 
1998 Mulan
Grandmother Fa (singing voice)
 
1997 I Think I Do
Aunt Alice
 
1984 Taking My Turn (TV movie)
Edna
 
1980 Boomerang (TV series)
Marni (1980)
 
1967 Jack and the Beanstalk (TV movie)
Princess Serena (singing voice)
 
1965 Bonanza (TV series)
Angela Bergstrom
The Spotlight (1965) … Angela Bergstrom (singing voice) (uncredited)
 
1964 My Fair Lady
Eliza Doolittle (singing voice) (uncredited)
 
1964 Mary Poppins
Geese (voice) (uncredited)
 
1963 The Danny Kaye Show (TV series)
Sketch Actor
Episode #1.10 (1963) … Sketch Actor
 
1961 West Side Story
Maria (singing voice) (uncredited)
 
1957 An Affair to Remember
Terry McKay (singing voice) (uncredited)
 
1951 Alice in Wonderland
Singing Flowers (voice) (uncredited)
 
1950 Cinderella
Main Title Soloist (voice) (uncredited)
 
1949 The Secret Garden
Mary Lennox (singing voice) (uncredited)
 
1948 Big City ( - uncredited / singing voice)
 
1942 The Bashful Bachelor
Angela Abernathy
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (14 titles)
2010 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
Our All Time Favourite Films (2010) (performer: "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" - uncredited)
 
2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV documentary) (performer: "Getting to Know You" - uncredited)
 
2002 The King of Queens (TV series)
Arthur, Spooner (2002) (performer: "Getting To Know You" - uncredited)
 
1999 Spaced (TV series)
Beginnings (1999) (performer: "Getting To Know You")
 
1998 Mulan (performer: "Honor to Us All" / as Marnie Nixon)
 
1998 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman (TV special documentary) (performer: "Getting to Know You" - uncredited)
 
1991 Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (TV documentary) (performer: "The Rain in Spain" - uncredited)
 
1967 Jack and the Beanstalk (TV movie) (performer: "One Starry Moment", "One Starry Moment" Reprise)
 
1965 The Sound of Music (performer: "Maria" 1959 - uncredited)
 
1964 My Fair Lady (performer: "Why Can't the English?" 1956 - uncredited, "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" 1956 - uncredited, "Just You Wait" 1956 - uncredited, "The Rain in Spain" 1956 - uncredited, "I Could Have Danced All Night" 1956 - uncredited, "You Did It" 1956 - uncredited, "Just You Wait Reprise" 1956 - uncredited, "Show Me" 1956 - uncredited, "The Flower Market" 1956 - uncredited, "Without You" 1956 - uncredited)
 
1961 West Side Story (performer: "Tonight" 1957 - uncredited, "I Feel Pretty" 1957 - uncredited, "One Hand, One Heart" 1957 - uncredited, "Quintet" 1957 - uncredited, "Somewhere" 1957 - uncredited, "A Boy Like That/I Have a Love" 1957 - uncredited, "Somewhere" reprise / 1957 - uncredited)
 
1961 Young People's Concerts: Folk Music in the Concert Hall (TV documentary) (performer: "Three Songs from 'Chants del Auvergne'")
 
1957 An Affair to Remember (performer: "Continué", "The Tiny Scout He Knows You Inside Out", "Tomorrow Land" / "An Affair to Remember Our Love Affair")
 
1956 The King and I (performer: "I Whistle A Happy Tune" 1951 - uncredited, "Hello,Young Lovers" 1951 - uncredited, "Getting To Know You" 1951 - uncredited, "Shall We Dance" 1951 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (2 titles)
1955 Dementia (singer: featured voice)
 
1950 Dakota Lil (singing voice: Marie Windsor - uncredited)
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
2011 En femme de l'horreur (short)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1953 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (voice double: high notes for Marilyn Monroe - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1994 The Sound of Music: From Fact to Phenomenon (video documentary) (sincere appreciation)
 
Show ShowSelf (17 titles)
2012 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (documentary) (in production)
Herself
 
2009 Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (video documentary)
Herself
 
2007 World News Now (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 12 March 2007 (2007) … Herself
 
2005 The 100 Greatest Family Films (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2003 The 100 Greatest Musicals (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2001 Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (TV series documentary)
Herself
Soundtrack (2001) … Herself
 
2000 Biography (TV series documentary)
Herself
Deborah Kerr: Getting to Know Her (2000) … Herself
 
1999 Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (TV documentary)
Herself (also archive footage)
 
1996 Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1995 The Making of 'My Fair Lady' (video documentary)
Herself
 
1994 The Sound of Music: From Fact to Phenomenon (video documentary)
Herself
 
1969 The 41st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Score of a Musical Picture
 
1969 The Mothers-In-Law (TV series)
Herself
The Not-So-Grand Opera (1969) … Herself
 
1968 The Woody Woodbury Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 1 February 1968 (1968) … Herself
 
1966 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Herself - Singer
Episode #3.22 (1966) … Herself - Singer
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1998 Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Honor to Us All (video short)
(singing voice)
 

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(12/99) Stage: Appeared with Christopher Walken and Blair Brown in a limited Broadway musical version of "James Joyce's The Dead". See more »

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[on dubbing for Natalie Wood in West Side Story] I knew that I would never be cast physically in the role of Maria. In the picture they wanted Maria to sound like a sixteen-year-old and they kept trying out Natalie's voice. Natalie was perfectly musical, but I had the feeling that it was only gradually when they started working with her that they said to themselves... See more »

Trivia:

Has appeared in one film with Julie Andrews: The Sound of Music. She also provided Eliza Doolittle's singing voice for Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady - a role originated on the stage by Andrews. See more »

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