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Marni Nixon
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American singer and actress (1930-2016)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 22 February 1930
- Died
- 24 July 2016
- Works
- 2
Top works
- I Could Have Sung All Night
- I could have sung all night
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Film & TV
Altadena, California, USA
"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. For those who think film…
Known for
- Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 — Self1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Edna Dumas1999
- Mulan — Grandmother Fa (singing voice)1998
- I Think I Do — Aunt Alice1997
- More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady' — Self1995
- Taking My Turn — Edna1985
- Jack and the Beanstalk — Princess Serena (singing voice)1967
- The Mothers-in-Law — Marni Nixon1967
- The Sound of Music — Sister Sophia1965
- My Fair Lady — Eliza Doolittle (singing voice) (uncredited)1964
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1930-02-22
- Active to
- 2016-07-24
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 19,879
- Total plays
- 102,820
Tags
Marni Nixon (February 22, 1930 – July 24, 2016) was an American soprano and playback singer for featured actresses in movie musicals. She is most famous for dubbing the singing voices of the leading actresses in films, including The King and I, West Side Story, and My Fair Lady. Nixon's varied career included, besides her voice work in films, some film roles of her own, television, opera, concerts with major symphony orchestras around the world, musicals on stage throughout the United States and
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Nixon
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Altadena
- Place of death
- New York City
- Spouse
- Ernest Gold
- Child
- Andrew Gold
- Educated at
- Hollywood High School
- Employer
- California Institute of the Arts
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Marni Nixon 09.JPG
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1930-02-22
- date of death
- 2016-07-24
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- breast cancer
- Commons category
- Marni Nixon
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- end of work period
- 2008-00-00
- different from
- Marti Noxon
- writing language
- English language
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