
Sporano and "ghost singer" Marni Nixon would be 91 today. She provided the voice for Deborah Kerr in The King And I, Natalie Wood in West Side Story, and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady. She received no credit for her work until much later. That’s her singing "I Could Have Danced All Night" for Audrey Hepburn.
Wow! I had no idea! She had a fantastic voice!
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Doesn’t she, though?
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She was a fine singer who would not have gotten the Fair Lady gig if Julie Andrews had gotten it.
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They wouldn’t have needed to dub her voice. There used to be (or maybe is still and I just didn’t find it) a video of Audrey Hepburn singing this, and honestly, she was a pretty good singer.
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Yes she was…but Hollywood being Hollywood
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Say no more…
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I didn’t know she sang that! Every song from MFL is a gem 💖
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Lerner and Loewe wrote some great music, didn’t they?
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A true classic!
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The song, the singer, and the show, all classic…
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Marni Nixon had such a great voice and I am so glad she finally got some recognition.
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She was on “CBS Sunday Morning” once and was billed as “singing voice of the stars.”
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Incase you didn’t get my play on Lovely ….
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Oh, I got it. I’ve heard the soundtrack many times, and I think my aunts used to sing this one…
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I thought you would 😁💜
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Yes indeed an unsang hero a fantastic voice and no credit. She had a loverly voice, loverly! 💜
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She certainly did. Honestly, though, I’ve heard Audrey Hepburn herself sing it (and I can’t find the video now) and hers was quite pleasant, for someone who isn’t a singer.
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Yes I have too .💜
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