Her Secret Roles by Melissa O'Donohoe https://padlet.com/modonohoebsc22/zcblg5fv8cbg71d9 en-us 2023-05-14 00:33:46 UTC 2023-05-15 09:06:14 UTC hello@padlet.com The Secret Garden modonohoebsc22 https://padlet.com/modonohoebsc22/zcblg5fv8cbg71d9/wish/2589787476 Marni Nixon first dubs for Margaret O'Brien in 'The Secret Garden' aged 17]]> 2023-05-14 00:38:20 UTC https://padlet.com/modonohoebsc22/zcblg5fv8cbg71d9/wish/2589787476 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes modonohoebsc22 https://padlet.com/modonohoebsc22/zcblg5fv8cbg71d9/wish/2589788365 A few years later, Nixon gets asked to sing the high notes for Marylin Monroe for 'Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend' in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'. ]]> 2023-05-14 00:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/modonohoebsc22/zcblg5fv8cbg71d9/wish/2589788365 The King and I modonohoebsc22 https://padlet.com/modonohoebsc22/zcblg5fv8cbg71d9/wish/2589789617 Nixon is asked to dub once again but this time for Deborah Kerr in 'The King and I' and still getting no recognition. ]]> 2023-05-14 00:48:55 UTC https://padlet.com/modonohoebsc22/zcblg5fv8cbg71d9/wish/2589789617 An Affair to Remember modonohoebsc22 https://padlet.com/modonohoebsc22/zcblg5fv8cbg71d9/wish/2589790079 Marni Nixon is Kerr's ghost singer again in 'An Affair to Remember'. She sang in English, Spanish, French, German and Italian. ]]> 2023-05-14 00:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/modonohoebsc22/zcblg5fv8cbg71d9/wish/2589790079 West Side Story modonohoebsc22 https://padlet.com/modonohoebsc22/zcblg5fv8cbg71d9/wish/2589791491 Nixon records all of Natalie Wood's much to the disappointment of Wood who was told they were using her own voice. After filming, Marni Nixon's voice was added instead of Natalie Wood's. ]]> 2023-05-14 00:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/modonohoebsc22/zcblg5fv8cbg71d9/wish/2589791491 My Fair Lady modonohoebsc22 https://padlet.com/modonohoebsc22/zcblg5fv8cbg71d9/wish/2589791892 One of Marni Nixon's last jobs as a ghost singer was for Audrey Hepburn in 'My Fair Lady'. Hepburn had also recorded herself singing and wanted to keep Nixon a secret.
An article the following year however brought this secret to light. ]]> 2023-05-14 01:00:34 UTC https://padlet.com/modonohoebsc22/zcblg5fv8cbg71d9/wish/2589791892