In an earlier post, I brought up the song “Show Me” from My Fair Lady. What was not commonly known then (and may still be unknown to many), is the fact that all of Audrey Hepburn‘s songs were performed by another singer, Marni Nixon. Marni Nixon was actually a “ghost singer” in several major movie musicals, most notably for Deborah Kerr in The King And I, and for Natalie Wood in West Side Story.
This was not the first time this had been done for a lead actor or actress in a movie, for example, George Clooney did not sing any of his songs in O Brother, Where Art Thou?.
In celebration of music history, as well as Women’s History Month, I share this interview with Marni Nixon:
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