2007-02-01 02:47:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Marni Nixon, who also sang for Kerr in "An Affair to Remember." See below for more details...
Rodgers and Hammerstein based THE KING AND I on Margaret Landon's 1944 novel about a real-life British woman named Anna Leonowens who traveled to Siam (present-day Thailand) to give the royal court English lessons in the 1860s. 20th Century-Fox had previously made a non-musical adaptation of the story, ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM (1946), starring, ironically, one of Hollywood's most accomplished movie sopranos of the period, Irene Dunne. In the DeLuxe-color, musicalized version a decade later, Kerr didn't actually do her own singing -- and freely admitted it. Her vocals in THE KING AND I were dubbed by Marni Nixon. Interestingly, Nixon would also sing for Kerr the following year in AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER (1957), yet another color remake of a popular Irene Dunne film in which Deborah Kerr was chosen to star.
Marni Nixon's beautiful soprano voice was loaned to many characters, mostly "uncredited" in films during that era, including:
My Fair Lady (1964) (singing voice) (uncredited) .... Eliza Doolittle
Mary Poppins (1964) (singing voice) .... Three Animated Geese
West Side Story (1961) (singing voice) (uncredited) .... Maria
An Affair to Remember (1957) (singing voice) (uncredited) .... Terry McKay
The King and I (1956) (singing voice) (uncredited) .... Anna
... aka Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I (USA: complete title)
The Secret Garden (1949) (singing voice) (uncredited) .... Mary Lennox
Joan of Arc (1948) (uncredited) .... Offscreen singing voice when Joan hears her voices
Interesting trivia about two of Deborah's most memorable roles:
Joan Crawford was originally meant to play her role in From Here to Eternity (1953).
Maureen O'Hara was originally meant to play her role in The King and I (1956).
2007-02-01 03:05:14 · answer #1 · answered by Shar 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Marni Nixon.
In the upcoming DVD Anniversary Package there will
be a special feature which will explain how Marni
Nixon worked with Deborah Kerr to achieve a perfect
blend of voice for the song, "Shall I Tell You What
I Think of You" which was, unfortunately, cut from
the final print. Some of the song is "talk sung" by
Deborah while other parts are sung by Marni. It is
almost impossible for the casual listener to detect
the subtle differences between the two voices.
2007-02-01 02:54:20 · answer #2 · answered by jerrys_love 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deborah Kerr used her own speaking voice in the King & I. But for singing, Marni Nixon dubbed Kerr's voice. Nixon also dubbed Natalie Wood's singing in West Side Story.
2007-02-01 02:50:45 · answer #3 · answered by kja63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marni Nixon, who is Andrew Gold's mother. She also sang for Natalie Wood in West Side Story and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady.
2007-02-01 03:25:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Marni Nixion, who also sang for Natalie Wood in West Side Story.
2007-02-01 03:05:19 · answer #5 · answered by Bex 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it was Marnie Nixon,who incidentally is Andrew Gold's (Never Let Her Slip Away) mother.
2007-02-01 02:50:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Probably Marnie Nixon, as she sang for everyone
2007-02-01 03:11:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What I could find out for you...it was Marni Nexon.
2007-02-01 02:56:30 · answer #8 · answered by MissySue 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋