She was the voice (often uncredited) doing the singing for Natalie Wood in West Side Story, Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady, and Deborah Kerr in The King and I, among others.
Margaret Nixon McEathron (February 22, 1930 – July 24, 2016), known professionally as Marni Nixon, was an American soprano and ghost singer for featured actresses in movie musicals. She is now well-known as the real singing voices of the leading actresses in films, including The King and I, West Side Story, and My Fair Lady, although this was concealed at the time from audiences.
Besides her voice work in films, Nixon's varied career included some film roles of her own, television, opera, musi...
RIP. It must have been odd to have been the voice for so many classic musicals but have most of the world never realize it!
