But what a legacy she left behind of trills and tones, and how the Great Beyond will benefit from them.. Two days ago, at 86, Marni Nixon died from breast cancer. Of course, Broadway being what it is today, no one will even know who she was, so I doubt the lights will be dimmed for her. But they should.
She is best known for dubbing the voices of Deborah Kerr in "The King And I," Natalie Wood in "West Side Story," and Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady." All film versions of stage classics. In another, "The Sound Of Music," she was seen and heard on screen, in the small role of Sister Sophia, hidden beneath a nun's habit and cowl.
Marni had been around for years. She dubbed in the 1947 film, "The Unfinished Dance," and for Margaret O'Brien in "Big City." I recall her appearing on "The Lawrence Welk Show."
I also got to see Marni, onstage,albeit in D.C., at the Kennedy Center, in the musical, "James Joyce's 'The Dead'." She played Aunt Kate Morkan, a music teacher, amid a very talented ensemble. This was an underrated show, indeed, but I saw Marni!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She will be missed by so many of us who knew who she was. To those who did not, shame on you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dim those lights, you Broadway bitches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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