Synopses & Reviews
Now in paperback! The most celebrated "voice" in Hollywood speaks for herself
Everyone knows Marni Nixon...even if they think they dont.
One of the best-loved singing voices in the world, Nixon was the un-credited singing voice for Natalie Wood in West Side Story, Audrey Hepburn in My Fair
Lady, and Deborah Kerr in The King and I. She made her
debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at 17 and
continued her career with Leonard Bernstein, Aaron
Copland, Charles Ives, Stephen Sondheim, Rogers and
Hammerstein, and many others. Her inspiring autobiography,
packed with anecdotes from six decades of performing, reveals Nixon as a singer, as an actress, as a breast-cancer survivor, and as a woman fighting for artistic recognition.
Synopsis
Now in paperback The most
celebrated voice in
Hollywood speaks for herself
Everyone knows Marni Nixon...even if they think they don't.
One of the best-loved singing voices in the world, Nixon was the un-credited singing voice for Natalie Wood in West Side Story, Audrey Hepburn in My Fair
Lady, and Deborah Kerr in The King and I. She made her
debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at 17 and
continued her career with Leonard Bernstein, Aaron
Copland, Charles Ives, Stephen Sondheim, Rogers and
Hammerstein, and many others. Her inspiring autobiography,
packed with anecdotes from six decades of performing, reveals Nixon as a singer, as an actress, as a breast-cancer survivor, and as a woman fighting for artistic recognition.
- Beloved show-biz icon Nixon sang for Natalie Wood
and Audrey Hepburn--now she tells her story
- Entertaining behind-the-scenes celebrity stories
from six decades of performing
- Read this book says Hal Prince
About the Author
Marni Nixon is renowned as the singing voice of many of Hollywood's
greatest stars. On stage, she has starred in Cabaret, My Fair Lady, Opal, Taking My Turn, and James Joyce's The Dead. She lives in New York City.
Stephen Cole wrote That Book About That Girl, a companion to the
Marlo Thomas television series. A librettist and lyricist, his musicals
include The Night of the Hunter, After the Fair, and Dodsworth. He lives in New York City.