WebJul 26, 2016 · Tue 26 Jul 2016 13.01 EDT. Last modified on Thu 19 Nov 2024 09.12 EST. Millions of filmgoers who enjoyed the singing of Deborah Kerr in The King and I (1956), Natalie Wood in West Side Story (1961 ... WebMar 11, 2024 · Deborah Kerr was nominated for an Academy Award in 1956 for her role as Anna in The King and I, while Marni Nixon received only about $420 total for her work on the film – despite hundreds of thousands of copies of the soundtrack being sold. Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr in ‘The King and I’, 1956.
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WebThe King and I 1956 G 2h 13m IMDb RATING 7.4 /10 27K YOUR RATING Rate Play trailer 1:34 2 Videos 99+ Photos Biography Drama Musical A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children. Director Walter Lang Writers Ernest Lehman Oscar Hammerstein II Margaret Landon Stars Yul Brynner Deborah Kerr Rita Moreno WebPerformed by Deborah Kerr (singing dubbed by Marni Nixon) and Rex Thompson My Lord And Master (1951) (uncredited) Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Performed by Rita Moreno (singing dubbed by Leona Gordon) The March Of The Siamese Children (1951) (uncredited) Music by Richard Rodgers brentwood meadows llc
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WebJul 24, 2016 · Marni Nixon's chameleon-like singing was soon in great demand. Her first big musical was 1956's The King and I, in which she sang for Deborah Kerr. A year later she did Kerr's crooning in An Affair to Remember. "People forget that Deborah played a nightclub singer in that film," Nixon said. "They cut out a lot of those scenes. WebOn film, the part was played by Deborah Kerr (whose spoken parts are retained on the soundtrack), but Nixon, one of the best invisible voices in Hollywood (she also ghosted Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady) is the wonderful singer of songs like "I Whistle a Happy Tune" and "Getting to Know You," sung onstage by Gertrude Lawrence, who died before … counting different text in excel