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Marni Nixon

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Voice Actress

The Resume

    (February 22, 1930-July 24, 2016)
    Birth name is Marni McEathron
    Provided vocals for the films 'Joan of Arc (1948),' 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953),' 'Dementia (1955),' 'The King and I (1955),' 'An Affair to Remember (1957),' 'West Side Story (1961),' 'My Fair Lady (1964),' 'Jack and the Beanstalk (1967)' and 'Mulan (1998)'
    Dubbed the performances of Marilyn Monroe, Deborah Kerr, Natalie Wood and Audrey Hepburn

Why she might be annoying:

    Her acting wasn't good enough to get anything but voice work in movies.
    She wasn't as attractive as the actresses she dubbed.
    In fact, she looked a bit like Kathy Griffin.
    She only got her first movie-dubbing job because the singer they had hired got killed.
    She wanted to be a great opera star, but is now just remembered as a movie-dubber.
    She toured with Liberace.
    She brags that her voice still sounds 'as young as ever,' but actually it doesn't.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She is probably the most famous voice dubber.
    Her voice was pure and flexible.
    She sang the lead in some of the most popular movie musicals ever, and usually wasn't credited.
    Leonard Bernstein liked her work in his 'West Side Story' so much that he gave her part of his cut.
    She finally got to show her face on screen, as a nun in 'The Sound of Music.'
    In addition to movie work, she sang for classical composers like Igor Stravinsky.
    She went on to have a successful stage career.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 213 Votes: 49.30% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 89 Votes: 69.66% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 57 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 119 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 30 Votes: 56.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 38 Votes: 89.47% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 83 Votes: 74.70% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 27 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 47 Votes: 63.83% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 24 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 58 Votes: 72.41% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 80 Votes: 48.75% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 83 Votes: 61.45% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 76 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 115 Votes: 50.43% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 127 Votes: 51.97% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 215 Votes: 57.21% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 107 Votes: 41.12% Annoying