<P> In 1956, she worked closely with Deborah Kerr to supply the star's singing voice for the film version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I and the next year she again worked with Kerr to dub her voice in An Affair to Remember . That year, she also sang for Sophia Loren in Boy on a Dolphin . In 1960, she dubbed Janet Leigh's voice in Pepe and had an on - screen chorus role in Can - Can . In 1961's West Side Story, the studio kept her work on the film (as the singing voice of Natalie Wood's Maria) a secret from the actress, and Nixon also dubbed Rita Moreno's singing in the film's "Tonight" quintet . She asked the film's producers for, but did not receive, any direct royalties from her work on the film, but Leonard Bernstein contractually gave her 1 / 4 of one percent of his personal royalties from it . In 1962, she also sang Wood's high notes in Gypsy . For My Fair Lady in 1964, she again worked with the female lead of the film, Audrey Hepburn, to perform the songs of Hepburn's character Eliza . Because of her uncredited dubbing work in these films, Time magazine called her "The Ghostess with the Mostest". </P> <P> Nixon made guest appearances with Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts, including in 1960, singing "Improvisation sur Mallarmé I" from Pli selon pli by Pierre Boulez, and on April 9, 1961, in a program entitled "Folk Music in the Concert Hall", singing three "Songs of the Auvergne" by Joseph Canteloube . Before My Fair Lady was released in theatres in 1964, Nixon played Eliza in a revival of the musical at New York City Center . Nixon's first onscreen appearance was as Sister Sophia in the 1965 film The Sound of Music . In the DVD commentary to the film, director Robert Wise comments that audiences were finally able to see the woman whose voice they knew so well . In 1967, she was the singing voice of Princess Serena in a live action and animated version of Jack and the Beanstalk on NBC . Especially in the 1960s, but also earlier and later, Nixon made concert appearances, specializing in contemporary music as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic, and gave recitals at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Town Hall in New York City . </P> <P> Nixon taught at the California Institute of the Arts in Santa Clarita from 1969 to 1971 and joined the faculty of the Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, in 1980, where she taught for many years . In the late 1970s and early 1980s, she hosted a children's television show in Seattle on KOMO - TV channel 4 called Boomerang, winning four Emmy Awards as best actress, and made numerous other television appearances on variety shows and as a guest star in prime time series . Nixon's opera repertory included Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, both Blonde and Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Violetta in La traviata, the title role in La Périchole and Philine in Mignon . Her opera credits included performances at Los Angeles Opera, Seattle Opera, San Francisco Opera and the Tanglewood Music Festival among others . In addition to giving recitals, she appeared as an oratorio and concert soloist with the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra among others . </P> <P> Nixon also toured with Liberace and Victor Borge and later in her own cabaret shows . On stage, in 1984, she originated the role of Edna Off - Broadway in Taking My Turn, composed by Gary William Friedman, receiving a nomination for a Drama Desk Award . She also originated the role of Sadie McKibben in Opal (1992), and she had a 1997 film role as Aunt Alice in I Think I Do . Under her own name, beginning in the 1980s, Nixon recorded songs by Jerome Kern, George Gershwin and various classical composers . She was nominated for two Grammy Awards for Best Classical Performance, Vocal Soloist, one for her Schönberg album and one for her Copland album . </P>

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