by Marni Nixon (Author), Marni Nixon (Author), Stephen Cole (Primary Contributor)
Known as the Ghostess with the Mostess in Hollywood for having dubbed songs for the likes of Natalie Wood in West Side Story , Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady and Deborah Kerr in The King and I , Marni Nixon has one of the best-loved and well-recognised singing voices in the world. This book reveals Nixon as a singer, an actress, a woman fighting for artistic recognition and today, a survivor of breast cancer, in a frank, funny and truly remarkable autobiography. Known as the Ghostess with the Mostess in Hollywood, Marni Nixon is renowned for being the dubbed voice over very prominent stars in stage-to-screen adaptations. This is her first book. Stephen Cole wrote That Book About That Girl , a companion to the Marlo Thomas television series. As a librettist and lyricist, his musicals include The Night of the Hunter , After the Fair , Dodsworth and many others. He lives in New York City.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Publisher: Billboard Books,U.S.
Published: 21 Sep 2006
ISBN 10: 0823083659
ISBN 13: 9780823083657