Robert Wise (1914-2005)

Marni Nixon (b. 1930), dubbed musicals, first appeared in The Sound of Music

Sister Sophia (second from left) singing "Maria" in nuns chorus (Sound of Music)

Marni Nixon's autobiography (2006)

Deborah Kerr as Anna Natalie Wood as Maria Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Marni Nixon sang high notes for Marilyn Monroe	Robert Wise Honors Marni Nixon in The Sound of Music Robert Wise was just 26 when he edited Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons, learning from a great film mentor Orson Welles though those classics were financial failures. Twenty years later, Wise won Best Picture and Best Director Oscars for West Side Story. His Sound of Music won both awards again, grossing more than Gone With the Wind. On seeing Marni Nixon's name in the credits of The Sound of Music, I was overjoyed that her face had finally appeared in films since her voice was behind so many musicals— dubbing for Deborah Kerr in The King and I, Natalie Wood's Maria in West Side Story, Audrey Hepburn's Eliza in My Fair Lady, Marilyn in "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend". Time called her "The Ghostess with the Mostest" when she dubbed for Maria in West Side Story— now she's in the nuns chorus singing "Maria" in The Sound of Music— "whistles on the stair". It is a nice gesture for Robert Wise to cast Marni Nixon as Sister Sophia in The Sound of Music for the Greek word sophia means "wisdom" embodied by Wise.         — Peter Y. Chou             Mountain View, 8-6-2014	The King and I (1956) West Side Story (1961) My Fair Lady (1964) "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" (1953)