<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> 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>
who dubbed deborah kerr in the king and i
who dubbed deborah kerr in the king and i
Deborah Kerr
Deborah Kerr