My Fair Lady again in the part of Higgins. The casting of Audrey Hepburn instead of Julie Andrews as Eliza was controversial, partly because theatregoers regarded Andrews as perfect for the part and partly because Hepburn's singing voice was dubbed (by Marni Nixon). Jack L. Warner, the head of Warner Bros., which produced the film, wanted "a star with a great deal of name recognition", but since Julie Andrews did not have any film experience, he thought a movie with her would not be as successful. (Andrews went on to star in "Mary Poppins" that same year for which she won both the
Marni Nixon the voices of the angels heard by Ingrid Bergman in "Joan of Arc" (1948). The same year, she did her first dubbing work when she provided Margaret O'Brien's singing voice in 1948's "Big City" and then 1949's "The Secret Garden". She sang for Jeanne Crain in "Cheaper by the Dozen" (1950) and dubbed Marilyn Monroe's high notes in "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953). Also in 1953, she sang for Ida Lupino in "Jennifer". Nixon appeared on Broadway in 1954 in "The Girl in Pink Tights". In 1956, she worked closely with Deborah Kerr to