Margaret Nixon McEathron (1930 - abt. 2016)

Born 22 Feb 1930 in Altadena, California, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Ernst Sigmund (Goldner) Gold — married 1950 (to 1969) in United States

Died about 24 Jul 2016 at about age 86 in New York, New York, United States

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Biography

Marni Nixon McEathron is Notable.

Marni Nixon was her stage name. She was born Margaret Nixon McEathron in Altadena, California on February 22, 1930^[1]. She was the daughter of Charles Nixon McEathron and Margaret Elsa ( Wittke) McEathron.She played Sister Sophia in the Sound of Music. She performed the songs to be dubbed for Audrey Hepburn for the movie My Fair Lady.

Besides her voice work in films, Nixon's career included roles of her own in film, television, opera and musicals on Broadway and elsewhere throughout the United States, performances in concerts with major symphony orchestras, and recordings. Born in Altadena, California, to Charles Nixon and Margaret Elsa (née Wittke) McEathron, Nixon was a child film actress who also played the violin and began singing at an early age in choruses, including performing solos with the Roger Wagner Chorale. She went on to study singing and opera with, among others, Vera Schwarz, Carl Ebert, Boris Goldovsky and Sarah Caldwell. In 1947, having adopted the stage name "Marni Nixon", she made her Hollywood Bowl solo debut in Carmina Burana with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under conductor Leopold Stokowski.

Sources

1. ↑ "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2R4-P7N : 27 November 2014), Margaret Nixon Mceathron, 22 Feb 1930; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.

• birth register

Name Margaret Nixon Mceathron Event Type Birth Event Date 22 Feb 1930 Event Place Los Angeles, California, United States Gender Female Mother's Name Witike

"California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2R4-P7N : 27 November 2014), Margaret Nixon Mceathron, 22 Feb 1930; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.

• census record

Chas N Mceathron Head M 41 Wisconsin Margaret W Mceathron Wife F 40 Wisconsin Donyll M Mceathron Daughter F 15 Wisconsin Paulouise A Mceathron Daughter F 13 Wisconsin Margaret N Mceathron Daughter F 10 California Ariel L Mceathron Daughter F 7 California

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9W5-9T3 : accessed 28 May 2017), Margaret N Mceathron in household of Chas N Mceathron, Venice Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-803A, sheet 64A, line 22, family 417, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 258.

• Wikipedia: Marni Nixon
• Wikidata: Item Q3087644, en:Wikipedia
• Savage, Mark, "Marni Nixon: Hollywood's 'invisible voice' dies aged 86." BBC News, 25 July 2016.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #224672894 retrieved 21 May 2023