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Elizabeth singing?

posted 18 years ago by arens54321
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Did Elizabeth Taylor do the bit of singing at the beginning, or was that dubbed?

[–] junoCR 18 years ago

Can't really tell. They should have a trivia section for this film, which is where they would usually have info like that

[–] Jillie_cat 17 years ago

In the documentary..."That's Entertainment"...Peter Lawford directly states that Elizabeth Taylor's voice was dubbed as she was too busy with other projects.

[–] drewfbartlow 17 years ago

It was dubbed by Jane Powell. Didn't you hear the similarities in the voice?

[–] smokey-39 17 years ago

It may have been dubbed in this film - but Elizabeth did do her own singing in the 1978 movie musical "A Little Night Music".

[–] domhowe 17 years ago

I've just read that Elizabeth was dubbed on A Little Night Music on Wikipedia!

[–] nycruise-1 16 years ago

It was dubbed in "Judy" and it was dubbed in "Night Music."

Liz can't sing a note - as demonstrated by her "undubbed" vocals in "Return Engagement," where she co-starred with Joe Bottoms.

"Don't call me 'honey', mac."
"Don't call me 'mac'... HONEY!"

[–] j_eyon-2 13 years ago

in an excerpt from the book "LOVE ME TENDER: The Stories Behind the World's Best-loved Songs" (google "elizabeth taylor date with judy Love me tender") - it is stated that actor Len Cariou was present at Liz's recording of "Send in the Clowns"

[–] denis-38 15 years ago

She was not dubbed in "Night Music." Please! If she had been, don't you think she would have sounded better?! You can tell it's her. She sang in that and in "The Blue Bird."

This was dubbed, however. And you can hear her young real singing voice in "Cynthia."

[–] g_stricklin 8 years ago

About 10 years late in replying but Elizabeth Taylor's voice was dubbed by Jean McLaren, whom also happened to play the character Mitzie Hoffman in the same movie.