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ANGELA LANSBURY'S VOICE

posted 20 years ago by bok602
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Is it just me or does anyone else think that Angela Lansbury's singing was dubbed by someone else?

I've heard her sing before in several other pictures, but in this one the singing voice sounds nothing like her at all.

Can anyone offer an explanation?

"If you don't know the answer -change the question."

[–] 20 years ago

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[–] bok602 19 years ago

ASTOUNDING!

It would be interesting to know the whys and wherefores -as well as to hear the original audio tracks of how Lansbury sang them.

"If you don't know the answer -change the question."

[–] 19 years ago

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[–] beckeis 18 years ago

Angela said she was suprano at that time and they needed her to have a deeper bar-girl-like singing voice. So therefore she was dubbed -- badly I might add. :D

[–] Isaac5855 18 years ago

Cyd Charisse is always dubbed, in all of her movies.

[–] decolady 17 years ago

i KNEW it wasn't A.L's singing voice!
that's the reason i came here...to check out what i could find.

Jealousy is all the fun you *think* they're having.

[–] 17 years ago

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[–] scoup 10 years ago

I thought it was odd too. Good to know.

[–] vanityfair_713 16 years ago

You can hear/see her sing in Till the Clouds Roll By, among other things.

He said it's all in your head, and I said, so's everything--
But he didnt get it.

[–] beckeis 13 years ago

In Picture of Dorian Gray she sings "Yellow Bird".

[–] rrcornwell 13 years ago

According to IMDB, she was dubbed by Virginia Rees (8 redits, no bio.).

[–] rocknrollprincess616 12 years ago

The studio thought her voice was too dainty for a saloon girl. They felt it needed to be a bit heftier. This was only her fourth film, and she was still very young. And we all know MGM was a big evil movie empire, especially after finding out that they inadvertently caused Judy Garland to commit suicide... But I digress. She mouths the words perfectly and really hills her own against an all-star cast, including America's Sweetheart herself. I think they did an excellent job dubbing her voice. Her performance was top-notch, even as a newbie! :D