OMG I just found out Patty Duke was dubbed in Valley of the Dolls!

Patty was a horrible "singer," check her screeching rendition of Downtown for example. But all her crap sucked, even the Top 10 hit. Patty knew she couldn't sing, her guardians who treated her like a slave, forced her to do it. They stole most of her child star money, and even made her into a household servant when she got home from the set.

Petulia Clark dubbed Patty Duke's singing.

R2 is lying!!!! lies!!!!

OP's collapse is complete!

Why? Why?

It's Impossible!

Whoever dubbed Susan Hayward was perfect. It sounded like her speaking voice and also was right for an aging Merman type, past her prime.

The Patty dubber is good too. She's a good singer and does sound like Patty's speaking voice.

[quote]who dubbed her!!!???

Her cousin Cathy.

this is why

Patty's singing voice in VOTD is a blend of her own voice and someone who dubbed her (Gaille Heideman). Hayward was dubbed by Margaret Whiting for the movie and Eileen Wilson for the album.

Funny recently I was shocked to find out Susan Hayward WASN'T dubbed in I'll Cry Tomorrow...

Careful, Mary! You'll spill ALL your Xanax in the toilet if you keep that up.

Patty wasn't a horrible singer, but the little fucker wasn't going to have a hit or get a singing contract out of MY movie.

So I grabbed the producer by his tiny balls and forced him to dub her too - that way, no one could accuse her of being a more talented singer than me.

But Patty had already starred in her own huge hit musical production, "Billie!"

Miss Hayward also did her own singing when she starred in Las Vegas at Caesar's in the musical "Mame" starting in December, 1968. Originally signed for one year, she left the production after 4 months (96 performances) when her voice gave out.

that white huzzy thought she could sing MY song!

[quote]Patty knew she couldn't sing, her guardians who treated her like a slave, forced her to do it.

In her autobiography, Patty (or rather, Anna) wrote that she was flattered and fooled by her handlers and others into thinking that she had a great singing voice. She loved to sing and she recorded albums cheerfully and eagerly. She then had the mortifying experience of having well-wishers with no profit motive finally taking her aside and breaking the news that her singing was awful. It was a particularly embittering episode in her young career, because she had really enjoyed doing it, which made it all the worse when she realized how foolish she had been made to look.

I can't believe she recorded even one note of her songs in Valley of the Dolls. She was an awful singer.

R17, Patty's rendition of "I'll Plant my Own Tree" is the WORST!

J'adore it!

Was Sharon Tate's "bust" real?

I have to disagree about Patty Duke singing voice. If you watch her performances on such shows as the Mike Douglas show, the Merv Griffin show, The Ed Sullivan Show, she's clearly sings well. I think on some of the records she doesn't sound that good because of the production.

Was Valley of the Dolls Patty Duke's Mommie Dearest?

When Oscar-winning actresses overact.

Sort of R21. See the youtube video where she discusses in in San Fran.

Patty was also severely mentally ill at the time and undiagnosed.

R20 is correct. I agree that those VOTD links above were pretty bad, but other songs she sang were fine. She sounds OK here.

If you're so inclined, Patty Duke recorded an album of all the songs from Valley of the Dolls. I think she was trying to prove that she could actually sing them. The album is pretty grim, sad to say.

Maybe NO one can make "I'll Plant my Own Tree" sound good.

Lena Horne's version is pretty snazzy ...

R19

Sharon had great tits and her own were used in the film.

Because Gaille Heidemann sings like a bird. Patty Duke sounds like a frog!

Thanks R23

Lena Horny was a great singer, to have made "I'll Plant My Own Tree" even listenable.

[quote]Lena Horny

OMFG!

Patty Duke is a national treasure.

I thought OP meant her speaking voice was dubbed, too, and I about had an infarction.

R30 her voice is titillating.

I heard Patty sing in Oklahoma on Broadway!

Wait until OP finds out they're all just lip synching to prerecorded tracks.

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en.wikipedia.org Gail Heiderman For those interested, Gail Heiderman dubbed the vocals for Patty Duke in VALLEY OF THE DOLLS. Her vocals are on the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack as well. Margaret Whiting dubbed the vocals for Susan Hayward for the "I'll Plant My Own Tree" number.

[quote]Margaret Whiting dubbed the vocals for Susan Hayward for the "I'll Plant My Own Tree" number.

Margaret Whiting dubbed Susan Hayward in the film, but she was under contract to a different label, so veteran voice double Eileen Wilson sings "I'll Plant My Own Tree" on the soundtrack album)