who sang sister mary robert in sister act
Andrea Robinson (singer) Andrea Robinson is an American singer and voice actress. She has been a chorus member and singing voice for other actresses in many films (animated and live action). She also was the opening act for Burt Bacharach[when?]. Her most prominent job as a singing voice of another actress is Sister Mary Robert (Wendy Makkena) in Sister Act. Her most prominent role in animation is the singing voice of Queen Athena in The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning.
Peggy Wood Her final screen appearance was as the gentle, wise Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music (1965), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture. She was thrilled to be in the movie although she knew that she could no longer sing "Climb Ev'ry Mountain". She was dubbed (for singing) by Margery McKay. In her autobiography, Marni Nixon, who appeared in the film as Sister Sophia, said Peggy especially liked McKay's singing voice because she sounded as Peggy did in her younger days.