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Julie Andrews

Age: 74
Height: 5' 8"

Birth Place: Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK
Born: Oct. 1st, 1935

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Julie Andrews' Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Julie	Julie Carlisle

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Julie Andrews made her debut on Broadway in 1954 at age 19. Later, she worked in television until 1964 when her first successful movie as a protagonist was released: it was Mary Poppins (1964) by Robert Stevenson (I), for which she won an Oscar. In the following years, she worked with different directors in various genres (e.g., Robert Wise (I) in The Sound of Music (1965) and with Alfred Hitchcock (I) in Torn Curtain (1966)). In 1969, she married the director Blake Edwards, with whom she also made various movies (e.g., Victor Victoria (1982)).

TRIVIA:

She was the youngest person ever to appear in a Royal Command Performance. She performed for 'King George VI' (qv), Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth/'Queen Elizabeth II' (qv) and 'Princess Margaret' (qv).
While she played the original Eliza Dolittle in the Broadway musical "My Fair Lady", 'Audrey Hepburn' (qv) played the part in the movie _My Fair Lady (1964)_ (qv). The studio executives did not want Andrews because she hadn't had any experience in film and thought Hepburn would be the better choice. However, while the film My Fair Lady took home several Oscars in 1964, it failed to win the Best Actress category. That award went to none other than Julie Andrews for her performance in _Mary Poppins (1964)_ (qv).
Was one of the first women to be named a Disney Legend (and inducted into the Disney Hall of Fame). She was in the 1991 class with animator 'Mary Blair (I)' (qv).
As of 2007, she is one of six women, who have received Best Actress nominations for performances directed by their spouses. The other five are 'Frances McDormand' (qv) for _Fargo (1996)_ (qv), 'Gena Rowlands' (qv) for _A Woman Under the Influence (1974)_ (qv) & _Gloria (1980)_ (qv), 'Joanne Woodward (I)' (qv) for _Rachel, Rachel (1968)_ (qv), 'Elisabeth Bergner' (qv) for _Escape Me Never (1935)_ (qv) and 'Jean Simmons (I)' (qv) for _The Happy Ending (1969)_ (qv). 'Jules Dassin' (qv) also directed his future wife 'Melina Mercouri' (qv) in an Oscar-nominated performance (_Pote tin Kyriaki (1960)_ (qv)), but they weren't married yet at the time of the nomination. Susan Sarandon was also directed to her Best Actress Award for Dead Man Walking (1995) by her long time partner Tim Robbins (who also received a Best Director nomination that year).
Received the Screen Actors Guild lifetime achievement award on January 28, 2007.
Her daughter Amy married rock musician Lauren Scheff on October 24, 2004. They are now divorced.
Spent some time in a psychiatric clinic, to help her cope with the trauma resulting from her throat surgery.
Is the only actress to be nominated (and later win) for the Oscar in the Lead Actress category in a 'Walt Disney' (qv) film (_Mary Poppins (1964)_ (qv)).