Julie Andrews Add to My Celebs Age 76 Birthday Oct. 1st, 1935 Born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK Height 5' 8"

Julie Andrews' Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Parkinson (UK) Dame Julie … Julie Julie Carli…

Main Movie Roles 2010 - Shrek Forever After 2010 - Despicable Me 2007 - Shrek The Third 2007 - Enchanted 2004 - The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 2004 - Shrek 2 2001 - The Princess Diaries 1997 - The Postman 1982 - Trail of the Pink Panther 1982 - Victor Victoria 1981 - S.O.B. 1980 - Little Miss Marker 1979 - 10 1976 - The Pink Panther Strikes Again 1970 - Darling Lili 1967 - Thoroughly Modern Millie 1966 - Torn Curtain 1966 - Hawaii 1965 - The Sound Of Music 1964 - Mary Poppins 1964 - The Americanization of Emily

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:

• Possessed a five-octave coloratura soprano range until a vocal nodule surgery mishap ruined her singing voice.
• Julie Andrews was nominated for the 1961 Tony Award for Actress in a Musical for "Camelot".
• Stepmother of 'Jennifer Edwards (I)' (qv) and 'Geoffrey Edwards (I)' (qv).
• 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).
• Was passed over for the role on Eliza Dolittle in favor of 'Audrey Hepburn' (qv) for the film _My Fair Lady (1964)_ (qv). Unlike Andrews, however, Hepburn was not a natural singer. She took voice lessons and recorded the tracks for the movie, but the producers, without telling Audrey, dubbed her voice with that of 'Marni Nixon' (qv). Nixon appeared with Andrews in _The Sound of Music (1965)_ (qv).
• Has owned a chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland, for many years. Every year she pays for Gstaad's Christmas lights. In July she presents the prize for the winner of the annual Gstaad Tennis Open. She once said if she was nervous before a performance on stage, she'd just have to look at a photo from 'lovely' Gstaad, and she was reassured.
• (November 1998) Her husband reported that she would probably never sing again because the throat surgery had ruined her voice.
• In 2002, she was voted the 59th greatest Briton ever in a BBC poll.

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