Julie Andrews

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Julie Andrews

Born Julia Elizabeth Wells
1 October 1935 (1935-10-01) (age 72)
Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, Britain
Occupation Actress, singer, author
Years active 1945–present
Spouse(s) Tony Walton (1959–1967)
Blake Edwards (1969 - present)

Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews, DBE (born Julia Elizabeth Wells[1] on October 1, 1935[2]) is an award-winning English actress, singer, author and icon. She is the recipient of Golden Globe, Emmy, Grammy, BAFTA, People's Choice Award, Theatre World Award, Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award honours. Andrews rose to prominence after starring in Broadway musicals such as My Fair Lady and Camelot, as well as musical films like Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965).

Andrews had a major revival of her film career in the 2000s, in family films such as The Princess Diaries (2001), its sequel The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004), and the Shrek animated films (2004-2007). In 2005, Andrews made her debut as a stage director with a revival of The Boy Friend, in which she also made her Broadway acting debut in 1954.

Andrews is also an accomplished writer of children's books, and in 2008 she published an autobiography, Home: A Memoir of My Early Years.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Andrews was born Julia Elizabeth Wells (pen name Julie Andrews Edwards) on 1 October 1935 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, Great Britain. Her mother Barbara Wells (née Morris), was married to Edward C. "Ted" Wells, a teacher of metal and woodworking, but Julie was conceived as a result of an affair her mother had with a family friend.[3] According to Andrews' 2008 memoir, Home, a great-grandmother was a maid, and a great-grandfather was a gardener. Additionally, she stated, both her maternal grandparents died young of syphilis.[4]

Julia had her first non-speaking role as a fairy at age two performing at the dance school of her Aunt Joan (where her mother played piano to pay for her lessons). At three years old she had a singing and speaking role, Nod in a production of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.[5][6]

In 1939, Barbara Wells met Ted Andrews (died 1966) while both worked for a variety show called The Dazzle Company at the seaside resort town of Bognor Regis. A Vaudeville-style entertainer who emigrated to Britain from Canada, Ted Andrews was billed as "The Canadian Troubador, Songs and a Guitar".[7][6]

With the outbreak of World War II, Barbara and Ted Wells went their separate ways. Ted Wells assisted with evacuating Surrey of children during the Blitz, while Barbara joined Ted Andrews in entertaining the troops through the good offices of the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA). Barbara and Ted Wells were soon divorced; they both remarried - Barbara to Ted Andrews in 1939, and Ted Wells to a former hairstylist working a lathe at a war factory that employed them both in Hinchley Wood, Surrey.[7][6]

Julia Wells lived briefly with her father and her brother John Wells in Surrey. About 1940, her father sent her to live with her mother and stepfather, who (her father felt) would be better able to provide for his talented daughter's artistic training. While her mother wanted Julia to call Ted Andrews "Uncle Ted", she determined to refer to her stepfather as "Pop", while her father remained "Dad" or "Daddy" to her. Julia Wells's surname was legally changed to Andrews around this time.[7]

The Andrews family was "very poor and we lived in a bad slum area of London", Andrews said, adding, "That was a very black period in my life." In addition, according to Andrews's 2008 memoir, her mother and stepfather were alcoholics. Ted physically abused Julie's brother and twice, while drunk, made advances on his stepdaughter, resulting in Julie putting a lock on her door.[4] [8] But as the stage career of Ted and Barbara Andrews improved, they were able to afford to move to better surroundings, first to Beckenham, and then, as the war ended, back to Andrews' home town of Walton-on-Thames. The Andrews took up residence at The Old Meuse, a house where Andrews' maternal grandmother happened to have served as a maid.[7]

Andrews' father sponsored lessons for his daughter, first at the Cone-Ripman School, an independent arts educational school in London, then with the famous concert soprano and voice instructor Madame Lilian Stiles-Allen. "She had an enormous influence on me", Andrews said of Mme Stiles-Allen, adding, "She was my third mother -- I've got more mothers and fathers than anyone in the world." Andrews developed a strong voice and perfect pitch.[9][6] After Cone-Ripman School, Andrews continued her academic education at the nearby Woodbrook School, a local state school in Beckenham.

Andrews performed spontaneously and unbilled on stage with her parents for about two years beginning in 1945. "Then came the day when I was told I must go to bed in the afternoon because I was going to be allowed to sing with Mummy and Pop in the evening", Andrews explained. She would stand on a beer crate to reach the microphone and sing while her mother played piano, sometimes a solo or as a duet with her stepfather. "It must have been ghastly, but it seemed to go down all right."[10][11]

Andrews got her big break when her stepfather introduced her to Val Parnell, whose Moss Empires controlled prominent venues in London. Andrews made her professional solo debut at the London Hippodrome singing the difficult "Je Suis Titania" aria from Mignon as part of a musical revue called "Starlight Roof" on 22 October 1947. She played the Hippodrome for one year.[12][6] See List of former child actors.

On 1 November 1948, Andrews became the youngest solo performer ever to be seen in a Royal Command Variety Performance, at the London Palladium, where she performed along with Danny Kaye, the Nicholas Brothers, and the comedy team George and Bert Bernard for members of King George VI's family.[13][14]

Andrews followed her parents into radio and television.[15] She reportedly made her television debut on the BBC program RadiOlympia Showtime on 8 October 1949.[16] She garnered considerable fame throughout England for her work on the BBC radio show "Educating Archie", which she played from 1950 to 1952.[14]

Andrews appeared on West End Theatre at the London Casino, where she played one year each as Princess Balroulbadour in Aladdin and the egg in Humpty Dumpty. She also appeared on provincial stages across England in Jack and the Beanstalk and Little Red Riding Hood, as well as starring as the lead role in Cinderella.[15]

[edit] Mid-1950s

On 30 September 1954, on the eve of her 19th birthday, Andrews made her Broadway debut portraying "Polly Browne" in the already highly successful London musical The Boy Friend.[2] To the critics, Andrews was the stand-out performer in the show.[17] In November 1955, Andrews was signed to appear opposite Bing Crosby in what is regarded as the first made-for-television movie, High Tor.[18]

In 1956, she appeared in the Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner musical My Fair Lady as Eliza Doolittle, opposite Rex Harrison's Henry Higgins. The show was a musical adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and became the smash hit of the decade, making Andrews one of the biggest stars of the theatre.

Before My Fair Lady, Andrews had auditioned for a part in the Richard Rodgers play Pipe Dream. Rodgers wanted her for "Pipe Dream" but advised her to take the part in "My Fair Lady" if she was offered it, instead of the part in "Pipe Dream". Rodgers was so impressed with Andrews' talent that, concurrent with her run in My Fair Lady, Andrews was featured in the Rodgers and Hammerstein television musical, Cinderella.[17] Cinderella was broadcast live on CBS on March 31, 1957, under the musical direction of Alfredo Antonini and attracted an estimated 107 million viewers.[19][20]

Andrews married then up-and-coming set designer Tony Walton on 10 May 1959 in Weybridge, Surrey. They had first met in 1948 when Andrews was appearing at the London Casino in the show Humpty Dumpty. The couple filed for a divorce on November 14, 1967.[14][21]

[edit] 1960s

The handprints of Julie Andrews in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
The handprints of Julie Andrews in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre.

In 1960, Lerner and Loewe again cast her in a period musical, as Queen Guinevere in Camelot, opposite Richard Burton and newcomer Robert Goulet. After a slow start, cast appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show ensured that the show would ultimately become a hit.

Rave Broadway reviews aside, movie studio head Jack Warner felt Andrews lacked broad name recognition, so he hired film actress Audrey Hepburn to play Eliza for the film version of My Fair Lady. As Warner later recalled, the decision was easy. "In my business I have to know who brings people and their money to a movie theatre box office. Audrey Hepburn had never made a financial flop."[22] Coincidentally, Hepburn's singing voice would be judged inadequate and would be overdubbed by Marni Nixon.[23]

Andrews received the "consolation" of playing her first film in the title role of Walt Disney's Mary Poppins. Walt Disney had seen a performance of Camelot and thought Andrews would be perfect for the role of an English nanny who is "practically perfect in every way!" Andrews initially declined due to pregnancy, but Disney politely insisted, saying, "We'll wait for you" (Confirmed by 40th anniversary Mary Poppins DVD Walt Disney Pictures 2004). Andrews and her husband headed back to England in September 1962 to await the birth of daughter Emma Katherine Walton, who was born in London two months later. Andrews and family returned to America in 1963 and began the film.

As a result of her performance in Mary Poppins, Andrews won the 1964 Academy Award for Best Actress and the 1965 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. She and her Mary Poppins co-stars also won the 1965 Grammy Award for Best Album for Children. As a measure of "sweet revenge", as Poppins songwriter Richard M. Sherman put it, Andrews closed her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes by saying, "And, finally, my thanks to a man who made a wonderful movie, and who made all this possible in the first place, Mr. Jack Warner."[24]

In 1964, she appeared opposite James Garner in The Americanization of Emily (1964), which she has described as her favourite film.[25] In 1966, Andrews won her second Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and was nominated for the 1965 Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music. The movie also starred actors Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker. This governess role had some superficial similarities to that of Mary Poppins.

By the end of 1967, Andrews had appeared in the most-watched television special, Cinderella; the biggest Broadway musical of its time, My Fair Lady; the largest-selling long-playing album, the original cast recording of My Fair Lady; the biggest hit in Disney's history, Mary Poppins; the biggest and second biggest hits in Universal's history, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Torn Curtain; and the biggest hit in 20th Century Fox's history and the most successful film of all time, The Sound of Music.[26]

[edit] 1970s, 1980s and 1990s

Julie Andrews' star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Julie Andrews' star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Star!, a 1968 biopic of Gertrude Lawrence, and Darling Lili (1970), co-starring Rock Hudson and directed by her second husband, Blake Edwards (they married in 1969), are often cited by critics[who?] as major contributors to the decline of the movie musical. Both were damaging to Andrews' career[citation needed] and she made only three other films in the 1970s, The Tamarind Seed, Little Miss Marker and 10.

Together Edwards and Andrews adopted two daughters; Amy in 1974 and Joanna in 1975. Edwards already had another daughter, Jennifer, and a son Geoffrey who were 3 and five years older than Emma, Julie's first daughter.[citation needed]

Andrews starred in her own variety series on the ABC network in 1972 - 1973, winning 7 Emmy Awards. Canceled after one season, Andrews joined the ranks of other musical superstars such as Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Judy Garland, whose personalities proved too large for the small screen. The greatest critical acclaim accorded her TV work was for her Carnegie Hall special with her close friend Carol Burnett. She crossed gender barriers when she played Peter Pan off broadway.

Several of her 1980s films were seen as attempts to break away from her image as a "sugary sweet" personality. Most notoriously was Blake Edwards's S.O.B. (1981), in which she played Sally Miles, a character very similar to herself, who agrees (with some pharmaceutical persuasion) to "show my boobies" in a scene in the film-within-a-film. For this last performance, late night television host Johnny Carson thanked Andrews for "showing us that the hills were still alive", alluding to a lyric from the title song of The Sound of Music.

In 1983, Andrews was chosen as the Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year by the Harvard University theatrical society.[citation needed] The roles of Victoria Grant and Count Victor Grezhinski in the film Victor/Victoria earned Andrews the 1983 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, as well as a nomination for the 1982 Academy Award for Best Actress, her third Oscar nomination overall.[27][2]

In 1993, she starred in a limited run at the Manhattan Theatre Club, of the American premiere of Stephen Sondheim's revue, Putting It Together. The show sold out immediately and proved that there was tremendous interest in seeing her return to the New York stage. In 1995, she starred in the commercially successful stage musical version of Victor/Victoria. It was her first appearance in a Broadway show in 35 years. Opening on Broadway on 25 October 1995 at the Marquis Theatre, it later went on the road on a very successful world tour. When she was the only Tony Award nominee for the production, she declined the nomination, saying that she could not accept because she felt the entire production was snubbed.[28]

Andrews was forced to quit the show towards the end of the Broadway run in 1997, when she developed vocal problems. She subsequently underwent surgery to remove non-cancerous nodules from her throat and was left unable to sing.[2] In 1999, Andrews filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the doctors at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital, including Scott Kessler, who had operated on her throat. Originally, the doctors assured Andrews that she should regain her voice within six weeks, but Andrews' stepdaughter Jennifer Edwards said in 1999 "it's been two years, and it [her singing voice] still hasn't returned."[29]

[edit] Career revival in the 2000s

In the 2000 New Year's Honours, despite Andrews's long exile in the United States and Switzerland, she was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE). She also appears in the 2002 List of "100 Greatest Britons" sponsored by the BBC and chosen by the public. In 2001, Andrews received Kennedy Center Honors. The same year, she reunited with Sound of Music costar Christopher Plummer in a live television performance of On Golden Pond (an adaptation of the 1979 play).

In 2001, Andrews appeared in The Princess Diaries, her first Disney film since 1964's Mary Poppins. The film, in which she starred as Queen Clarisse Marie Renaldi opposite Anne Hathaway, was a box office success and was followed by a sequel, The Princess Diaries 2 (2004). In The Princess Diaries 2, Andrews sang on film for the first time since her throat surgery. The song, "Your Crowning Glory", was set in a limited range of an octave to accommodate Andrews' recovering voice.[30] The film's music supervisor Dawn Soler recalled that Andrews "nailed the song on the first take. I looked around and I saw grips with tears in their eyes."[30]

Andrews continued her association with Disney when she appeared as Nanny in two 2003 made-for-television movies based on the Eloise books, a series of children's books by Kay Thompson about a child who lives in the Plaza Hotel in New York City. Eloise at the Plaza premiered in April 2003, and Eloise at Christmastime was broadcast in November 2003. The same year, Andrews made her debut as a theatre director, directing a revival of The Boy Friend, the musical in which she made her Broadway debut, at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, New York. Her production, which featured costume and scenic design by her former husband Tony Walton, was remounted at the Goodspeed Opera House in 2005 and went on a national tour in 2006.

From 2005 to 2006, Andrews served as the Official Ambassador for Disneyland's 18 month-long, 50th anniversary celebration, the "Happiest Homecoming on Earth", travelling to promote the celebration and recording narration or appearing at several events at the park.

In 2004, Andrews performed the voice of Queen Lillian in the animated blockbuster Shrek 2 (2004), reprising the role for its sequel, Shrek the Third (2007). Later in 2007, she narrated Enchanted, a live-action Disney musical comedy that paid homage to classic Disney films such as Mary Poppins.

In January 2007, she was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Screen Actors Guild's awards, and stated that her goals including continuing to direct for the stage, and possibly to produce her own Broadway musical.[27] She published Home: A Memoir of My Early Years, which she characterized as "part one" of her autobiography, on April 1, 2008.[31] Home chronicles her early years in England's music hall circuit and ends in 1962 with her winning the role of Mary Poppins.

[edit] Status as a gay and lesbian icon

Andrews has long had something of a dual image, being both a 'family-friendly' icon and a gay and lesbian icon. According to cultural studies scholar Brett Farmer, she "... is notable as one of the few divas to enjoy a parallel popularization across both gay and lesbian reading formations."[32] Andrews herself has acknowledged her strange status, commenting that "I’m that odd mixture of, on the one hand, being a gay icon and, on the other, having grandmas and parents grateful I’m around to be a babysitter for their kids...."[33] She has frequently appeared as a significant presence in narratives of homosexual identity, notably in The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire, Does Freddy Dance and Widescreen Dreams: Growing Up Gay at the Movies, and in May 2007, ranked 25th in a major poll ranking top gay icons.[34]

There is notable investment in the films that cemented her alleged "squeaky clean" image, as much as, if not more, than in Victor/Victoria. The Sound of Music has long been a gay favourite, and its recent Singalong incarnation was originally created for London's Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in 1999.[35] Recent gender/cultural studies writers such as Stacy Wolf and Peter Kemp have argued for a different reading of the image projected by her two most famous films, Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music, as that of a subversive and life-changing force, rather than a sugary nanny committed to keeping the traditional status quo. Stacy Wolf's book, A Problem Like Maria - Gender (sex) and Sexuality in the American Musical, analyzes Andrews' unique performance style (alongside stars such as Mary Martin and Ethel Merman) and devotes an entire chapter to The Sound of Music, studying it within a queer feminist context, and shedding light on its importance among lesbian spectators.[36]

[edit] Body of work

Film appearances
Year Title Role Other notes
1949 La Rosa di Bagdad Princess Zeila voice
1964 Mary Poppins Mary Poppins Academy Award for Best Actress
The Americanization of Emily Emily Barham
1965 Salzburg Sight and Sound Herself short subject
The Sound of Music Maria Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1966 Torn Curtain Dr. Sarah Louise Sherman
Hawaii Jerusha Bromley
1967 Think Twentieth Herself short subject
Thoroughly Modern Millie Millie Dillmount
1968 Star! Gertrude Lawrence
1970 Darling Lili Lili Smith (Schmidt)
1971 The Moviemakers Herself (uncredited) short subject
1972 Julie Herself documentary
1974 The Tamarind Seed Judith Farrow
1979 10 Samantha Taylor
1980 Little Miss Marker Amanda
1981 S.O.B. Sally Miles
1982 Victor/Victoria Victor/Victoria Academy Award nomination
Trail of the Pink Panther Charwoman uncredited
1983 The Man Who Loved Women Marianna
1986 That's Life! Gillian Fairchild
Duet for One Stephanie Anderson
1991 A Fine Romance Mrs. Pamela Piquet Cin cin - USA title
2000 Relative Values Felicity Marshwood
2001 The Princess Diaries Queen Clarisse Renaldi
2002 Unconditional Love Herself performer: Getting to Know You
2003 Eloise at Christmastime Nanny
2004 Shrek 2 Queen Lillian voice
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement Queen Clarisse Renaldi
2007 Shrek the Third Queen Lillian
Enchanted Narrator voice
2010 Shrek Goes Fourth Queen Lillian voice
Television appearances
1956 Ford Star Jubilee Lise High Tor
1957 Cinderella Cinderella
1962 Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall Herself
1965 The Julie Andrews Show Host
1969 A World in Music Herself An Evening with Julie Andrews and Harry Belafonte
1971 Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center Herself
1972-1973 The Julie Andrews Hour Host
1973 Julie on Sesame Street Herself
1974 Julie and Dick at Covent Garden Herself
Julie and Jackie: How Sweet It Is Herself
1978 Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring Herself - host
1987 Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas Herself
1989 Julie & Carol: Together Again Herself
1990 Julie Andrews in Concert Herself
1991 Our Sons Audrey Grant aka Too Little, Too Late
1992 Julie Julie Carlisle Series canceled after 3 months
1993 Sound of Orchestra
1999 One Special Night Catherine
2001 On Golden Pond Ethel Thayer
2003 Eloise at the Plaza Nanny
Eloise at Christmastime Nanny
Stage appearances
1954 The Boy Friend Polly
1956 My Fair Lady Eliza Doolittle Tony Award nominated
1961 Camelot Queen Guinevere Tony Award nominated
1993 Putting It Together
1995 Victor/Victoria Victor/Victoria Tony Award nominated (nomination declined)

[edit] Honours

Year Award Category Result For
1955 Theatre World Award Outstanding Broadway Debut Win The Boy Friend
1957 Tony Award Best Actress in a Musical Nominated My Fair Lady
1957 Emmy Award Best Actress in a Single Performance - Lead or Support Nominated Cinderella (CBS)
1961 Tony Award Best Actress in a Musical Nominated Camelot
1964 Academy Award Best Actress Win Mary Poppins
1964 Golden Globe Best Actress- Musical or Comedy Win Mary Poppins
1964 British Academy Award Most Promising Newcomer Win Mary Poppins
1964 Laurel Awards Musical Performance, Female Win Mary Poppins
1964 Grammy Awards Best Recording For Children Win Mary Poppins (Album)
1964–1965 Emmy Award Individual Achievements in Entertainment (Actors and Performers) Nominated The Andy Williams Show
1965 Academy Award Best Actress Nominated The Sound of Music
1965 Golden Globe Best Actress- Musical or Comedy Win The Sound of Music
1965 British Academy Award Best British Actress Nominated The Sound of Music
1965 Laurel Awards Musical Performance, Female Win The Sound of Music
1966 British Academy Award Best British Actress Nominated The Americanization of Emily
1967 Golden Globe Best Actress- Musical or Comedy Nominated Thoroughly Modern Millie
1967 Golden Globe Henrietta Award - World Film Favorite - Female Win
1967 Laurel Awards Female Comedy Performance Win Thoroughly Modern Millie
1967 Laurel Awards Female Star Win
1968 Golden Globe Best Actress- Musical or Comedy Nominated Star!
1968 Golden Globe Henrietta Award - World Film Favorite - Female Win
1970 Golden Globe Best Actress- Musical or comedy Nominated Darling Lili
1972 Emmy Award Outstanding Single Program - Variety or Musical - Variety and Popular Music Nominated Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center
1973 Golden Globes Awards Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy Nominated The Julie Andrews Hour
1973 Emmy Awards Outstanding Variety Musical Series Win The Julie Andrews Hour
1979 Golden Globe Best actress- Musical or Comedy Nominated 10
1980–1981 Emmy Award Individual Achievement in Children's Programming (Performers) Nominated Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolph Nureyev (The CBS Festival of Lively Arts For Young People)
1982 Academy Award Best Actress Nominated Victor/Victoria
1982 Golden Globe Best Actress- Musical or Comedy Win Victor/Victoria
1983 Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman of the Year Win
1983 People's Choice Award Film Acting Win
1986 Golden Globe Best Actress- Musical or Comedy Nominated That's Life!
1986 Golden Globe Best Actress- Drama Nominated Duet For One
1995 Emmy Awards Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Nominated The Sound of Julie Andrews
1996 Tony Award Best Actress in a Musical Nominated Victor/Victoria
2001 Kennedy Center Honors Kennedy Center Honoree Win
2001 Society of Singers Society of Singers Life Achievement Win Lifetime Achievement
2004 Emmy Awards Supporting Actress, Miniseries or a Movie Nominated Eloise at Christmastime
2005 Emmy Awards Outstanding Nonfiction Series Win Broadway: The American Musical
2007 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award Win Lifetime Achievement

Chart Sources:[37]

[edit] Books written by Andrews

[edit] References

  1. ^ Julie Andrews. Reel Classics.
  2. ^ a b c d Dame Julie: The sound of music. 31 December 1999. Retrieved 29 January 2007.
  3. ^ Julie Andrews: my secret father - Times Online
  4. ^ a b March 30, 2008 NY Times review of Home
  5. ^ Windeler, Robert. Julie Andrews: A Biography. G.P. Putnam's Sons. New York (1970). ASIN B000VFMZJ8. p. 19.
  6. ^ a b c d e Spindle, Les. Julie Andrews: A Bio-Bibliography. Greenwood Press (1989)] ISBN 0313262233. pp. 1-2.
  7. ^ a b c d Windeler (1970), pp 20-21
  8. ^ Interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air, aired April 7, 2008
  9. ^ Windeler (1970), pp 22-23
  10. ^ Windeler (1970), pp 23-24
  11. ^ Spindle, p. 2, suggests that Andrews began a few years of stage work with her parents in 1946.
  12. ^ Windeler (1970), pp 24-26
  13. ^ Windeler (1970), p. 26. "Julie, who was described in the official announcement October 14 as 'A 13-year-old coloratura soprano with the voice of an adult,' was the youngest solo performer ever chosen to perform before royalty at the Palladium."
  14. ^ a b c Spindle, p. 3
  15. ^ a b Windeler (1970), pp 26-27.
  16. ^ Ruhlmann, William. Julie Andrews Biography. All-Music Guide article from Legacy Recordings.
  17. ^ a b Spindle, pp. 4-5.
  18. ^ Windeler, pp. 41-42.
  19. ^ Gans, Andrew. "Julie Andrews 'Cinderella' to Air on PBS in December". Playbill News. 6 October 2004.
  20. ^ Haberman, Irving. "The Theatre World Brings A New Musical and a Stage Success to Television This Week". The New York Times, 31 March 1957.
  21. ^ Spindle, p. 14.
  22. ^ My Fair Lady (1964) at Reel Classics. Retrieved on 2005-12-18.
  23. ^ Sommer, Elyse (1999). Marni Nixon: The Voice of Hollywood. curtainup.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-09.
  24. ^ Mary Poppins 40th Anniversary Edition DVD.
  25. ^ Blank, Ed. Andrews as Maria a result of 'happy circumstances' . Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. 17 November 2005.
  26. ^ Times Online's 2005 review of Andrews' career
  27. ^ a b Julie Andrews: A Life Of Achievements. CBS News. 26 January 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2007.
  28. ^ [1] Julieandrews.co.uk Retrieved on 04-19-07.
  29. ^ Andrews sues over lost voice. BBC News. 15 December 1999. Retrieved 29 January 2007.
  30. ^ a b Singing comeback for Dame Julie. 19 March 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2008.
  31. ^ Amazon.com listing. Retrieved on 2007-12-16.
  32. ^ Farmer, Brett. "Julie Andrews Made Me Gay" in Camera Obscura: Feminism, Culture and Media Studies 65, Vol 22, No 2, p 150.
  33. ^ Brockes, Emma. Thoroughly Modern Julie. Guardian, 14 October 2004.
  34. ^ Land, Jon. Kylie is 'greatest gay icon' of all time. Showbiz & Slapdash. 1 May 2007.
  35. ^ Partridge, Des. The Stalls are Alive: What's the world coming to when 'A Singalong Sound of Music' becomes the feel-good hit of the year. Courier Mail (Queensland, Australia), 7 July 2001 p. M12, on Reel Classics.
  36. ^ A Problem Like Maria
  37. ^ Spindle, pp. 123-29

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NAME Andrews, Julie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wells, Julia Elizabeth
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actress, singer, author
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH