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 Julia Elizabeth Wells was born on October 1, 1935, in England. Her mother, Barbara Ward (Morris), and stepfather, both vaudeville performers, discovered her freakish but undeniably lovely four-octave singing voice and immediately got her a singing career. She performed in music halls throughout her childhood and teens, and at age 20, she launched her stage career in a London Palladium production of "Cinderella".Andrew came to Broadway in 1954 with "The Boy Friend", and became a bona fide star two years later in 1956, in the role of Eliza Doolittle in the unprecedented hit "My Fair Lady". Her star status continued in 1957, when she starred in the TV-production of Cinderella (1957) and through 1960, when she played "Guenevere" in "Camelot".In 1963, Walt Disney asked Andrews if she would like to star in his upcoming production, a lavish musical fantasy that combined live-action and animation. She agreed on the condition if she didn't get the role of Doolittle in the pending film production of My Fair Lady (1964). After Audrey Hepburn was cast in My Fair Lady, Andrews made an auspicious film debut in Walt Disney's Mary Poppins (1964), which earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress.Andrews continued to work on Broadway, until the release of The Sound of Music (1965), the highest-grossing movie of its day and one of the highest-grossing of all time. She soon found that audiences identified her only with singing, sugary-sweet nannies and governesses, and were reluctant to accept her in dramatic roles in The Americanization of Emily (1964) and Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Torn Curtain (1966). In addition, the box-office showings of the musicals Julie subsequently made increasingly reflected the negative effects of the musical-film boom that she helped to create. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) was for a time the most successful film Universal had released, but it still couldn't compete with Mary Poppins or The Sound of Music for worldwide acclaim and recognition. Star! (1968) and Darling Lili (1970) also bombed at the box office.Fortunately, Andrews did not let this keep her down. She worked in nightclubs and hosted a TV variety series in the 1970s. In 1979, Andrews returned to the big screen, appearing in films directed by her husband Blake Edwards, with roles that were entirely different from anything she had been seen in before. Andrews starred in 10 (1979), S.O.B. (1981) and Victor/Victoria (1982), which earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role.She continued acting throughout the 1980s and 1990s in movies and TV, hosting several specials and starring in a short-lived sitcom. In 2001, she starred in The Princess Diaries (2001), alongside then-newcomer Anne Hathaway. The family film was one of the most successful G-Rated films of that year, and Andrews reprised her role as Queen Clarisse Renaldi in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004). In recent years, Andrews appeared in Tooth Fairy (2010), as well as a number of voice roles in Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek the Third (2007), Enchanted (2007), Shrek Forever After (2010), and Despicable Me (2010).
Bio:
Julia Elizabeth Wells was born on October 1, 1935, in England. Her mother, Barbara Ward (Morris), and stepfather, both vaudeville performers, discovered her freakish but undeniably lovely four-octave singing voice and immediately got her a singing career. She performed in music halls throughout her childhood and teens, and at age 20, she launched her stage career in a London Palladium production of "Cinderella".Andrew came to Broadway in 1954 with "The Boy Friend", and became a bona fide star two years later in 1956, in the role of Eliza Doolittle in the unprecedented hit "My Fair Lady". Her star status continued in 1957, when she starred in the TV-production of Cinderella (1957) and through 1960, when she played "Guenevere" in "Camelot".In 1963, Walt Disney asked Andrews if she would like to star in his upcoming production, a lavish musical fantasy that combined live-action and animation. She agreed on the condition if she didn't get the role of Doolittle in the pending film production of My Fair Lady (1964). After Audrey Hepburn was cast in My Fair Lady, Andrews made an auspicious film debut in Walt Disney's Mary Poppins (1964), which earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress.Andrews continued to work on Broadway, until the release of The Sound of Music (1965), the highest-grossing movie of its day and one of the highest-grossing of all time. She soon found that audiences identified her only with singing, sugary-sweet nannies and governesses, and were reluctant to accept her in dramatic roles in The Americanization of Emily (1964) and Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Torn Curtain (1966). In addition, the box-office showings of the musicals Julie subsequently made increasingly reflected the negative effects of the musical-film boom that she helped to create. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) was for a time the most successful film Universal had released, but it still couldn't compete with Mary Poppins or The Sound of Music for worldwide acclaim and recognition. Star! (1968) and Darling Lili (1970) also bombed at the box office.Fortunately, Andrews did not let this keep her down. She worked in nightclubs and hosted a TV variety series in the 1970s. In 1979, Andrews returned to the big screen, appearing in films directed by her husband Blake Edwards, with roles that were entirely different from anything she had been seen in before. Andrews starred in 10 (1979), S.O.B. (1981) and Victor/Victoria (1982), which earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role.She continued acting throughout the 1980s and 1990s in movies and TV, hosting several specials and starring in a short-lived sitcom. In 2001, she starred in The Princess Diaries (2001), alongside then-newcomer Anne Hathaway. The family film was one of the most successful G-Rated films of that year, and Andrews reprised her role as Queen Clarisse Renaldi in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004). In recent years, Andrews appeared in Tooth Fairy (2010), as well as a number of voice roles in Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek the Third (2007), Enchanted (2007), Shrek Forever After (2010), and Despicable Me (2010).
Tivia:
The London press reported that Miss Andrews's settlement for her botched throat surgery was nearly 21 million British pounds, or about 30 million U.S. dollars. (2001)Spent some time in a psychiatric clinic, to help her cope with the trauma resulting from her throat surgery.Was created a Dame by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on the Millenium New Year's Honours List on December 31, 1999.Has had one of her ankle bone joints replaced with a titanium implant to avoid being confined to a wheelchair. Andrews had to turn down the role of Aunt Emma in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) owing to her period of recovery after the operation."Your Crowning Glory" from The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004), was the first song she had sung in public or on screen since she had throat surgery in 1997. She reportedly nailed the song on the first take, and brought tears to the eyes of the crew present.Her husband reported that she would probably never sing again because the throat surgery had ruined her voice. (November 1998)Changed her last name from Wells to Andrews when her mother married her stepfather Ted Andrews.Thanked only Walt Disney by name in her Oscar acceptance speech.According to Andrews, Walt Disney originally approached her to read for the part of Mary Poppins after a performance of the Broadway show, Camelot. Andrew's told Disney she could not take the part because she was pregnant. Disney responded, "That's all right. I'll wait.".While she played the original Eliza Dolittle in the Broadway musical "My Fair Lady", Audrey Hepburn played the part in the movie My Fair Lady (1964). 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).Is the only actress to be nominated for (and later win) the Oscar in the Lead Actress category in a Walt Disney film (Mary Poppins (1964)).Turned down her Tony nomination for "Victor/Victoria" for Best Actress in a Musical in 1996 because the rest of the cast and crew were overlooked for consideration.Possessed a five-octave coloratura soprano range until a vocal nodule surgery mishap ruined her singing voice.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.She adopted two daughters from Vietnam with Blake Edwards, Amelia Edwards (b. 1974) and Joanna Edwards (b. 1975).Has perfect pitch.Learned to play the guitar specifically for the role of "Maria" in The Sound of Music (1965).Could sing notes only dogs could hear at the age of seven.Best friends with Carol Burnett. Carol is godmother of Julie's daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton.In 1969, when MGM cancelled their proposed Irving Berlin musical biography "Say it With Music" in which she was set to star, she sued the studio and collected her $1,250,000 salary.After the success of Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965), she declined huge offers for more nanny roles with the explanation: "I've done that.".She was the youngest person ever to appear in a Royal Command Performance. She performed for King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth/Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret.She has a rose named after her.Her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is directly in front of the new addition to the Chinese Theatre. The star was dedicated on 5 Oct, 1979.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.Is one of 15 actresses to have won both the Best Actress Academy Award and the Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical Golden Globe for the same performance; hers being for Mary Poppins (1964). The others, in chronological order, are: Judy Holliday for Born Yesterday (1950), Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl (1968), Liza Minnelli for Cabaret (1972), Glenda Jackson for A Touch of Class (1973), Diane Keaton for Annie Hall (1977), Sissy Spacek for Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), Cher for Moonstruck (1987), 'Jessica Tandy for Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Helen Hunt for As Good as It Gets (1997), Gwyneth Paltrow for Shakespeare in Love (1998), Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line (2005), Marion Cotillard for La Vie En Rose (2007), Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook (2012), and Emma Stone for La La Land (2016).Returned to work 4 months after giving birth to her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton to begin filming Mary Poppins (1964).When Tony Walton proposed to her, he gave her a brooch instead of a ring.In the 1960s she sported a bumper sticker on her car reading "Mary Poppins is a junkie".Was passed over for the role on Eliza Dolittle in favor of Audrey Hepburn for the film My Fair Lady (1964). 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. Nixon appeared with Andrews in The Sound of Music (1965).She was considered to voice Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast (1991).Was selected by the Walt Disney Company to become the Offical Ambassador for "The Happiest Homecoming On Earth: Disneyland's 50th Anniversary Celebration".She has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965).In 2002, she was voted the 59th greatest Briton ever in a BBC poll.Sings scales rather than songs in the shower.According to her autobiography, she first saw second husband Blake Edwards at a party while she and first husband Tony Walton were on their honeymoon. She and Blake did not become friends until several years later.Her performance as Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins (1964) is ranked #45 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.Is one of 8 actresses to have won an Academy Award for their performance in a musical. The others in chronological order are; Rita Moreno, Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jennifer Hudson, Anne Hathaway and Emma Stone.Musically, she had always preferred singing music that was "bright and sunny", choosing to avoid songs that were sad, depressing, upsetting, or written in a minor key, for fear of losing her voice "in a mess of emotion". She cited this as yet another reason for avoiding opera.Recepient of a 2011 Lifetime Achievement Grammy.Is one of 4 actresses to win the Best Actress Oscar for their film debut (for Mary Poppins (1964)). The others are Shirley Booth (for Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)), Barbra Streisand (for Funny Girl (1968)), and Marlee Matlin (for Children of a Lesser God (1986)).She was chosen for her 3rd film role in 'The Sound of Music' before her two previous films had been released.During the Vietnam War, she and Blake Edwards both became involved with the Committee of Responsibility, which brought severely injured children from the war zone to the US for treatment. Their involvement led them to adopt two Vietnamese abandoned children.Received a standing ovation at The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) when she appeared to present a short film celebration sequence.Uses the pen-name 'Julie Edwards'.Played the same role of "Victoria Grant" in the Broadway musical adaption of Victor/Victoria (1982). She turned down a Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Musical.She turned down the role of Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly! (1969).Was offered the role of Carol in Once Upon a Time in America (1984), but turned the role down. The part went to Tuesday Weld.7 September 2000 - Her malpractice suit against the 2 New York Mt. Sinai Hospital doctors who allegedly botched her throat surgery was settled for an undisclosed sum.She was supposed to reprise her stage role of Guinivere in Camelot (1967) opposite Richard Burton as King Arthur, but had become such a popular film star by this time, that she was unable to accept the role. . |
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Julie Andrews |
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Actress,Writer,Producer (IMDB) |
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All World |
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5' 8' (1.73 m) |
| Biography: |
Julia Elizabeth Wells was born on October 1, 1935, in England. Her mother, Barbara Ward (Morris), and stepfather, both vaudeville performers, discovered her freakish but undeniably lovely four-octave singing voice and immediately got her a singing ca |
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The London press reported that Miss Andrews's settlement for her botched throat surgery was nearly 21 million British pounds, or about 30 million U.S. dollars. (2001)Spent some time in a psychiatric clinic, to help her cope with the trauma resulting from her throat surgery.Was created a Dame by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on the Millenium New Year's Honours List on December 31, 1999.Has had one of her ankle bone joints replaced with a titanium implant to avoid being confined to a wheelchair. Andrews had to turn down the role of Aunt Emma in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) owing to her period of recovery after the operation."Your Crowning Glory" from The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004), was the first song she had sung in public or on screen since she had throat surgery in 1997. She reportedly nailed the song on the first take, and brought tears to the eyes of the crew present.Her husband reported that she would probably never sing again because the throat surgery had ruined her voice. (November 1998)Changed her last name from Wells to Andrews when her mother married her stepfather Ted Andrews.Thanked only Walt Disney by name in her Oscar acceptance speech.According to Andrews, Walt Disney originally approached her to read for the part of Mary Poppins after a performance of the Broadway show, Camelot. Andrew's told Disney she could not take the part because she was pregnant. Disney responded, "That's all right. I'll wait.".While she played the original Eliza Dolittle in the Broadway musical "My Fair Lady", Audrey Hepburn played the part in the movie My Fair Lady (1964). 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).Is the only actress to be nominated for (and later win) the Oscar in the Lead Actress category in a Walt Disney film (Mary Poppins (1964)).Turned down her Tony nomination for "Victor/Victoria" for Best Actress in a Musical in 1996 because the rest of the cast and crew were overlooked for consideration.Possessed a five-octave coloratura soprano range until a vocal nodule surgery mishap ruined her singing voice.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.She adopted two daughters from Vietnam with Blake Edwards, Amelia Edwards (b. 1974) and Joanna Edwards (b. 1975).Has perfect pitch.Learned to play the guitar specifically for the role of "Maria" in The Sound of Music (1965).Could sing notes only dogs could hear at the age of seven.Best friends with Carol Burnett. Carol is godmother of Julie's daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton.In 1969, when MGM cancelled their proposed Irving Berlin musical biography "Say it With Music" in which she was set to star, she sued the studio and collected her $1,250,000 salary.After the success of Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965), she declined huge offers for more nanny roles with the explanation: "I've done that.".She was the youngest person ever to appear in a Royal Command Performance. She performed for King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth/Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret.She has a rose named after her.Her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is directly in front of the new addition to the Chinese Theatre. The star was dedicated on 5 Oct, 1979.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.Is one of 15 actresses to have won both the Best Actress Academy Award and the Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical Golden Globe for the same performance; hers being for Mary Poppins (1964). The others, in chronological order, are: Judy Holliday for Born Yesterday (1950), Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl (1968), Liza Minnelli for Cabaret (1972), Glenda Jackson for A Touch of Class (1973), Diane Keaton for Annie Hall (1977), Sissy Spacek for Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), Cher for Moonstruck (1987), 'Jessica Tandy for Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Helen Hunt for As Good as It Gets (1997), Gwyneth Paltrow for Shakespeare in Love (1998), Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line (2005), Marion Cotillard for La Vie En Rose (2007), Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook (2012), and Emma Stone for La La Land (2016).Returned to work 4 months after giving birth to her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton to begin filming Mary Poppins (1964).When Tony Walton proposed to her, he gave her a brooch instead of a ring.In the 1960s she sported a bumper sticker on her car reading "Mary Poppins is a junkie".Was passed over for the role on Eliza Dolittle in favor of Audrey Hepburn for the film My Fair Lady (1964). 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. Nixon appeared with Andrews in The Sound of Music (1965).She was considered to voice Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast (1991).Was selected by the Walt Disney Company to become the Offical Ambassador for "The Happiest Homecoming On Earth: Disneyland's 50th Anniversary Celebration".She has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965).In 2002, she was voted the 59th greatest Briton ever in a BBC poll.Sings scales rather than songs in the shower.According to her autobiography, she first saw second husband Blake Edwards at a party while she and first husband Tony Walton were on their honeymoon. She and Blake did not become friends until several years later.Her performance as Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins (1964) is ranked #45 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.Is one of 8 actresses to have won an Academy Award for their performance in a musical. The others in chronological order are; Rita Moreno, Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jennifer Hudson, Anne Hathaway and Emma Stone.Musically, she had always preferred singing music that was "bright and sunny", choosing to avoid songs that were sad, depressing, upsetting, or written in a minor key, for fear of losing her voice "in a mess of emotion". She cited this as yet another reason for avoiding opera.Recepient of a 2011 Lifetime Achievement Grammy.Is one of 4 actresses to win the Best Actress Oscar for their film debut (for Mary Poppins (1964)). The others are Shirley Booth (for Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)), Barbra Streisand (for Funny Girl (1968)), and Marlee Matlin (for Children of a Lesser God (1986)).She was chosen for her 3rd film role in 'The Sound of Music' before her two previous films had been released.During the Vietnam War, she and Blake Edwards both became involved with the Committee of Responsibility, which brought severely injured children from the war zone to the US for treatment. Their involvement led them to adopt two Vietnamese abandoned children.Received a standing ovation at The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) when she appeared to present a short film celebration sequence.Uses the pen-name 'Julie Edwards'.Played the same role of "Victoria Grant" in the Broadway musical adaption of Victor/Victoria (1982). She turned down a Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Musical.She turned down the role of Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly! (1969).Was offered the role of Carol in Once Upon a Time in America (1984), but turned the role down. The part went to Tuesday Weld.7 September 2000 - Her malpractice suit against the 2 New York Mt. Sinai Hospital doctors who allegedly botched her throat surgery was settled for an undisclosed sum.She was supposed to reprise her stage role of Guinivere in Camelot (1967) opposite Richard Burton as King Arthur, but had become such a popular film star by this time, that she was unable to accept the role. . |
| Trademarks: |
Her 4-octave soprano voice
Her very regal mannerisms/behavior |
| Quotes: |
I don't want to be thought of as wholesome.
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[1982] Does Mary Poppins have an orgasm? Does she go to the bathroom? I assure you, she does.
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Singing has never been particularly easy for me.
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Films are much more my level. On stage I never feel quite enough.
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[upon answering whether Mary Poppins and Bert ever got it together]: I hope so. She wouldn't admit it, but I do hope so. |
| Salaries: |
Darling Lili (1970) - $1,100,000
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Star! (1968) - $625,500
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Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) - $750,000
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Hawaii (1966) - $700,000
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Torn Curtain (1966) - $750,000 |
| Job title: |
Actress,Writer,Producer |
| Others works: |
(1971) Children's book: "Mandy"
(1974) Children's book: "The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles"
(1957) Stage: Appeared (as "Cinderella") in "Cinderella" on Broadway.
(1956) Stage: Appeared (as " |
| Spouse: |
Blake Edwards (November 12, 1969 - December 15, 2010) (his death, 2 children)Tony Walton (May 10, 1959 - May 7, 1968) (divorced, 1 child) |
| Children: |
Emma Walton HamiltonAmelia EdwardsJoanna EdwardsGeoffrey EdwardsJennifer EdwardsAmelia Edwards |
| Parents: |
Barbara Ward (Morris)
Ted Andrews |
| Relatives: |
Christopher Stuart (Sibling) |
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