Julie Andrews : Oscar Winning Actress

 Overview

Born : October 1, 1935 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK

Birth Name : Julia Elizabeth Wells

Nickname : Jules

Height : 5' 8" (1.73 m)

Julia Elizabeth Wells was brought into the world on October 1, 1935, in England. Her mom, Barbara Ward (Morris), and stepfather, both vaudeville entertainers, found her abnormal yet verifiably wonderful four-octave performing voice and quickly got her a singing vocation. She acted in music corridors all through her adolescence and youngsters, and at age 20, she sent off her stage profession in a London Palladium creation of "Cinderella".

Andrew came to Broadway in 1954 with "The Boy Friend", and turned into a real star two years after the fact in 1956, in the job of Eliza Doolittle in the extraordinary hit "My Fair Lady". Her star status proceeded in 1957, when she featured in the TV-creation of Cinderella (1957) and through 1960, when she played "Guenevere" in "Camelot".

In 1963, Walt Disney inquired as to whether she might want to star in his impending creation, an extravagant melodic dream that consolidated true to life and activity. She settled on the condition on the off chance that she didn't get the job of Doolittle in the forthcoming film creation of My Fair Lady (1964). After Audrey Hepburn was projected in My Fair Lady, Andrews made a promising film debut in Walt Disney's Mary Poppins (1964), which acquired her an Academy Award for Best Actress.

Andrews kept on dealing with Broadway, until the arrival of The Sound of Music (1965), the most noteworthy earning film of its day and one of the greatest netting ever. She before long observed that crowds recognized her just with singing, candy coated caretakers and tutors, and were hesitant to acknowledge her in emotional jobs in The Americanization of Emily (1964) and Alfred Hitchcock's spine chiller Torn Curtain (1966). Furthermore, the movies appearances of the musicals Julie accordingly made progressively mirrored the adverse consequences of the melodic film blast that she assisted with making. Completely Modern Millie (1967) was for a period the best film Universal had delivered, yet it actually couldn't rival Mary Poppins or The Sound of Music for overall approval and acknowledgment. Star! (1968) and Darling Lili (1970) likewise besieged in the cinema world.

Luckily, Andrews didn't let this hold her down. She worked in dance club and facilitated a TV assortment series during the 1970s. In 1979, Andrews got back to the big screen, showing up in films coordinated by her better half Blake Edwards, with jobs that were altogether not the same as anything she had been seen in previously. Andrews featured in 10 (1979), S.O.B. (1981) and Victor Victoria (1982), which acquired her an Oscar designation for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

She kept acting all through the 1980s and 1990s in motion pictures and TV, facilitating a few specials and featuring in a brief sitcom. In 2001, she featured in The Princess Diaries (2001), close by then-rookie Anne Hathaway. The family film was one of the best G-Rated movies of that year, and Andrews repeated her job as Queen Clarisse Renaldi in The Princess Diaries 2 (2004). As of late, Andrews showed up in Tooth Fairy (2010), as well as various voice jobs in Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek the Third (2007), Enchanted (2007), Shrek Forever After (2010), and Despicable Me (2010).

Was made a Dame by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on the Millenium New Year's Honors List on December 31, 1999.

Her better half announced that she would presumably never sing again in light of the fact that the throat medical procedure had demolished her voice. [November 1998]

Went through throat medical procedure. [June 1997]

Stepmother of Jennifer Edwards and Geoffrey Edwards.

Utilizes the pseudonym 'Julie Edwards'.

Brought into the world at 6:00am-BST.

Invested some energy in a mental facility, to assist her adapt to the injury coming about because of her throat medical procedure.

Mother, with Tony Walton, of little girl Emma Walton Hamilton.

7 September 2000 - Her negligence suit against the 2 New York Mt. Sinai Hospital specialists who supposedly bungled her throat medical procedure was made due with an undisclosed aggregate.

The London press announced that Miss Andrews' settlement for her messed up throat medical procedure was almost 21 million British pounds, or around 30 million U.S. dollars. [2001]

While she played the first Eliza Dolittle in the Broadway melodic "My Fair Lady", Audrey Hepburn filled the role in the film My Fair Lady (1964). The studio chiefs didn't need Andrews since she hadn't had any involvement with film and figured Hepburn would be the better decision. Be that as it may, while the film My Fair Lady brought home a few Oscars in 1964, it neglected to win the Best Actress class. That grant went to, in all honesty, Julie Andrews for her exhibition in Mary Poppins (1964).

Whenever Tony Walton proposed to her, he gave her a pin rather than a ring.

She has a rose named after her.

Has wonderful pitch.

In 2002, she was casted a ballot the 59th most prominent Briton ever in a BBC survey.

Assumed a similar part of "Victoria Grant" in the Broadway melodic adaption of Victor Victoria (1982). She turned down a Tony selection for Best Actress in a Musical.

Has claimed a chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland, for a long time. Consistently she pays for Gstaad's Christmas lights. In July she presents the prize for the victor of the yearly Gstaad Tennis Open. She once said assuming she was anxious before an exhibition in front of an audience, she'd simply need to take a gander at a photograph from 'exquisite' Gstaad, and she was consoled.

During the 1960s she wore a guard sticker on her vehicle perusing "Mary Poppins is an addict".

In 1969, when MGM dropped their proposed Irving Berlin melodic life story "Say it With Music" in which she was set to star, she sued the studio and gathered her $1,250,000 compensation.

Mary Poppins (1964) for Disney, The Sound of Music (1965) for twentieth Century Fox and Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) for Universal were the greatest cash creators yet for their studios. Be that as it may, her next two movies, Star! (1968) and Darling Lili (1970), to say the least, neglected to get their cash back.

Gotten an overwhelming applause at The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) when she seemed to introduce a short film festivity succession.

Changed her last name from Wells to Andrews when her mom wedded her stepfather Ted Andrews.

Her stepfather was a drunkard.

She took on two girls from Vietnam with Blake Edwards, Amy Edwards (b. 1974) and Joanna Edwards (b. 1975).

Was disregarded for the job on Eliza Dolittle for Audrey Hepburn for the film My Fair Lady (1964). In contrast to Andrews, nonetheless, Hepburn was not a characteristic vocalist. She took voice illustrations and recorded the tracks for the film, yet the makers, without telling Audrey, named her voice with that of Marni Nixon. Nixon showed up with Andrews in The Sound of Music (1965).

Her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is straightforwardly before the new expansion to the Chinese Theater. The star was devoted on 5 Oct, 1979.

Recorded an appearance arrangement as a maidservant in Blake Edwards' 1975 Inspector Clouseau satire The Return of the Pink Panther (1975), however the grouping wound up on the cutting-room floor.

Was chosen by the Walt Disney Company to turn into the Offical Ambassador for "The Happiest Homecoming On Earth: Disneyland's 50th Anniversary Celebration".

Sings scales rather than melodies in the shower.

She was the most youthful individual ever to show up in a Royal Command Performance. She performed for King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth/Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret.

Her exhibition as Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins (1964) is positioned #45 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

Is the main entertainer to be designated for (and later win) the Oscar in the Lead Actress class in a Walt Disney film (Mary Poppins (1964)).

Had a five-octave coloratura soprano reach until a vocal knob medical procedure setback demolished her performing voice.

"Your Crowning Glory" from The Princess Diaries 2 (2004), was the principal melody she had sung in broad daylight or on screen since she had throat medical procedure in 1997. She supposedly nailed the melody on the principal take, and carried tears to the eyes of the team present.

The Americanization of Emily (1964) is the main high contrast film she made.

Closest companions with Carol Burnett. Tune is guardian of Julie's little girl, Emma Walton Hamilton.

Grandma of girl Emma Walton Hamilton's kids Samuel and Hope.

Was considered for the job of Susy Hendrix in the film Wait Until Dark (1967) . The job at last went to Audrey Hepburn as it did in My Fair Lady (1964).

Starting at 2013, she is one of six ladies who have gotten a Best Actress Oscar selection for a presentation coordinated by their mate, to be specific for Victor Victoria (1982) coordinated by Blake Edwards. The other five are Elisabeth Bergner for Escape Me Never (1935) (coordinated by Paul Czinner), Joanne Woodward for Rachel, Rachel (1968) (coordinated by Paul Newman), Jean Simmons for The Happy Ending (1969) (coordinated by Richard Brooks), Gena Rowlands for A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Gloria (1980) (both coordinated by John Cassavetes), and Frances McDormand for Fargo (1996) (coordinated by Joel Coen). Jules Dassin likewise coordinated his future spouse Melina Mercouri in a Best Actress Oscar designated execution (Never on Sunday (1960)), yet they weren't hitched at this point at the hour of the selection.

Mother by marriage of Steve Hamilton.

Could sing notes no one but canines could hear at seven years old.

Her little girl, Amy Edwards, wedded stone performer Lauren Scheff on October 24, 2004. They are currently separated.

Her sibling, Christopher Stuart, was brought into the world in May, 1946.

Her two organic grandkids are Sam (b. 1996) and Hope (b. 2003) from little girl Emma Walton Hamilton. Her other grandkids are: Max Scheff, from embraced little girl Amy Edwards; Kayti and Hannah Schneider, from stepdaughter Jennifer Edwards; Isabelle and Hank, from stepson Geoffrey Edwards.

Was one of the primary ladies to be named a Disney Legend (and enlisted into the Disney Hall of Fame). She was in the 1991 class with illustrator Mary Blair.

Turned down her Tony designation for "Victor/Victoria" for Best Actress in a Musical in 1996 in light of the fact that the remainder of the cast and team were ignored for thought.

As indicated by her self-portrayal, she initially saw second spouse Blake Edwards at a party while she and first husband Tony Walton were on their wedding trip. She and Blake didn't become companions until quite a while later.

Was offered the job of Carol in Once Upon a Time in America (1984), however turned the job down. The part went to Tuesday Weld.

Was at one point going to star in Follow Me (1972).

Figured out how to play the guitar explicitly for the job of "Maria" in The Sound of Music (1965).

Recepient of a 2011 Lifetime Achievement Grammy.

Expressed gratitude toward just Walt Disney by name in her Oscar acknowledgment discourse.

Over a time of six years, from 1964 to 1970, she acted in four distinct movies as characters with rhyming names, Mary, Emily, Millie, Lili, and every one of those names were essential for the particular title: Mary Poppins (1964) - Mary; The Americanization of Emily (1964) - Emily; Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) - Millie; Darling Lili (1970) - Lili. Moreover, during a similar period, she depicted the comparable sounding, in the event that not rhyming, Maria in The Sound of Music (1965), where her personality's name was not piece of the title. All with the exception of Darling Lili were enormous cash creators.

After the accomplishment of Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965), she declined gigantic proposals for more caretaker jobs with the clarification: "I've done that.".

She and Blake Edwards went through analysis in the 1970's as a method for managing their individual vocation droops.

During the Vietnam War, she and Blake Edwards both became engaged with the Committee of Responsibility, which brought seriously harmed kids from the disaster area to the US for treatment. Their association drove them to embrace two Vietnamese deserted youngsters.

Was the 61st entertainer to get an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for Mary Poppins (1964) at The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965) on April 5, 1965.

Has had one of her lower leg bone joints supplanted with a titanium embed to try not to be bound to a wheelchair. Andrews needed to turn down the job of Aunt Emma in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) attributable to her time of recuperation after the activity.

Is one of 4 entertainers 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)).

Is one of 27 entertainers to have gotten an Academy Award selection for their exhibition in a melodic; hers being Mary Poppins (1964), The Sound of Music (1965), and Victor Victoria (1982). The others, in sequential request, are: Bessie Love (The Broadway Melody (1929)), Grace Moore (One Night of Love (1934)), Jean Hagen (Singin' in the Rain (1952)), Marjorie Rambeau (Torch Song (1953)), Dorothy Dandridge (Carmen Jones (1954)), Deborah Kerr (The King and I (1956)), Rita Moreno (West Side Story (1961)), Gladys Cooper (My Fair Lady (1964)), Debbie Reynolds (The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)), Peggy Wood (The Sound of Music (1965)), Carol Channing (Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)), Kay Medford (Funny Girl (1968)), Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl (1968)), Liza Minnelli (Cabaret (1972)), Ronee Blakley (Nashville (1975)), Lily Tomlin (Nashville (1975)), Ann-Margret (Tommy (1975)), Lesley Ann Warren (Victor Victoria (1982)), Amy Irving (Yentl (1983)), Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge! (2001)), Queen Latifah (Chicago (2002)), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago (2002)), Renée Zellweger (Chicago (2002)), Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls (2006)), Penélope Cruz (Nine (2009)), Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables (2012)), Meryl Streep (Into the Woods (2014)), and Emma Stone (La Land (2016)). Andrews is the main entertainer to have been assigned on numerous occasions for her exhibitions in musicals.

Is one of 15 entertainers to have won both the Best Actress Academy Award and the Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical Golden Globe for a similar presentation; hers being for Mary Poppins (1964). The others, in sequential request, 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 Land (2016).

She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for include film debut in Mary Poppins (1964). Andrews has gotten 28 honors over her profession, yet that was her main Academy Award in spite of being named for The Sound of Music (1965). Mary Poppins additionally acquired her and her co-stars the 1965 Grammy Award for Best Album for Children. She was assigned for a Tony Award for her presentation in the melodic My Fair Lady.

Her first stage show was at the Hippodrome, London in 1947 (matured 11) where she sang one tune 'Polonaise from Mignon' for two exhibitions every evening. This prompted being approached to act in the Royal Command Performance 1947 (Then matured 12).

Starting at 2019 she is the seventh earliest enduring beneficiary of a Best Actress Oscar designation, behind just Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Caron, Carroll Baker, Joanne Woodward, Shirley MacLaine and a tied Piper Laurie and Sophia Loren. She was designated (and won) in 1964 for Mary Poppins (1964).

As indicated by Andrews, Walt Disney initially moved toward her to peruse for the piece of Mary Poppins after an exhibition of the Broadway show, Camelot. Andrew's told Disney she was unable to take the part since she was pregnant. Disney reacted, "That is okay. I'll pause.".

Is one of 8 entertainers to have won an Academy Award for their presentation in a melodic. The others in sequential request are; Rita Moreno, Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jennifer Hudson, Anne Hathaway and Emma Stone.

Was 2 months pregnant with her girl Emma Walton Hamilton when she finished her run of the Broadway melodic "Camelot".

Gotten back to work 4 months in the wake of bringing forth her girl Emma Walton Hamilton to start shooting Mary Poppins (1964).

Conveyed her girl Emma Walton Hamilton normally.

She was considered to play Aunt Emma in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), preceding Joanna Lumley was projected. Purportedly Andrews had harmed a lower leg.

She was considered for Emma Fairfax in Doctor Dolittle (1967).

She turned down the job of Elizabeth in Paint Your Wagon (1969).

She turned down the job of Catherine in Lost Horizon (1973).

She was considered to voice Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast (1991).

She turned down the job of Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly! (1969).

She was considered to star inverse Richard Burton in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969).

She turned down the job of Truly Scrumptious in Chitty Bang (1968).

She should voice the Mary Poppins spoof Shari Bobbins in The Simpsons: Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious (1997), yet she was occupied with showing up on Broadway. The part went to normal cast part Maggie Roswell.

She turned down the job of Miss Price in Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), feeling it was excessively like Mary Poppins (1964). She in the end reexamined, feeling that she owed her profession to Disney, however by this stage Angela Lansbury had been projected. Amusingly, she was considered to play Mary Poppins.

She was considered for Nancy in Oliver! (1968).

Musically, she had consistently favored singing music that was "brilliant and radiant", deciding to keep away from tunes that were pitiful, discouraging, disturbing, or written in a minor key, inspired by a paranoid fear of losing her voice "wrecked of feeling". She refered to this at this point one more justification for keeping away from show.

She should repeat her stage job of Guinivere in Camelot (1967) inverse Richard Burton as King Arthur, however had become such a well known film star at this point, that she couldn't acknowledge the job. .

Is one of 11 entertainers to have won a Best Actress Oscar for a film in which they sing in character, hers being for Mary Poppins (1964). The others are Luise Rainer, Ingrid Bergman, Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, Ellen Burstyn, Diane Keaton, Sissy Spacek, Reese Witherspoon, Emma Stone and Renée Zellweger. One could contend that Marion Cotillard has a place on this rundown yet she emulated to Édith Piaf for La Vie En Rose (2007) as opposed to utilizing her own voice.

She has showed up in two movies that have been chosen for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "socially, all things considered or stylishly" critical: Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965).

She was picked for her third film job in 'The Sound of Music' before her two past movies had been delivered.

She played Eliza in 'My Fair Lady'for 2 years Broadway and year and a half in London and didn't miss one execution.

The main time she has carried on conceiving an offspring in a film was in Hawaii (1966).

Met spouse to-be Blake Edwards after she'd heard that he once portrayed her as being, "...so sweet she likely has violets between her legs." Andrews was so engaged by the comment she sent Edwards a lot of violets joined by a note. They started dating and later wedded.

Got the featuring job in Torn Curtain (1966) after Tippi Hedren would not act under Hitchcock's direction again.

List Of Julie Andrews Movies

• Minions: The Rise of Gru (completed)
• The King's Daughter
• Bridgerton (TV Series)
• Aquaman
• Despicable Me 3
• Julie's Greenroom (TV Series)
• Despicable Me
• Shrek Forever After
• Pip's Predicament: A Pop-Up Adventure (Short)
• Enchanted
• Shrek the Third
• The Cat That Looked at a King (Video short)
• Great Performances (TV Series)
• The Princess Diaries 2
• Shrek 2
• The Wonderful World of Disney (TV Series)
• Unconditional Love
• Paraíso Filmes (TV Series)
• The Princess Diaries
• On Golden Pond (TV Movie)
• Relative Values
• One Special Night (TV Movie)
• Victor/Victoria (TV Movie)
• Julie (TV Series)
• A Touch of Adultery
• Our Sons (TV Movie)
• Duet for One
• That's Life!
• The Man Who Loved Women
• Trail of the Pink Panther
• Victor Victoria
• S.O.B.
• Little Miss Marker
• 10
• The Pink Panther Strikes Again
• The Tamarind Seed
• Darling Lili
• Star!
• Thoroughly Modern Millie
• Hawaii
• Torn Curtain
• The Sound of Music
• The Americanization of Emily
• Mary Poppins
• The Gentle Flame (TV Movie)
• Cinderella (TV Movie)
• Ford Star Jubilee (TV Series)   & Many more....