Male: Audrey Hepburn tried saw that Debra Carr and Sally Field, even Mary Tyler Moore did it once but no performance made a memorable nun than Dame Julie Andrews when she donned the habit in the biggest musical of all time, “The Sound of Music” blessed with an extraordinary four-octave singing range. She was born on Julia Wells in 1935taking the name Andrews from her step father as a child. Encouraged to go on the stage by her avoidable performing parents, in 1948 she became the youngest soloist ever to royal command variety performance.
The day before her 19th birthday she made her Broadway debut and a boyfriend. She was a standout. On the strength of it Andrews was asked to appeal opposite being Crosby in high tool and episode of the musical TV series Ford Star Jubilee.
In 1936 Andrews got a huge break when she caused as a lies of Doolittle opposite Rex Harrison’s Henry Higgins in Lerner laws “My Fair Lady” and the show was the hit of the decade. “My Fair Lady had opened in New York’s Mark Hellinger Theatre in March 1956 and run for record 2000 2070 in performances. When she appeared in the live TV version of Rodgers Hammerstein Cinderella in the year 1957 it was watched by an audience of the 107 Million people. Andrews and Harrison reprised their roles in the West end production of “ My Fair Lady were was again the smash hit.
Interviewer: How do you feel about Lendon from where we were. How was it from where you were?
Julie Andrews: Of equally it’s blended.
Interviewer: Did you have any calm to perform that night.
Julie Andrews: Oh gosh laughter and my stomach was tensed and turning over and over and it sort of die down if we began when first song, it was all right. You know you can never start working on this play that I still would feel so much to do with that I can do with it and it’s nice to feel that this is that to come.
Male: In 1959 Andrews marriage stage to design in Tony Walton and their only child Emma was born in 1962. Julie’s pregnancy had coursed her to her first declining offer of a first major film role that is the teach of character in Walt Disney’s Mary Poppins. But the great man would himself had seen her in the musical Camelot and believed she’ll be perfect for the role.
We’ll wait for you he told us. She gave birth in London and then headed back to the States the following year to shoot the film. Andrews interpretation was a joy to the hope. They’re married practically perfect in every way as the icing on the cake of an all around they’re life committee with John’s new songs appealing child athlete of the wonderful story.
Julie Andrews: It’s amazing, it’s an absolute joy. The film was a joy to make it was the first movie I ever made. I could not have been more royally treated by Disney and I’ve really mean from the bottom of my heart is giving me so much pleasure over the years and you know how much pleasure is giving to so many people. I mean how lucky can you get to be asked to be part of that legend.
Male: The capital of Andrews one year academy award for best actress, the best performer to do so in a Disney film and gaining sweet but classy revenge of a non singing Audrey Hepburn but been cost in the film version of “My Fair Lady”
Andrew’s career went from strength to strength and in 1965 she played Maria in “The Sound of Music” biggest film musical of all time. In the year seen she is never been out of work despite of all straight operation that now prevents them from singing.
The acclaimed roles and the Princess Diaries and Shrek, she sang with about the possibility of never singing again.
Julie Andrews: I don’t know chances are perhaps are not, you’ll never know I’m always optimistic but the amazing thing is that I’ve never been busy yet and I do sometimes wonder if I would have embraced all I am embracing now. If I was still singing, life has a nice way of surprising you.
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