Julie Andrews Biography (1935-)

Original name, Julia Elizabeth Wells; born October 1, 1935, in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England; daughter of Edward C. (a teacher) and Barbara (a pianist; maiden name, Ward) Wells; stepdaughter of Edward "Ted" Andrews (a music hall singer); married Tony Walton (a costume and production designer), May 10, 1959 (divorced May 7, 1968); married Blake Edwards (a film producer, director,and screenwriter), November 12, 1969; children: (first marriage) Emma Kate Walton Hamilton (an actress, artistic director, and writer); (second marriage)Amy Leigh Edwards, Joanna Lynne Edwards; (stepchildren) Jennifer Edwards (anactress), Geoffrey Edwards.

Nationality
British
Gender
Female
Occupation
Actor, singer, writer
Birth Details
October 1, 1935
Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Stage Appearances
  • Singer, Starlight Roof (revue), Hippodrome Theatre, London, 1947
  • Title role, Humpty Dumpty (pantomime), Casino Theatre, London, 1948
  • Title role, Red Riding Hood (pantomime), Nottingham Theatre Royal,Nottingham, England, 1950
  • Princess Balroulbadour, Aladdin, Casino Theatre, 1951
  • Jack and the Beanstalk (pantomime), Coventry Hippodrome, Coventry,England, 1952
  • Title role, Cinderella (pantomime), Palladium Theatre, London, 1953
  • Member of the ensemble, Caps and Belles (revue), Empire Theatre, Nottingham, England, 1953
  • Becky Dunbar, Mountain of Fire, Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, England, 1954
  • Polly Browne, The Boy Friend, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1954
  • Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady, Shubert Theatre, New Haven, CT, then Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1956 later Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1958-1959
  • Guinevere, Camelot, Majestic Theatre, New York City, 1960-1961
  • Putting It Together (revue), Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1993
  • Victoria Grant, Victor/Victoria, Marquis Theatre, New York City, 1995-1997
  • Host, Hey, Mr. Producer, Lyceum Theatre, London, 1998
  • Host, My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies, Theatre at Carnegie Hall, New York City, 1998
  • Host, My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs, City Center Theatre, New York City, 2000
  • Also appeared in a Royal Command Performance, Palladium Theatre, 1948.
  • Film Appearances
  • Voice of Princess Zeila, The Singing Princess (animated; also known as The Rose of Bagdad), Trans-National, 1952 (English-language version of La rosa di Bagdad, Ima, 1949
  • Emily Barham, The Americanization of Emily (also known as Emily), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964
  • Title role, Mary Poppins, Buena Vista, 1964
  • Herself, Action on the Beach, 1964
  • Maria, The Sound of Music (also known as Sing-a-long Sound of Music), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965
  • Jerusha Bromley Hale, Hawaii, United Artists, 1966
  • Dr. Sarah Louise Sherman, Torn Curtain, Universal, 1966
  • Millie Dillmount, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
  • Gertrude Lawrence, Star! (also known as Loves of a Star andThose Were the Happy Times), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968
  • Lili Smith, Darling Lili, Paramount, 1970
  • Herself, The Moviemakers, 1971
  • Judith Farrow, The Tamarind Seed, Avco-Embassy, 1974
  • Samantha "Sam" Taylor, 10, Warner Bros., 1979
  • Amanda, Little Miss Marker, Universal, 1980
  • Sally Miles, S.O.B., Paramount, 1981
  • Victoria Grant/Count Victor Grezhinski (title roles), Victor/Victoria, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
  • Marianna, The Man Who Loved Women, Columbia, 1983
  • Stephanie Anderson, Duet for One, Cannon, 1986
  • Gillian Fairchild, That's Life! (also known as Blake Edwards' That's Life!), Columbia, 1986
  • Pamela Picquet, A Fine Romance (also known as A Touch of Adultery and Cin cin), Castle Hill, 1992
  • Song performer, "The Lonely Goatherd" and "The Sound of Music," Welcome to Woop Woop, Goldwyn Films/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1997
  • Queen Clarisse Renaldi (Queen of Genovia), The Princess Diaries (also known as The Princess of Tribeca), Buena Vista/Walt Disney Pictures, 2001
  • Also appeared in After the Laughter and The Laundromat.
  • Television Appearances
  • Series
  • Host, The Julie Andrews Hour, ABC, 1972-1973
  • Julie Carlyle-McGuire, Julie, ABC, 1992
  • Movies
  • Audrey Grant, Our Sons (also known as Too Little, Too Late), ABC, 1991
  • Catherine, One Special Night, CBS, 1999
  • Felicity, Relative Values, Starz!, 2000
  • Ethel Thayer, On Golden Pond, CBS, 2001
  • Specials
  • Lise, "High Tor," Ford Star Jubilee, CBS, 1956
  • Title role, Cinderella, CBS, 1957
  • The Jack Benny Hour, CBS, 1959
  • The Fabulous 50s, CBS, 1960
  • Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall, CBS, 1962
  • Host, The Julie Andrews Show, NBC, 1965
  • Host, The Julie Andrews Special, ABC, 1968
  • Host, An Evening with Julie Andrews and Harry Belafonte, NBC, 1969
  • A World of Love, CBS, 1970
  • Disney World--A Gala Opening: Disneyland East (also known as The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World), NBC, 1971
  • Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center, CBS, 1971
  • Host, Julie! (documentary), ABC, 1972
  • Host, Julie on Sesame Street, ABC, 1973
  • Walt Disney: A Golden Anniversary Salute, 1973
  • Host, Julie and Dick in Covent Garden, ABC, 1974
  • Julie and Jackie: How Sweet It Is, 1974
  • Host, Julie--My Favorite Things, ABC, 1975
  • Host, Puzzle Children, PBS, 1976
  • Song performer, "Peter Pan," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1976
  • Julie and Perry and the Muppets, 1976
  • America Salutes the Queen, NBC, 1977
  • Host, Julie Andrews: One Step into Spring, CBS, 1978
  • ABC's Silver Anniversary Special, 1978
  • Host, Merry Christmas ... With Love, Julie, syndicated, 1979
  • "Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolf Nureyev," The CBSFestival of Lively Arts for Young People, CBS, 1980
  • Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's Pink Panther Thanksgiving Gala, NBC,1982
  • Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration, NBC, 1985
  • Host, Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas, ABC, 1987
  • Mancini and Friends, 1987
  • Host, The 16th Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award:A Salute to Jack Lemmon, CBS, 1988
  • Lerner and Loewe: Broadway's Last Romantics, 1988
  • An Evening with Alan Jay Lerner, 1989
  • "Julie and Carol: Together Again," AT&T Presents, ABC, 1989
  • "Julie Andrews in Concert" (also known as "An Evening with Julie Andrews"), Great Performances, PBS, 1990
  • Carnegie Hall at 100: A Place of Dreams (documentary), PBS, 1991
  • Host, Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1992
  • The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream (documentary), PBS, 1993
  • The Sound of Julie Andrews, The Disney Channel, 1994
  • The Making of My Fair Lady: More Loverly Than Ever, The Disney Channel, 1995
  • "Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II," Great Performances, PBS, 1995
  • Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies, Arts and Entertainment, 1996
  • Host, The American Film Institute Salute to Robert Wise, NBC, 1998
  • Host, Hey, Mr. Producer (also known as Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh), PBS, 1998
  • Host, "My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies," Great Performances, PBS, 1999
  • Host, "My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs," Great Performances,PBS, 2001
  • Awards Presentations
  • The 38th Annual Tony Awards, 1984
  • The Second Annual American Comedy Awards, 1988
  • Host, The 45th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1991
  • The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 1991
  • The Kennedy Center Honors, CBS, 2001
  • Also appeared in the annual Tony Awards presentation, 1999.
  • Episodic
  • "Crescendo," DuPont Show of the Week, CBS, 1957
  • Herself, The Andy Williams Show, NBC, 1964
  • Herself, The Muppet Show, syndicated, 1977
  • Entertainment Tonight, syndicated, 1989
  • Reflections on the Silver Screen with Professor Richard Brown, American Movie Classics, 1990
  • Herself, Clive Anderson Talks Back, 1994
  • Herself, "Caroline and Victor/Victoria," Caroline in the City, NBC, 1996
  • Also appeared in episodes of talk shows.
  • Radio Appearances
  • Series
  • Educating Archie, BBC, 1950
  • RECORDINGS
  • Albums
  • My Fair Lady (original Broadway cast recording), Columbia SpecialProjects, 1956
  • Camelot (original cast recording), Columbia, 1960
  • My Fair Lady (original London cast recording), Columbia, 1960
  • Mary Poppins (original soundtrack recording), Buena Vista, 1964
  • The Sound of Music (original soundtrack recording), RCA, 1965
  • Thoroughly Modern Millie (original soundtrack recording), 1967
  • Star! (original soundtrack recording), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968
  • Victor/Victoria (original soundtrack recording), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1982
  • Love, Julie, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1987
  • The King and I (studio cast recording), Philips, 1992
  • Putting It Together (original cast album), RCA, 1993
  • Broadway--The Music of Richard Rodgers, Philips, 1994
  • The Best of Julie Andrews: Thoroughly Modern Julie, Rhino, 1995
  • Victor/Victoria (original Broadway cast album), Philips, 1995
  • Here I'll Stay: The Words of Alan Jay Lerner, Philips, 1996
  • Also recorded Christmas with Julie Andrews, Columbia; Broadway's Fair Julie; Lion's Cage; and Tell It Again. With Carol Burnett, recorded Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett at Carnegie Hall.
  • Videos
  • Mary Poppins, The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue, 1985
  • Mary Poppins, Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Heigh-Ho, 1992
  • Mary Poppins, Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, 1993
  • Mary Poppins, Disney Sing-Along-Songs: You Can Fly, 1993
  • Mary Poppins, Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Be Our Guest, 1994
  • WRITINGS
  • Children's Books
  • (As Julie Edwards) Mandy, illustrated by Judith Gwyn Brown, Harper& Row (New York City), 1971
  • (As Julie Edwards) The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles, Harper & Row, 1974
  • (As Julie Andrews Edwards) Little Bo: The Story of Bonnie Boadicea, illustrated by Henry Cole, Hyperion Books for Children (New York City), 1999
  • (As Julie Andrews Edwards; with Emma Walton Hamilton) Dumpy Saves Christmas, illustrated by Tony Walton, Hyperion Books for Children, 2001

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Books
    • Arntz, James, and Thomas S. Wilson, Julie Andrews, foreword by Carol Burnett, Contemporary Books (Chicago, IL), 1996
    • Cottrell, John, Julie Andrews: The Story of a Star, Mayflower (London), 1968
    • Spindle, Les, Julie Andrews: A Bio-Bibliography, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 1989
    • Windeler, Robert, Julie Andrews, 1970, revised edition published as Julie Andrews: A Biography, St. Martin's Press (New York City), 1982
    • Windeler, Robert, Julie Andrews: A Life on Stage and Screen, Thorndike Press (Thorndike, ME), 1997
    Periodicals
    • Advocate, May 21, 1991, p. 71
    • Chicago Tribune, June 28, 1981, Section XII, p. 1; January 24, 1988, Section XIII, p. 4; October 11, 1992, Section VI, p. 5
    • New York Daily News, September 10, 1972, Section III, p. 15; August 21, 1977, Section III, p. 7; December 10, 1989, p. 2
    • New York Newsday, September 14, 1968, p. 2; November 15, 1987, Section II, p. 3
    • New York Times, August 21, 1977, Section II, p. 1; March 14, 1982,Section II, p. 1
    • People Weekly, December 13, 1999, pp. 175-76
    • Playboy, December, 1982, p. 77
    • Saturday Evening Post, May/June, 1996, pp. 36-40
    • TV Guide, November 20, 1999, pp. 38-42