Dame Julie Andrews
- Julie Andrews was born Julia Elizabeth Wells on 1 October 1935 in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey in England. Her step-father Ted Andrews was a song and dance man and an alcoholic. The Guardian has an interesting interview with Julie Andrews that covers her background.
- Julie Andrews made her London singing debut in 1947 in Starlight Roof.
- Julie Andrews's main success was in musicals like My Fair Lady (1956) and Camelot (1960) on Broadway and Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965) in film.
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- Julie Andrews was made a Dame in 2000.
- In 1997 an operation on her throat took away her voice. It was not until 2004 that Julie Andrews performed another musical number. Instead she took non-singing roles such as the voice of Queen Lillian in Shrek II.
- In 2006 it was announced that Dame Julie Andrews would receive a lifetime achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).
- Her second husband is Blake Edwards, writer and director of films like The Pink Panther.
- The BBC compiled a Julie Andrews playlist.
