Julie Andrews | |
Job | Actress, singer, author, theatre director, dancer |
Years active | 1945-present (stage) * 1949-present (screen) |
Top Roles | Mary Poppins, Gertrude Lawrence, Sarah Louise Sherman, Jerusha Bromley, Millie Dillmount |
Top Genres | Musical, Drama, Comedy, Family, Biographical, Romance |
Top Topics | Book-Based, Children, Romance (Drama) |
Top Collaborators | Blake Edwards (Director), Robert Wise (Director), Alfred Hitchcock (Director), Graham Stark |
Shares birthday with | Walter Matthau, Laurence Harvey, George Peppard see more.. |
Julie Andrews Overview:
Legendary actress, Julie Andrews, was born Julia Elizabeth Wells on Oct 1, 1935 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. As of December 2018, Julie Andrews was 83 years old.
HONORS and AWARDS:
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Julie Andrews was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one for Best Actress for Mary Poppins (as Mary Poppins) in 1964.
Academy Awards
Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
1964 | Best Actress | Mary Poppins (1964) | Mary Poppins | Won |
1965 | Best Actress | The Sound of Music (1965) | Maria | Nominated |
1982 | Best Actress | Victor/Victoria (1982) | N/A | Nominated |
She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. Julie Andrews's handprints and footprints were 'set in stone' at Grauman's Chinese Theater during imprint ceremony #131 on Mar 26, 1966. In addition, Andrews was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame . On October 22, 1991, Andrews received the Disney Legends Award for living up to the Disney principals of imagination, skill, discipline, craftsmanship and magic.
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Julie Andrews Quotes:
Millie Dillmount: I'm going to be a stenog. Tomorrow I start interviewing bosses.
Miss Dorothy Brown: I thought it was the other way around, bosses interviewing you?
Millie Dillmount: Oh, I can typewrite forty words a minute. I'm in demand. Besides, I'm going to marry an eligible bachelor. You see, I'm going to marry my boss... whoever he may be.
Miss Dorothy Brown: You're a modern!
Millie Dillmount: Thoroughly!
Maria: I'd like to thank each and every one of you for the precious gift you left in my pocket today.
Captain von Trapp: Um, what gift?
Maria: It's meant to be a secret, Captain, between the children and me.
Captain von Trapp: Uh-huh. Then I suggest that you keep it, and let us eat.
Maria: Knowing how nervous I must have been, a stranger in a new household, knowing how important it was for me to feel accepted. It was so kind and thoughtful of you to make my first moments here so warm and happy and... pleasant.
[All the while, the children look guilty. Marta starts to cry]
Captain von Trapp: What is the matter, Marta?
Marta: Nothing.
[Louisa, Brigitta and Gretl join in, while Liesl, Friedrich and Kurt continue to look guilty]
Captain von Trapp: Uh, Fräulein... is it to be at every meal, or merely at dinnertime, that you, uh, intend leading us all through this rare and wonderful new world of... indigestion?
Maria: Oh, they're all right, Captain. They're just happy.
[All of the girls, except Liesl, continue to cry out of guilt]
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