Julie Andrews, a Charming Personality

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Do You Know Julie Andrews?

What are you thinking of when you hear the titles
" Mary Poppins " or "The Sound of Music"? Of course ,everyone who saw these movies know that the main character is a very charming actress known as Julie Andrews.
After I saw these movies I asked myself:" Who is this great actress and where from did she come ?"
I made researches and I found great info and pictures about her in Wikipedia .

Who is Julie Andrews ?

Julia Elizabeth Wells was born on 1 of October 1935 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom.
She studied at Cone-Ripman School, an arts educational school in London, and then with the famous concert soprano and voice instructor Lilian Stiles-Allen. She continued her academic education at the Woodbrook School, a local state school in Beckenham.
In 1947 Julie Andrews made her professional solo debut singing the aria "Je Suis Titania" from Mignon at the London Hippodrome.
In 1959 Andrews married Tony Walton but the couple divorced in 1967.
In 1969 she married Blake Edwards and they have four children:Jennifer, Geoffrey, Amy and Emma.

Her Career, Briefly

Julie Andrews is one of the greatest actresses from Hollywood; she is a "Legend".If I 'd like to talk about her career and work it would take hours that's why I am going to list some of her roles:

In 1956 she appeared in "My Fair Lady" as Eliza Doolittle
In 1964 she appeard in "Mary Poppins" and she won the Academy Award for Besst Actress
In 1965 appeared in "The Sound of Music" and she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress
In 1970 she made two films "The Tamarind Seed"and "10".
In 1972 she appeared in "The Julie Andrews Hour" , on the ABC network.
In 1983 the role Victoria Grant from "Victor/Victoria "film earned Julie Andrews the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
In 1991 - 2000 she starred in a television sitcom and "at the Manhattan Theatre Club, of the American premiere of Stephen Sondheim's revue, "Putting It Together".

Julie Andrews Movies

My Fair Lady (1959 Original London Cast)

My Fair Lady (1959 Original London Cast)

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The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music

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Cinderella (1957 Television Cast)

Cinderella (1957 Television Cast)

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Collection

Collection

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Julie Andrews at a glance

This picture is from Princess Diaries 2 (2001) and you can see Julie Andrews in role of Queen Clarisse Renaldi. In this film she sang for the first time since her throat surgery ( in 1998 she suffered a throat surgery and she couldn't sing until 2001). She is a lovely person!
Note: This lens is based on information and images found in Wikipedia and on http://cinderella.tvheaven.com/ja/pd2/photos/photo_7.html

Julie Andrews Poems, Musicals and Wonderful Songs on Amazon

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Let's Talk About Family!

In Julie Andrews' biography is mentioned that her first spouse was Tony Walton. But who is Tony Walton ?

Anthony John Walton was born on 24 October 1934 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey,UK and he is a director, set designer, costume designer.
In 1948 he began his career with the stage design for Noel Coward's Broadway production of Conversation Piece.
In 1950 - 1960 he designed for the New York and London stage and in 1964 he worked as a costume designer and visual consultant for Mary Poppins for which he received an Oscar nomination.
His awards include an Oscar for All That Jazz in 1980 and an Emmy for the acclaimed 1985 TV version of Death of a Salesman. He has received many Oscar, Emmy and other nominations, including BAFTA nominations for costume and set design for Murder on the Orient Express in 1975
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In 1959 Tony Walton married Julie Andrews and they had a daughter named Emma Walton. The couple divorced in 1969.Click here to read more

Emma Katie Walton was born on 27 November 1962,in London,UK.
She worked as an actress in theater, film and television before turning her attention towards directing, producing and writing.
She was a member at the Ensemble Studio Theatre Institute in New York City, then served as Bay Street's Co-Artistic Director for thirteen years before focusing her energies exclusively on the Theatre's Young Audience programs. In addition to helming the Young Playwrights Program -- which runs twice a year for fourteen weeks in middle and high schools districts across the East End of Long Island (and for which she also serves as a teaching artist) -- she is responsible for creating, booking and managing Kidstreet, the Theatre's highly acclaimed, year-round variety performance series for young audiences.

Emma has co-authored with her mother Julie Andrews sixteen children's books, including the DUMPY THE DUMP TRUCK series of picture books, board books and Early Readers (illustrated by her father, Tony Walton), the original fable SIMEON'S GIFT, the medieval novel DRAGON: HOUND OF HONOR and the newly released THE GREAT AMERICAN MUSICAL and THANKS TO YOU - Wisdom from Mother and Child. The mother/daughter team have also recently completed a stage adaptation of their book, SIMEON'S GIFT, which will premier at Bay Street Theatre in November of 2007 before going out on national tour.
In 1991 Emma Walton married Steve Hamilton ( today her name is Emma Walton Hamilton) and they live in Sag Harbor, NY, with their two children, Sam and Hope.
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Julie Andrews Married Again!

Two years after she divorced Tony Walton ,Andrews married Blake Edwards in 1969. Blake Edwards and Julie Andrews adopted two orphans from Vietnam, Amelia Leigh and Joanna Lynne so they now 5 have children - Jennifer and Geoffrey, are from his previous marriage; and Emma is from Andrews' first marriage .

William Blake Crump was born on July 26, 1922 in Tulsa,Oklahoma and he is an actor and a script writer.
He started his career as a script writer for radio and after a while he created, wrote and directed the 1959 TV series Peter Gunn, with music by Henry Mancini.
His most successful collaboration has been with Peter Sellers in six of the the Pink Panther movies
In 1953 Blake Edwards married Patricia Walker and they had two children together , Jennifer and Geoffrey Edwards. They divorced in 1967.read more

We already know that Emma Walton is a writer but what career chose the other children?

Jennifer Edwards was born on January 1 in 1957 in Los Angeles, California and she is an actress. She appeared in movies like : Days of Wine and Roses (1962), she played in Heidi in 1968, S.O.B. (1981) ... as Lila, Son of the Pink Panther (1993) ... as Yussa and she played Miss Kyle in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "New Ground".
In 1988 she wrote a television movie called Justin Case.Click here to read more

Geoffrey Edwards was born in 31 October 1959, Westfield, New Jersey, USA.He followed his father's steps and became a director,actor and writer.
In 1970 he played in WUSA and in 1971 he appeared in Wild Rovers .
In 1980 -2000 he wrote the screenplay for Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)and The Man Who Loved Women (1983) and he was the writer of Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) and also he played a role in this film.
In 1983 he married the actress Denise Crosby and they have two children Isabelle and Henry.The couple divorced in 1990.Click to read more

Amy Leigh Edwards was born in 14 February 1974 in Vietnam and she is an actress and production manager.She played in some of her father's films.She also played in these films: The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004), The '70s (2000) and was a member of production team for Paul Potts: By Royal Command (2007) (TV) .
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Julie Andrews Today

Starting with 2001 and until now Julie Andrews played in a few films ,she published her autobiography entitled "Home: A Memoir of My Early Years"and I must mention her contribution to films "Shrek 2" (2004) and "Shrek 3" where she performed the voice of Queen Lillian. So, we can say she is an a constant movement.

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  • CNelson01 Mar 27, 2012 @ 11:10 am | delete
    Yes...Sound of Music especially
  • VeseliDan Mar 22, 2012 @ 2:55 am | delete
    I love Julie Andrew's film The Sound of Music!
  • RenaissanceWoman2010 Mar 19, 2012 @ 10:51 am | delete
    I adore Julie Andrews. My favorite, of her films, will always be "The Sound of Music." An amazing classic and an amazing talent. Thank you for this feature. Julie Andrews surely deserves it.
  • Monstermom69 Feb 17, 2012 @ 7:24 am | delete
    I really enjoyed this lens,she is such a great woman.
  • WriterJanis Jan 31, 2012 @ 3:00 am | delete
    She has been in so may great movies. Loved her more recent role in the Princess Dairies series.
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