Julie Andrews Bio | Wiki
Julie Andrews is an English actress, singer, and author. She is one of the last legendary surviving actresses from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Julie has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over seven decades.
They include an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards. Julie has also received three Tony Award nominations and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2022. In 2000, Julie was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the performing arts.
Julie Andrews Age
Julie was born on October 1, 1935, in Walton-on-Thames, United Kingdom. She is 87 years old.
Julie Andrews Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in (Approx. 1.73 m).
Julie Andrews Family
She was born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, to her parents Barbara Ward Wells and Edward Charles “Ted” Wells. Julie was conceived as a result of an affair her mother had with a family friend. She discovered her true parentage from her mother in 1950, although it was not publicly disclosed until her 2008 autobiography. Her father was a teacher of metalwork and woodwork.
After the outbreak of World War II, her parents went their separate ways and were soon divorced. Each remarried: Barbara to Ted Andrews, in 1943, and Ted Wells in 1944 to Winifred Maud Birkhead. She lived briefly with Wells and her brother, John.
Julie Andrews Husband
Julie married set designer Tony Walton on May 10, 1959, in Weybridge, Surrey. In November 1962, their daughter Emma was born. They divorced in 1968. Julie subsequently married director Blake Edwards in 1969, becoming stepmother to his children, Jennifer and Geoffrey.
In the 1970s, Edwards and Julie adopted two Vietnamese daughters; Amy in 1974 and Joanna in 1975. They remained married for 41 years until Blake’s death on December 15, 2010, in Santa Monica, California. He was 88 years old.
Julie Andrews Grandchildren
She is a grandmother to nine and a great-grandmother to three. Some of her grandchildren include Maximillan Scheff, Hope Hamilton, and Sam Hamilton.
Julie Andrews Movies And Tv Shows
2004 Broadway: The American Musical
2009–2010 Great Performances
2012 The Colbert Report
2014, 2017 The Graham Norton Show
2017 Julie’s Greenroom
2020–present Bridgerton
2022 AFI Life Achievement: Julie Andrews
2007 Shrek the Third
2007 Enchanted
2010 Tooth Fairy
2010 Shrek Forever After
2017 Despicable Me 3
2018 Aquaman
2022 The King’s Daughter
2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru
Julie Andrews The Sound Of Music
She starred in The Sound of Music in 1965, which was the highest-grossing film of the year. Julie later said she was “ashamed” to admit that she thought the musical “rather saccharine” before being cast. Rehearsals took place in London before filming commenced in Salzburg, Austria in 1964. Filming was rather slow; due to weather conditions in Salzburg, the cast was “lucky” if they got a single shot’s worth of scenes.
Julie Andrews As Cinderella
Julie was featured in the Rodgers and Hammerstein television musical Cinderella, which was written especially for her. Cinderella was broadcast live on CBS on March 31, 1957, under the musical direction of Alfredo Antonini and had an estimated 107 million viewers.
The show was broadcast live in color from CBS Studio 72, at Broadway and 81st Street in New York: CBS’ only East Coast color studio. Julie was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role.
Julie Andrews Shrek
In 2004, she voiced Queen Lillian in the animated blockbuster Shrek 2 (2004). Julie reprised the role for its sequels, Shrek the Third (2007) and Shrek Forever After (2010). Also in 2007, she narrated Enchanted, a live-action Disney musical comedy that both parodied and paid homage to Disney films.
Julie Andrews Minions
In 2022, she reprised her role as Gru’s mother in Minions: The Rise of Gru. Minions 2 is a 2022 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is the sequel to the spin-off prequel Minions (2015) and the fifth entry overall in the Despicable Me franchise.
Julie Andrews Books
She has published several books mainly children’s books and autobiographies. Some of them are:
Thanks to You: Wisdom from Mother and Child.
The Great American Mousical.
Simeon’s Gift.
Little Bo: The Story of Bonnie Boadicea
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
Mandy: 35th Anniversary
Very Fairy Princess. Little Brown,
Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years.
Home: A Memoir of My Early Years
Julie Andrews Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is a song and single from the 1964 Disney musical film Mary Poppins. It was written by the Sherman Brothers, and sung by Julie and Dick Van Dyke. It also appears in the 2004 stage show version.
Julie Andrews Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Julie’s estimated net worth is $30 million.
Is Julie Andrews Still Alive
Yes. She is alive and currently at the age of 87. In 2022, she reprised her role as Gru’s mother in Minions: The Rise of Gru.