Julie Andrews Fast Facts
(CNN) — Here is a look at the life of actress Julie Andrews.
Personal
Birth date: October 1, 1935
Birth place: Walton-on-Thames, United Kingdom
Birth name: Julia Elizabeth Wells
Father: Edward Wells, teacher
Mother: Barbara (Morris) Andrews, pianist
Marriages: Blake Edwards (1969-2010, his death); Tony Walton (1959-1968, divorced)
Children: adopted with Blake Edwards: Joanna, 1975, Amelia, 1974; with Tony Walton: Emma, 1962
Other Facts
Took stepfather Ted Andrews’ last name.
Is a children’s book author.
Nominated for three Academy Awards and won one.
Nominated for five Grammy Awards and won two. Also received a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Nominated for three Tony Awards.
Nominated for 11 Primetime Emmy Awards and won two.
Timeline
1946 – Performs at London’s Stage Door Canteen in front of Queen Elizabeth, wife of King George VI.
1954 – Moves to New York to play the lead role in the Broadway show “The Boy Friend.”
1956-1962 –Stars in “My Fair Lady” on Broadway.
1960-1963 – Stars in “Camelot” on Broadway.
1964 –Makes her screen debut in “Mary Poppins.”
1965 – Wins a Grammy Award, with Dick Van Dyke, for the 1964 Best Recording For Children for “Mary Poppins.”
1965 –Wins the 1964 Academy Award for Best Actress for “Mary Poppins.”
1965 –The film “The Sound of Music” is released.
1995-1997 –Stars in “Victor/Victoria” on Broadway.
1997 – Undergoes surgery to remove a non-cancerous growth on her vocal cords. The surgery causes her to lose her singing voice.
2000 – Andrews files a lawsuit against the surgeon who removed the growth from her vocal cords. After accepting an undisclosed settlement, the lawsuit is dropped.
2000 – Is made a Dame Commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.
2001 –Receives Kennedy Center Honors.
2008 – Publishes autobiography “Home: A Memoir of My Early Years.”
2011 –Wins a Grammy Award for 2010 Best Spoken Word Album For Children for “Julie Andrews’ Collection Of Poems, Songs, And Lullabies.”
2011 – Receives a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award.
March 26, 2015 – Celebrates the 50th anniversary of “The Sound of Music” at the famed TLC Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
August 4, 2015 – Australia’s Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events announces that Julie Andrews, Broadway’s original Eliza Doolittle, will be directing a new production of “My Fair Lady” at the Sydney Opera House to celebrate the musical’s 60th anniversary.
June 2, 2016 – Netflix announces that Andrews will star in the new show “Julie’s Greenroom,” premiering in 2017.
September 6, 2016 – The Julie Andrews-directed production of “My Fair Lady” officially opens at the Sydney Opera House.
June 20, 2019 – Netflix and Shondaland announce Andrews is set to voice a character in their new series based on Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series of historical romance novels.
October 15, 2019 – Andrews’ second memoir, “Home Work: A Memoir of My Early Years,” is published by Hachette Books.
April 2020 – Andrews and her daughter, children’s author and educator Emma Walton Hamilton, launch a weekly podcast, Julie’s Library, where they read their favorite children’s books.
July 11-28, 2024 – Andrews directs “The Great American Mousical” at the Legacy Theatre in Branford, Connecticut.
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