Julie Andrews on screen and stage
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Julie Andrews is an actress, singer, and theatrical director who has had a lifelong career on the screen and stage. She made her film debut voice-dubbing the role of Princess Zeila in the 1949 animated film La Rosa di Bagdad. Her professional stage debut was in the musical comedy The Boy Friend where she played Polly Brown from 1954 to 1955.[1] For this role, she won the Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut in 1955. Then from 1956 to 1959, Andrews played Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady[2] which earned her a Tony Award nomination, the first of three that she received during her career. After this success, she played the title role in the 1957 television special Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella.[3][4] For this appearance, she received her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Actress – Best Single Performance – Lead or Support. She received her second Tony nomination in 1961 when she originated the role of Queen Guinevere in Camelot. After this, she auditioned for the role of Eliza Doolittle in the 1964 film adaptation of My Fair Lady, losing the role to Audrey Hepburn.[5] Instead, Andrews was cast as the title role in the 1964 musical film Mary Poppins.[6] For this role, she received an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, and a Grammy Award.[7] Her next big success was portraying Maria Von Trapp in the 1965 musical film The Sound of Music.[8] For her portrayal, she received a second Golden Globe, another Academy Award nomination and another BAFTA nomination.[9]
Between 1964 and 1986, Andrews starred in many films including The Americanization of Emily (1964), Hawaii (1966), Torn Curtain (1966), Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), Star! (1968), The Tamarind Seed (1974), 10 (1979), S.O.B. (1981), Victor/Victoria (1982) for which she earned her sixth Golden Globe,[10] That's Life! (1986) and Duet for One (1986). From 1972 to 1973, she hosted her own variety show titled The Julie Andrews Hour. The program earned her a Primetime Emmy Award and a second nomination. In 1992, she starred in the short-lived American sitcom Julie. She returned to the stage in the Stephen Sondheim-themed musical revue Putting It Together, where she starred as Amy, in 1993. She reprised her role as Victoria Grant / Count Victor Grezhinski for the 1995 Broadway adaptation of Victor/Victoria. This earned her a third Tony Award nomination, though she declined, citing that she felt that the rest of the company had been overlooked,[11][12] and her first Drama Desk Award. Since 2000, she has been seen on screen as Queen Clarisse Renaldi in the television film The Princess Diaries (2001) and its sequel (2004)[13] and as Lily the Head Fairy in Tooth Fairy (2010). She has lent her voice to Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek the Third” Enchanted (both 2007), Shrek Forever After''[14], Despicable Me[15] (both 2010), Despicable Me 3 (2017), Aquaman (2018),[16][17] and Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022). In 2017, she directed a revival of My Fair Lady at the Sydney Opera House for Opera Australia.[18] Her direction earned her a nomination for the Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Musical. The same year, she co-created and hosted a children's educational show titled Julie's Greenroom, for which she received two Daytime Emmy Award nominations.
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | La Rosa di Bagdad | Princess Zeila | Voice; 1952 English dub made in 1949 |
| 1964 | Mary Poppins | Mary Poppins | |
| The Americanization of Emily | Emily Barham | ||
| 1965 | Salzburg Sight and Sound | Herself | Short subject |
| The Sound of Music | Maria von Trapp | ||
| 1966 | Torn Curtain | Dr. Sarah Louise Sherman | |
| Hawaii | Jerusha Bromley | ||
| 1967 | Think Twentieth | Herself | Short subject |
| Thoroughly Modern Millie | Millie Dillmount | ||
| 1968 | Star! | Gertrude Lawrence | |
| 1970 | Darling Lili | Lili Smith/Schmidt | |
| 1971 | The Moviemakers | Herself | Short subject |
| 1972 | Julie | Documentary | |
| 1974 | The Tamarind Seed | Judith Farrow | |
| 1975 | The Return of the Pink Panther | Maid | Scene cut[19] |
| 1976 | The Pink Panther Strikes Again | Ainsley Jarvis (singing voice, uncredited) | |
| 1979 | 10 | Samantha Taylor | |
| 1980 | Little Miss Marker | Amanda Worthington | |
| 1981 | S.O.B. | Sally Miles | |
| 1982 | Victor/Victoria | Victoria Grant / Count Victor Grezhinski | |
| Trail of the Pink Panther | Charwoman (uncredited) | ||
| 1983 | The Man Who Loved Women | Marianna | |
| 1986 | That's Life! | Gillian Fairchild | |
| Duet for One | Stephanie Anderson | ||
| 1991 | A Fine Romance | Mrs. Pamela Piquet | Cin cin – Italian title |
| 2000 | Relative Values | Felicity Marshwood | |
| 2001 | The Princess Diaries | Queen Clarisse Renaldi | |
| 2002 | Unconditional Love | Herself | Cameo Appearance |
| 2004 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | Queen Clarisse Renaldi | |
| Shrek 2 | Queen Lillian | Voice | |
| 2007 | Shrek the Third | ||
| Enchanted | Narrator | ||
| 2010 | Tooth Fairy | Lily the Head Fairy | |
| Shrek Forever After | Queen Lillian | Voice | |
| Despicable Me | Marlena | ||
| 2017 | Despicable Me 3 | ||
| 2018 | Aquaman | Karathen | |
| 2022 | The King's Daughter | Narrator | |
| Minions: The Rise of Gru | Marlena | Voice |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Ford Star Jubilee | Lise | Episode: High Tor with Bing Crosby |
| 1957 | Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella | Cinderella | Television Special
Original live broadcast, 31 March |
| 1959 | The Gentle Flame | Trissa | Television Movie, BBC |
| 1961 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Herself | CBS special tribute to Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
performed songs from Brigadoon, My Fair Lady and Camelot |
| 1962 | The Garry Moore Show | Season 5 – Episode 1 | |
| Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall | Television Special | ||
| 1964 | The Andy Williams Show | ||
| 1965 | The Julie Andrews Show | Host | |
| 1969 | A World in Music | Herself | Episode: "An Evening with Julie Andrews and Harry Belafonte" |
| 1971 | Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center | ||
| 1972–1973 | The Julie Andrews Hour | Host | |
| 1973 | Julie on Sesame Street | Herself | |
| 1974 | The Dick Cavett Show | ||
| Julie and Dick at Covent Garden | |||
| Julie and Jackie: How Sweet It Is | |||
| 1975 | Julie: My Favorite Things | ||
| 1976 | Peter Pan | Singer - Title Song, 'Once Upon a Bedtime'. | |
| 1977 | The Muppet Show | ||
| 1978 | Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring | Herself – host | |
| 1981 | The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People | Herself | |
| 1987 | Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas | ||
| 1989 | Julie & Carol: Together Again | ||
| 1990 | Julie Andrews in Concert | ||
| 1991 | Our Sons | Audrey Grant | TV movie |
| 1992 | Julie | Julie Carlisle | TV series (7 episodes) |
| The King & I | Anna | TV musical | |
| 1993 | Sound of Orchestra | Host | |
| 1995 | The Sound of Julie Andrews | ||
| Victor/Victoria | Victoria Grant / Count Victor Grezhinski | TV movie | |
| 1999 | One Special Night | Catherine | |
| 2001 | My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs | Narrator/Host | |
| On Golden Pond | Ethel Thayer | TV movie | |
| 2003 | Eloise at the Plaza | Nanny | |
| Eloise at Christmastime | |||
| 2004 | Broadway: The American Musical | Narrator/Host | Six-part PBS documentary series about Musical Theatre |
| 2009–2010
2012–2017 |
Great Performances | Episode "From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration," | |
| 2012 | The Colbert Report | Guest | |
| 2014, 2017 | The Graham Norton Show | 2 episodes | |
| 2017 | Julie's Greenroom | Miss Julie | Co-creator; Netflix series |
| 2020–present | Bridgerton | Lady Whistledown | Voice; 16 episodes – Netflix series |
| 2022 | AFI Life Achievement: Julie Andrews | Herself | Television special |
| 2023 | Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love | ||
| Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic |
Stage[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Theatre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954–1955 | The Boy Friend | Polly Brown | Royale Theatre, Broadway |
| 1956–1959 | My Fair Lady | Eliza Doolittle | Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway Theatre Royal Drury Lane, West End |
| 1960–1962 | Camelot | Queen Guenevere | Majestic Theatre, Broadway |
| 1993 | Putting It Together | Amy | Manhattan Theatre Club, Off-Broadway |
| 1995–1997 | Victor/Victoria | Victoria Grant / Count Victor Grezhinski | Marquis Theatre, Broadway |
| 1998–1999 | Doctor Dolittle | Polynesia (voice) | Hammersmith, West End |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Dame Julie: The Sound of Music". BBC. 31 December 1999. Archived from the original on 9 March 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2007.
- ^ "In Step With: Julie Andrews". Parade Magazine. 17 October 2004.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Spindle, pp. 4–5.
- ^ "Julie Andrews". Television Academy. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ "My Fair Lady (1964) at Reel Classics". Archived from the original on 20 December 2005. Retrieved 18 December 2005.
- ^ Mary Poppins 40th Anniversary Edition DVD.
- ^ Hollywood Be Thy Name: The Warner Brothers Story – 1966. The University Press of Kentucky. 1998. ISBN 978-0-8131-0958-9. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ Thompson, Simon (28 July 2019). "The Sound Of Music Is Returning To Theaters For Two Days Only". Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ "The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
- ^ Julie Andrews: A Life Of Achievements Archived 8 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine. CBS News. 26 January 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2007.
- ^ "Julie Andrews Declines Tony Nomination | Playbill". Playbill. 8 May 1996. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ Marks, Peter (9 May 1996). "Adding Drama to a Musical, Andrews Spurns the Tonys". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 October 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ Singing comeback for Dame Julie Archived 13 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine. 19 March 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2008.
- ^ "Weekend Report: 'Shrek' Shrinks with Fourth Movie". Archived 27 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine Box Office Mojo. 24 May 2010.
- ^ "Despicable Me". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ "Exclusive: Julie Andrews has a secret role in 'Aquaman'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "'Mary Poppins Returns': Why Julie Andrews Turned Down a Cameo". Variety. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "Julie Andrews to direct Sydney Opera House production of My Fair Lady" Archived 21 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine by Alexandra Spring, The Guardian, 5 August 2015
- ^ Sikov, Ed. Mr. Strangelove: A Biography of Peter Sellers (2002)