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Julie Andrews
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Also known as Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews, Julie Elizabeth Andrews, Dame Julie Andrews

Dame Julie Andrews is an English actress, singer and author. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, three Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards and nominations for three Tony Awards. One of the biggest box office draws of the 1960s, Andrews has been honoured with the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2007, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2022. She was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2000 New Year Honours.

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Julie Andrews, born Julia Elizabeth Wells in Walton-on-Thames, is a British actor, singer, writer, and film actor. Her professional career began in 1945. She has been recognized with the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Donostia Award, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Theatre World Award. Andrews is also noted for her presence in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection.

As a writer, she has authored 41 works, including *Great American Mousical (a Broadway Tale)*, *The Sound of Music*, and *Home Work*. Her musical career includes work with Columbia Records, utilizing a voice type described as both soprano and alto. She speaks and writes in British English.

Andrews has been married to Tony Walton and Blake Edwards, and she is the mother of Emma Walton Hamilton. She has received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

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  • Great American Mousical (a Broadway Tale)
  • The Sound of Music
  • Home Work
  • נסיכת פיות כזאת
  • נסיכת פיות כזאת במרכז הבמה

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Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK

Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews, DBE (born Julia Elizabeth Wells; 1 October 1935) is a British film and stage actress, singer, and author. She is the recipient of Golden Globe, Emmy, Grammy, BAFTA, People's Choice Award, Theatre World Award, Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award honours. Andrews was a former British child actress and singer who made her Broadway debut in 1954 with The Boy Friend,…

Known for

  • Starring Dick Van Dyke — Self2025
  • Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames — Self2024
  • Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration — Self (archive footage)2024
  • Jim Henson Idea Man — Self (archive footage)2024
  • Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love — Self - Guest2023
  • Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20 — Self2023
  • Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic — Self2023
  • Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story — Lady Whistledown (voice)2023
  • The King's Daughter — Narrator2022
  • Minions: The Rise of Gru — Gru's Mom (voice)2022

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Instance of
human
Given name
Elizabeth
Family name
Wells
Gender
female
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Walton-on-Thames
Spouse
Blake Edwards
Child
Emma Walton Hamilton
Occupation
television presenter
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
British English
Notable work
My Fair Lady
Field of work
musical theater
Hair colour
blond hair
Instrument
voice
Record label
Columbia Records
Official website
julieandrewscollection.com
Image
Julie Andrews Park Hyatt, Sydney, Australia 2013.jpg
Number of children
3
Residence
Sag Harbor
Voice type
alto
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Commons category
Julie Andrews
date of birth
1934-01-01
nominated for
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
birth name
Julia Elizabeth Wells
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Julie Andrews
start of work period
1945-00-00
writing language
British English
social media followers
62976
ethnic group
British
name in native language
Julie Andrews
notable role
Mary Poppins
nickname
Dame Julie Andrews
pseudonym
Julie Edwards
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Encyclopedic overview

Dame Julie Andrews (born Julia Elizabeth Wells, 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer and author. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, three Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards and nominations for three Tony Awards. One of the biggest box office draws of the 1960s, Andrews has been honoured with the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2007, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2022. She was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2000 New Year Honours.

A child actress and singer, Andrews appeared in the West End in 1948 and from 1950 to 1952 on the radio programme "Educating Archie". She made her Broadway debut in The Boy Friend (1954). Billed as "Britain's youngest prima donna", she rose to prominence in Broadway musicals starring as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady (1956) and Queen Guinevere in Camelot (1960). She also starred in the Rodgers and Hammerstein television musical Cinderella (1957). She made her film debut playing Mary Poppins in Walt Disney's Mary Poppins (1964) and won the Academy Award for Best Actress. The following year, she starred in the musical film The Sound of Music (1965), playing Maria von Trapp and winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.

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