Julie Andrews

Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews, DBE, born Julia Elizabeth Wells (Walton-on-Thames (Surrey), 1 October 1935) is a British actress, singer, musical star and writer ofchildren's books. Andrews in 2000 was appointed Dame Commander of the order of the British Empire (DBE) and thus acquired nobility.

Andrews ' parents Barbara Ward Wells and Edward Charles (Ted) Wells divorced in the early days of the second world war. Barbara married in 1939 again with Ted Andrews. Her father also remarried.

Andrews and her brother John resided first at their father in Surrey. Around 1940 went to live with her mother, because her father Andrews thought they better with her mother would be able to attend a training for her artistic career.

At the age of nineteen began her Broadwaycareer, and after her first film [[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins she had conquered the world. Blockbusters as The Sound of Music and Victor Victoria followed, as well as her own television series and its currently successful children's books, including The Last of The Really Great Whangdoodles. Along with her daughter Emma wrote Andrews children's book series Dumpy the Dump truck.

She was married to the Pink PantherDirector Blake Edwards -until his death on december 15, 2010, after a first marriage with draughtsman and set and costume designerTony Walton. With Walton she got one child, Emma (Kate), and she has also contributed to the education of the two children of Edwards (Jennifer and Geoffrey) andadopted two Vietnamese girls Amy and Joanna Edwards.

In 1997 she had benign growths on her vocal cords, and by a failed surgery she her beautiful singing voice lose them forever. Talk is well, that can be heard in later films released as Shrek 2, Shrek the Third and The Princess Diaries. On 28 January 2007, she received a Screen Actors Guild Award for her entire body of work. They also state as number 59 on the list of 100 Greatest Britons, the greatest Britons of all time.

She currently lives alternately in Los Angeles and Gstaad, Switzerland. ==Filmography[ Edit] == Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins (1964)*1964- Mary Poppims ==External link[ Edit] ==
 * 1964- The Americanization of Emily
 * 1965- Salzburg Sight and Sound (short film)
 * 1965- The Sound of Music
 * 1966- Torn Curtain
 * 1966- Hawaii
 * 1967- Think Twentieth (short film)
 * 1967 – Thoroughly Modern Millie
 * 1968- Star!
 * 1970 – Darling Lili
 * 1971- The Movie makers (short film)
 * 1972- Julie (documentary)
 * 1974- The Tamarind Seed
 * 1979- 10
 * 1980- Little Miss Marker
 * 1981- s.o.b.
 * 1982- Victor Victoria
 * 1982- Trial of the Pink Panther (cameo)
 * 1983- The Man Who Loved Women
 * 1986- that's Life!
 * 1986- Duet for One
 * 1991- A Fine Romance
 * 1991- Our Sons
 * 1991- Cin Cin
 * 1999- One Special Night
 * 2000- Relative Values
 * 2001- The Princess Diaries
 * 2002- Unconditional Love (cameo)
 * 2003- Eloise at the Plaza
 * 2003- Eloise at Christmas time
 * 2004- Shrek 2 (voice)
 * 2004- The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
 * 2007- Shrek the Third (voice)
 * 2008- Enchanted (voice)
 * 2010- Tooth Fairy
 * 2010- Shrek Forever After (voice)
 * 2010- Despicable Me (voice)
 * (and )  Julie Andrews in the Internet Movie Database