Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Julie Andrews - ©Theda Bara

The name I present in this post is that of the iconic British singer, dancer, theater director, and writer Julie Andrews, famous for winning the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1965 for her performance in the film “Mary Poppins” (1964), playing the protagonist “Mary Poppins”, a nanny with magical powers who seems to transform the sad routine of a traditional family.

In addition to the Academy Award for Best Actress, Julie Andrews won three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Motion Picture or Comedy (1965, 1966 and 1983); an Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety or Musical Program (1973), “The Julie Andrews Hour”; a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in (2019) and a Grammy Award in (2011).

The actress has a star on the Los Angeles Walk of Fame, located at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard, in the Motion Picture category.

Julie Andrews, born Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews on October 1, 1935, in Walton-on-Thames, United Kingdom, is now 89 years old.

Julie Andrews was married twice: first to Tony Walton (1934-2022), a British art director who won the 1980 Academy Award for Best Art Direction for “All That Jazz” (1979). The couple lived together for nine years, from 1959 to 1968. They had one daughter, the British-American children’s author Emma Katherine Walton Hamilton (1962-); her second marriage was to the American director, producer, and screenwriter Blake Edwards (1922-2010), from 1969 to 2010, which left her widowed. Julie Andrews had two adopted daughters: Amelia “Amy” Leigh Edwards (1974-) and Joanna Lynne Edwards (1975-), both born in Vietnam. Andrews raised Blake Edwards’s two children from his first marriage, American actress Jennifer Edwards (1957–) and film director and author Geoffrey Edwards (1959–), as her own.

19 comments:

  1. Es una gran actriz, te mando un beso.

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  2. Thank you, dear Theodosia, for telling about Julie Andrews.

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  3. Dear friend Theodosia,
    Julie Andrews is a familiar face. What a fabulous actress! She's the kind of person whose simplicity and warmth make us want her to be part of our family.
    Congratulations on another excellent film biography!
    Kisses and have a great start to October!!!

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  4. Sou fã dos filmes dessa atriz icônica.

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  5. God bless Julie Andrews always because she has always been a 🌞

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  6. Ella ha protagonizado películas increíbles, es una excelente actriz.

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  7. En mi opinión todos muy merecidos, me gusta como interpreta, una actriz muy cercana. Abrazossss

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  8. She is doing well and such a great actress. Both her and Dick van Dyke, he'll be 100 soon! :-D

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  9. Sweet write up. Thank so much💕💗🍎

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  10. une grande actrice
    très bon jeudi gros bisous

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  11. A wonderful woman and actress
    Kisses

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  12. Creo fue ayer cuando la escuche a ella cantado la canción de las notas musicales y en ocasiones se escuchaba a los de la radio a los del fondo.

    Saludos.

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  13. What fond memories this biography of Julie Andrew brings back.
    Her films have been much loved by families for their positive values.
    Have a great weekend and a hug, my dear Theda.

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  15. Un billet fascinant, qui réunit deux figures emblématiques et nous fait voyager dans l’histoire du cinéma avec nostalgie et admiration.

    Avec affection,
    Daniela Silva ♡
    alma-leveblog.blogspot.com
    J’attends ta visite sur mon blog

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  16. Una actriz estupenda y con todos esos premios muy merecidos. Besos

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  17. Olá, Theda.
    Mais uma grande atriz aqui homenageada.
    Fica na nossa memória o filme "Música no coração", onde faz uma excelente papel!

    Deixo os votos de um bom fim de semana, com tudo de bom.
    Beijinhos!

    Mário Margaride

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  18. Amazing actress, real beauty. Happy weekend dear. <3

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  19. Eu adoro a Julie Andrews, uma atriz maravilhosa!!
    Quem não se emociona com o filme A Noviça Rebelde?
    Encantador e ficou gravado na minha memória para sempre!!
    Adorei Theda!!
    Desejo uma ótima semana!

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