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{{Infobox person
| honorific-prefix = [[Dame]]
| name = Dame Julie Andrews
| honorific_suffix = <small>[[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire|DBE]]</small>
| image = Julie Andrews Park Hyatt, Sydney, Australia 2013.jpg
| caption = Julie Andrews in 2013
| birth_name = Julia Elizabeth Wells
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|10|01|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Walton-on-Thames]], [[Surrey]], England, UK
| death_date =
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| spouse = {{marriage|Tony Walton|10 May 1959|14 November 1967}}<br />{{marriage|[[Blake Edwards]]|12 November 1969|15 December 2010}} <small>(his death)</small>
| children = 3}}
'''Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews''' {{post-nominals|post-nomscountry=[[Order of the British EmpireGBR|size=100%|DBE]]}} (born '''Julia Elizabeth Wells'''; 1 October 1935)<ref name="BBC">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/584154.stm "Dame Julie: The sound of music"]. BBC. 31 December 1999. Retrieved 29 January 2007.</ref> is a British [[movie]] and stage [[actress]], [[singerdancer]], theatre director, [[dancersinger]], and [[writer]]. She was born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. Andrews was a child actress and singer. She appeared on the [[West End theatre|West End]] in 1948. She made her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in ''[[The Boy Friend]]'' in 1954. She starred in the stage [[musical]]s ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' and ''[[Camelot (musical)|Camelot]]'' with real success. In 1957, she appeared on television in the musical ''[[Cinderella (musical)|Cinderella]]''. She has also been author to two of her own memoirs.
 
Andrews made her movie debut in ''[[Mary Poppins (movie)|Mary Poppins]]'' in 1964. She won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for this performance. She appeared in ''[[The Sound of Music (movie)|The Sound of Music]]'' in 1965. Between 1964 and 1967, Andrews appeared in ''[[The Americanization of Emily]]'', ''[[Hawaii (movie)|Hawaii]]'', ''[[Torn Curtain]]'', and ''[[Thoroughly Modern Millie]]''. In the 1970s, Andrews had a few [[commercial]] disappointments before appearing successfully in ''[[10 (movie)|10]]'' (1979) and ''[[Victor/Victoria]]'' (1982). Her career sagged in the 1990s. Her voice was damaged by a throat operation in 1997.
 
Andrews appeared successfully in dramatic roles in ''[[The Princess Diaries]]'' in 2001, and its [[sequel]] ''[[The Princess Diaries 2]]: Royal Engagement'' in 2004. She had voice roles in the ''[[Shrek]]'' animated movies. In 2003 and again in 2005, Andrews directed [[revival]]s of her first Broadway hit, ''The Boy Friend'', in [[New York (state)|New York]] and [[Connecticut]]. Andrews has also written children's books. In 2008, she published her [[autobiography]], ''Home: A Memoir of My Early Years''. Andrews has received many awards during her career including an [[Academy Award]], [[Emmy Award]], [[Golden Globe Award]], [[Grammy Award]], [[BAFTA]], [[People's Choice Award]], Theatre World Award, and [[Screen Actors Guild]] honors. In 2000, she was made a Dame Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (DBE) by [[Elizabeth II]] for services to the performing arts.
 
== Movie list ==
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* ''[[Enchanted]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Despicable Me]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Aquaman (movie)|Aquaman]]'' (2018)
 
== References ==
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[[Category:Actors from Surrey]]
[[Category:BAFTA Award winning actors]]
[[Category:BritishEnglish child actors]]
[[Category:BritishEnglish children's writers]]
[[Category:Emmy Award winners]]
[[Category:English movie actors]]
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