Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews, DBE (born Julia Elizabeth Wells on 1 October 1935 blank">Dame Julie: The sound of music. 31 December _1999. Retrieved 29 January 2007. ) is an award-winning English actress, singer, author and cultural icon. 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 rose to prominence after starring in Broadway musicals such as My Fair Lady and Camelot, as well as musical films like Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965).
Andrews had a major revival of her film career in the 2000s, in children's films such as The Princess Diaries (2001), its sequel The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004), and the Shrek animated films (2004-2007). In 2005, Andrews made her debut as a stage director with a revival of The Boy Friend, in which she also made her Broadway acting debut in 1954.
The Julie Andrews Hour was a television variety series made by ATV and distributed by ITC Entertainment. It aired on the ABC network in the United States.
The series ran for 24 episodes between 1972 and 1973, each one hour-long and presented in color. It ended when ABC cancelled the series. After cancellation, Julie Andrews was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress In A Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy Series for the show; it lost out to Jean Stapleton's appearance in All in the Family. The show also won 7 Emmy Awards in 1973, out of 8 nominations.
