Julie Andrews
Julie Andrews
Dame Julia Elizabeth "Julie" Andrews, DBEis an English film and stage actress, a singer, an author, a theatre director, and a dancer. Andrews, a child actress and singer, appeared on the West End in 1948, and made her Broadway debut in The Boy Friend. In 1957, she appeared on television with the title role in the musical, Cinderella, which was seen by over 100 million viewers. She rose to prominence starring in musicals such as My Fair Ladyand Camelot...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth1 October 1935
teacher school opportunity
Public libraries are our great teachers and storytellers, and are a vital adjunct to our schools. In this day of standardized and homogenized education, a library offers individual and personalized learning opportunities second to none.
hard-work rubbish married
As you become older, you become less judgmental and take offense less. But marriage is hard work; the illusion that you get married and live happily ever after is absolute rubbish.
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I play with my grandchildren. I tend to my garden, which I love. Of course, I love to read, and family is really what it's all about.
hard
Beginnings are always hard.
succeed steadiness
Steadiness is coming up short 19 times and succeeding the twentieth.
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Mary Poppins is magical and fun.
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Success is terrifying. Like happiness, it is often appreciated in retrospect. It's only later that you place it in perspective. Years from now, I'll look back and say, ‘God, wasn't it wonderful.’
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I hate the word wholesome.
father roots too-much
I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it.
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I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career.
broadway flash made
I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it.
sound lucky film
I was lucky enough to be the lady that was asked to be Maria in the Sound Of Music, and that film was fortunate enough to be huge hit. The same with Mary Poppins. I got terribly lucky in that respect.
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If you remain calm in the midst of great chaos, it is the surest guarantee the it will eventually subside
beautiful song thinking
And I think as long as a song has beautiful lyrics, I'm so happy.