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In June 1997 she quit the show for good to have throat surgery to remove non-cancerous nodules. It was her third nomination for the Tony, for 'My Fair Lady,' and 'Camelot.' During the play of the musical, she missed more than 30 performances with gall bladder and throat problems. On, she announced to a matinee crowd that she was declining her nomination for a Tony as best actress in Victoria-Victoria as a musical because everything else connected with the $8.5 million production, directed by her husband of 26 years, Blake Edwards, 73, had been overlooked. It was a return to Broadway after 33 years for Andrews. It took five years to put it together, finally opening on Broadway in October 1995. The stage version of Victor-Victoria began gestating in 1982 when the film was nominated for seven Oscars. Within each role there is a great deal of me I am not as square or prim as most people make me out to be.' Generally a sunny person, with British reserve and beautiful manners, she nonetheless has an edge and resents the two-dimensional image of being 'the perfect lady.' 'I am an actress. Deal with it.' Famously private and cautious, she does not grant interviews easily. She had five years of analysis in the '60s and looks at the difficulties of adolescence, fame, marriage and parenting with the tack, 'That's the way it was. In the mid '70s they adopted two Vietnamese orphan infants, Joanna and Amy. Edwards had two kids from his first marriage, Jennifer and Geoffrey. They both have a wicked wit, a self-depreciating humor, and rely on each other's judgment. She surprised many be taking up with 13-year-older Blake Edwards. At the peak of her popularity, after the 1965 release of 'The Sound of Music,' she teetered on the edge of brink of a nervous breakdown, confused and depressed. Her teens were personally very difficult, missing the 'normal' teen years and experiences.Īndrews married British stage designer Tony Walton, in 1959 one daughter, Emma separated 1963. She took private tutoring until she was 15 and was then on her own. Within the year, she was the family's star and main breadwinner. She joined the act at 12 and brought the house down in her first major appearance, at London's Hippodrome. He had a beautiful tenor voice and he and Barbara formed a vaudeville act and toured England. Her mom, Barbara, then married Ted Andrews, a loud, larger-than-life alcoholic. The daughter of a schoolteacher and a pianist, she was four when her parents divorced and she remained with her mother while her younger brother went with their dad. She was nominated for an Oscar for that film and again, 17 years later, for 'Victor-Victoria.' 'The Sound of Music,' 1965, became one of the top grossing films of all times. By 20 she had two smash hits, 'My Fair Lady' and 'Camelot.'Īndrews won an Oscar in 1963 for Mary Poppins. She was then chosen to play on Broadway in 'The Boy Friend' at 18. She made a debut at 12, touring the variety show circuit with her folks. She had a remarkable, fully formed adult larynx by the time she was seven and could routinely hit F above high C.

Why? I wondered disconsolately as we left the cinema.British-American actress and singer with a four-octave range. I have a vivid memory of sitting in the theatre for the first Harry Potter film, having made the mistake of re-reading the book a short time before I was in a perfect position to notice every difference, every detail that had been changed, every funny line of dialogue the writers had decided, for some incomprehensible reason, not to include. I have, on occasion, been proven right (Joe Wright’s adaptation of Atonement is an all-time favourite, and don’t get me started on the BBC’s adaptation of Pride and Prejudice) but more often than not, I am disappointed.

#Julie prim full#

I will walk into a cinema (or, more recently, open a streaming platform) full of expectation, convinced – although the evidence suggests otherwise – that the film will somehow reflect exactly my own understanding of the book. As far as I can remember, I’ve always been interested in film adaptations of books.