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Julie Andrews Biography

Born Julia Elizabeth Wells on October 1st, 1935, in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, eighteen miles south of London. She was named after her two grandmothers Julia Morris and Elizabeth Wells.
Her father Ted Wells was a woodwork teacher and her mother Barbara Morris Wells gave piano lessons and was a part-time pianist for a dance school ran by her sister, Joan Morris. When Julie was two she appeared in the dance schools pageant as a fairy.
In 1939 Barbara Wells took a job as a pianist for a variety show. Also on the bill was a tenor named Ted Andrews. After a short while they became a double act. With the advent of World War II, Ted and Barbara Wells grew apart and were divorced. Barbara married Ted Andrews.
Julie's step father began to give her singing lessons in an attempt to get to know her better. To everyone's surprise Julie had a fully developed larynx, perfect pitch and a large four octave vocal range. Julie soon became part of Ted and Barbara's act. It was at this time that Julie changed her last name to Andrews simplifying the billing of their act.
At the age of eight Julie began to have singing lessons from Madame Lilian Stiles-Allen, who had once been a renowned concert singer. The two became close friends. It was thanks to Lilian's training that Julie ended up with perfect diction.
Julie was ten when World War II ended, and she was allowed for the first time to make unbilled appearances on stage with her parents. During the school holidays Julie spent most of her summer touring England with Ted and Barbara as part of their act.
Julie made her radio debut in 1946 singing a duet with Ted Andrews on a BBC variety show called "Monday Night at eight". On December 5th 1946, Julie performed alone for the first time at London's Stage Door Canteen. The Queen (later the Queen Mother) and the late Princess Margaret were in attendance.
On October 23rd 1947, when Julie turned twelve she made her stage debut in Val Parnell's revue "Starlight Roof", which opened at the London Hippodrome, staring comedians Vic Oliver and Fred Emnley. The show earned a run of 649 performances. Julie remained at the Hippodrome for a full year. During this time she made her first appearance in a Royal Command Variety Performance at the London Palladium on November 1st, 1948. Julie became the youngest performer ever to appear before royalty at the Palladium. Julie was 9th on the billing and got to sing her big solo, The Polonaise from Mignon (in which she hit an F above high C), in front of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother).
In December 1947, Julie was given a screen test by the British division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Julie was not signed by the studio, who said she was unfilmable.
On October 8th 1949, Julie made her TV debut appearing in a BBC TV program called "Radiolympia Showtime", others in the cast were Vera Lynn and Stanley Holloway, who would later go on to play Julie's father in My Fair Lady.
In 1950 Julie regularly appeared on BBC radio with Peter Brough and his dummy, Archie Andrews, in the popular comedy program, "Educating Archie"'. Other regulars on the show were Max Bygraves and Benny Hill.
Around this time Julie toured the length and breadth of Great Britain making Music Hall appearances, and at Christmas doing pantomimes such as Red Riding Hood, in which she played the title role. At the age of thirteen Julie was cast as Humpty Dumpty in Emile Little's pantomime of the same name. It was at this time that Julie met Tony Walton, who she would later marry.
In 1951 Julie played Princess Balroulbadour in the pantomime Aladdin at the London Casino. Aladdin closed in February 1952 as Julie was cast in a touring revue called "Look In". In May of this year Julie joined Ted and Barbara Andrews in a variety show at the Victoria Palace in London. In the same year Julie was featured in a BBC radio series called "Here Comes the Pleasure Boat". Julie ended the year by playing Princess Bettina in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Coventry Hippodrome.
Julie's voice was used in an animated feature film, "The Rose of Baghdad", which was released in Britain in 1952. The Film has since been re-titled "The Singing Princess".
In 1953 Julie toured for three months in a revue called "Cap and Belles". At this time Julie was a regular guest on BBC radio, on the 5th June Julie sang with the Roy Terrey Orchestra, more than 3,700 people crowded Greenwich pier to see the broadcast for the BBC Showboat. In November Julie appeared on a BBC TV program called "Puzzle Corner". In December of this year Julie played the title role in Cinderella (her last pantomime). During the run of Cinderella Julie was seen by director Cy Feuer and composer Sandy Wilson.
After Cinderella, Julie appeared on BBC TV in a program called "Limelight" then made her debut as a dramatic actress in a play called "Mountain Fire" at the Liverpool Court Theatre. She played a winsome Tennessee bele named Becky Dunbar, who is made pregnant by a travelling salesman. Again Julie was seen by director Cy Feuer, who thought she would be ideal for his musical.
In 1954 The Boy Friend was running in the west end of London. American producers Cy Feuer and Ernest Martin bought the rights to the show to open it on Broadway. Cy Feuer wanted to keep as many of the cast as possible English, as not to lose the feel of the show. Vida Hope, who had produced and directed the London version of the hit musical, offered Julie the leading role as Polly Browne. After much hesitation Julie agreed to a one-year contract on Broadway. The show was an overnight success and Julie became a star.
In 1955 Julie had her American TV debut, playing opposite Bing Crosby in a musical version of Maxwell Anderson's High Tor for CBS. The show aired just five nights before My Fair Lady opened in New York. Julie has since been involved in many other TV productions.
Julie auditioned for Lerner and Loewe for the role of Eliza Doolittle in the musical version of George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, which was renamed My Fair Lady. The show premiered in 1956 and was a critical success; it ran for two years in New York and for eighteen months in London's west end.
In March 1957 Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote the musical Cinderella for Julie, commissioned by CBS.
On May 10th 1959 Julie and Tony Walton were married at St. Mary's Church, Otlands, Weybridge. Tony designed Julie's wedding dress.
In 1960 Julie was asked to play Queen Guinevere in the Lerner and Loewe production of Camelot. The show ran for two years. During the run of Camelot Julie was introduced to Carol Burnett, they became good friends. The two would later do many shows for TV together. In the spring of 1962 Walt Disney went to see Camelot, he was impressed be Julie's performance and thought she would be perfect for the role of Mary Poppins. After visiting the Disney Studio's Julie accepted the role. Julie's daughter Emma Kate Walton was born on November 27th 1962 in London.
On April 5th 1964 Julie won an Academy Award for best actress in the role as Mary Poppins. On February 8th, 1965 Julie received her first Golden Globe Award as Best Motion Picture Actress in a musical comedy for Mary Poppins.
Julie filmed The Americanization of Emily straight after Mary Poppins; this was Julie's first straight dramatic role. Then came one of Julie's most important roles, Maria in The Sound of Music. This would end up being one of the most loved movies of all time. The film was a box office smash winning five Oscars. On January 31st, 1966, Julie received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in The Sound of Music.
Julie made many other films during the 1960's including Thoroughly Modern Millie, Star, Hawaii, Torn Curtain and Darling Lili. During this time Julie and Tony grew further and further apart ending in divorce, although the two are still good friends.
On February 15th, 1967, Julie was voted World Film Favourite Actress at the Golden Globe Awards. Julie received the honour again the following year.
After filming Darling Lili, on November 13th 1969 Julie married director-producer-writer Blake Edwards at a private ceremony in the garden of their Coldwater Canyon home. They worked on several other films together including The Tamarind Seed, 10, S.O.B., That's Life and Victor/Victoria for which Julie won her 4th golden Globe Award and was also nominated for an Academy Award. Julie was nominated for Golden Globe Awards for That's Life and Duet for One.
In December 1973, Julie gave a concert of Christmas Carols with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. Julie also performed a concert act at the London Palladium in 1976, performing most of her Broadway and Hollywood hits.
On October 7th, 1989, Julie won the British Academy for Film and Television Arts' special Tribute Award. (BAFTA) She was the first actress ever to receive this prestigious award.
In 1991 Julie made "Our Sons", an ABC movie made for TV.
In 1995, Julie made a triumphant return to Broadway in the stage version of Victor/Victoria, directed by Blake Edwards. A few years earlier she had been in an off-Broadway version of the musical Putting It Together by Stephen Sondheim.
In 1998 Doctor Dolittle opened at the London Apollo, Hammersmith, Polynesia the parrot was voice by Julie Andrews, performing in her first West End musical for 40 years, without personally appearing on stage. Julie recorded some 700 sentences and sounds, which were placed on a computer chip that sat in the mechanical bird's mouth. In the song 'Talk To The Animals' Polynesia the parrot even sings.
In 1999, for the third time in her career Julie teamed up with James Garner to make a TV movie for CBS called "One Special Night".
In May 2000 Julie was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. In the same year, Julie was back on the big screen, in a film adaptation of the Noël Coward Play Relative Values, using an adaptation of the original script. Also in this year Julie began work on a new Walt Disney film The Princess Diaries.
2001 saw Julie Andrews and Christopher Plumber working together for the first time since "The Sound of Music", in a live broadcast of "On Golden Pond". Later this year The Princess Diaries opened to rave revues and was a box office hit pushing Julie back into the limelight.
Under the name of Julie Edwards, Julie authored the first of her children's books entitled Mandy, published in 1971. The second, written three years later, The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles takes its title from a word Julie found in the dictionary, and recently Little Bo, a story about a cat of the same name. Little Bo was originally to be named Babe but for obvious reasons the name was changed. Julie and her daughter Emma have just finished work on a series of other children's books, Dumpy the Dump Truck, Dumpy at School, Dumpy and the Big Storm, Dumpy's Friends on the Farm, Dumpy and His Pals and Dumpy Saves Christmas. All of the Dumpy books are illustrated by Tony Walton. Ms Andrews is also working on her autobiography and has launched her own imprint entitled "The Julie Andrews Collection".
In December 2001, Julie was honoured at The John F. Kennedy Centre for the 24th annual national celebration of the arts for her unique and extremely valuable contribution to films and the musical theatre.
Filming began on "Eloise at the Plaza" and "Eloise at Christmastime" in November 2002, both staring Julie Andrews, who plays Eloise's Guardian Nanny. Both films were shown in 2003 as part of ABC's "Wonderful World of Disney.
From 3rd to 21st December 2002 Julie toured 15 cities in America and Canada as part of "A Royal Christmas" with Christopher Plummer, Charlotte Church and 150 dancers, singers and musicians, the show featured popular Christmas songs, carols and readings.
On July 3rd 2003 in Southampton, England, Dame Julie Christened the cruse liner Crystal Serenity.
In August 2003 Julie Andrews made her directorial debut with the play 'The Boy Friend' the same show in which she made her Broadway debut.
In 2004 Julie played Princess Fiona's mother, Queen Lillian in the animated movie Shrek 2. In this year Julie also returned to the screen as Queen Clarisse of Genovia, in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.
In October 2004 Julie played host to a six-part PBS documentary series on the history of the American musical.
Julie is the devoted mother of 5 grown children, daughter Emma, Blake Edwards two children, Jennifer and Geoffrey, as well as Amy and Joanna, two orphans the couple adopted in 1974.
Away from stage and screen, Ms Andrews is an unflagging worker on behalf of several charities, including Operation USA, UNICEF and Save the Children. In 1992 Julie served as Goodwill Ambassador for UNIFEM.

Julie Andrews Filmography

MARY POPPINS 1964
A lovable nanny Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews) flies out of the windy London skies and into the home of a no-nonsense banker (David Tomlinson) and his two mischievous children. Hoping to bridge the gap between them, "practically perfect" Mary Poppins magically turns every chore into a game and every day into a whimsical adventure, including an rooftop dance with a carefree chimney sweep named Bert (Dick Van Dyke).
THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY 1964
A cynical American Naval officer Charles (James Garner) first clashes with and then falls in love with his idealistic British driver Emily (Julie Andrews) who is a war widow. After convincing her to enjoy life and stop being so altruistic, he is selected by the Navy's PR machine to become "the Unknown Sailor," the first man to die landing at Normandy on D-Day, a death that will prove that the Navy can't be equaled, especially by the Army, in bravery.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC 1965
A young postulate, Maria (Julie Andrews), who, after proving too high-spirited for the Mother Abess and other nuns, is sent off to work as a governess to seven unruly children. The Von Trapp family is run, in military style, by the seemingly cold-hearted Captain Von Trapp (Christopher Plummer), a lonely widowed naval officer. Seeing how badly he and his children need companionship, he proposes to the Baroness Schraeder (Eleanor Parker), a calculating, mutual friend of beloved family friend Max Detweiler (Richard Haydn). It is the baroness who soon realizes that it's Maria--with her warmth and love for the children--the captain really loves. It is nearly bliss for the newly formed family who loves to sing together--except for the cloud looming over their beloved Austrian horizon: Hitler is ascending to power, forcing Von Trapp to decide whether to join the Nazi party--which he loathes--or force his family to leave their home forever.
TORN CURTAIN 1966
When Sarah Sherman (Julie Andrews) learns that her once-patriotic fiance--a physicist Michael Armstrong (Paul Newman)--has defected to communist East Germany, she cannot believe it. And she's right: He's gone undercover in an attempt to obtain classified military information. Unfortunately, Sarah is determined to find answers to her questions, so she follows him behind the Iron Curtain, involving them in espionage and danger.
HAWAII 1966
Abner Hale (Max von Sydow), a rigid and humorless New England missionary, marries the beautiful Jerusha Bromley (Julie Andrews) and takes her to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii, intent on converting the natives. But the clash between the two cultures is too great and instead of understanding there comes tragedy.
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE 1967
Millie Dillmount (Julie Andrews), an innocent country girl who comes to the big city in search of a husband. Along the way she becomes the secretary of the rich and famous Trevor Graydon (John Gavin), befriends the sweet Miss Dorothy (Mary Tyler Moore), fights off white slaver Mrs. Meers (Beatrice Lillie) and hooks up with a lively paper clip salesman, Jimmy (James Fox). In the end it takes a rich and nutty jazz baby like Muzzy (Carol Channing) to unravel all these complications, give a great party, and match up lovers.
STAR 1968
A musical biography of British music hall and Broadway star Gertrude Lawrence. Julie Andrews plays Lawrence, a beautiful, headstrong, and fiercely independent woman who will do anything for her career (including leaving her daughter and husband). Her early adventures in the music hall chorus and her later involvement in British high society are chronicled in this lush film.
One of the most interesting, heartwarming, and perhaps most famous aspects of Lawrence's story was her lifelong friendship with playwright Noel Coward (Daniel Massey, the real-life grandson of Coward), which the film accurately portrays. STAR! also shows the lowlights of Lawrence's life, including her strained relationship with her daughter Pamela (Jenny Agutter), her involvement with such men as American actor Charles Fraser (Robert Reed) and English nobleman Sir Anthony Spencer (Michael Craig), and the financial difficulties she amassed from her extravagant lifestyle.
DARLING LILI 1970
Paris during WWI. Lili Smith (Julie Andrews) is a German spy. Her latest mission is to get secrets from an allied major, William Larrabee (Rock Hudson). However, she soon discovers that she has fallen in love with him.
THE TAMARIND SEED 1974
Judith Farrow (Julie Andrews), an attractive widow, is holidaying in Barbados where she meets the charming and handsome Feodor (Omar Sharif) the Russian military attache to Paris.
A friendship develops but unbeknownst to Judith, Feodor uses his position to conceal his position as Second-in-Command of the KGB.
In London, her Foreign Office employers have heard about their meeting and both Britain and France are alarmed, believing this was a pre-arranged redez-vous between two security threats. The couple's fledgling romance quickly escalates into international intrigue.
"10" 1979
A successful songwriter seemingly possessed of the trappings of the good life, George Webber (Dudley Moore) is plagued by a sense of that he's losing his interest in life and sex. Despite sage advice from friend Hugh (Robert Webber) on appreciating his girlfriend, Samantha (Julie Andrews), he can't help fantasizing about his exhibitionist neighbors and becomes obsessed by the sight of his dentist's daughter after seeing the stunning woman on the way to her wedding in Beverly Hills. George follows the couple to an Acapulco hotel, where he wangles a meeting with the woman, Jenny Miles (Bo Derek), after saving the life of her husband, Sam (David Hanley). As he continues an amusingly bungling pursuit of Jenny, she makes it clear that she has a particularly generous reward in mind for his action.
LITTLE MISS MARKER 1980
Sorrowful Jones is a cheap bookie in 1930's. When a gambler leaves his daughter as a marker for a bet, he gets stuck with her. His life will change a great deal with her arrival and his sudden love for a woman also involved in gambling operations.
S.O.B 1981 Felix Farmer, a big-time director who suffers a nervous breakdown after his big-budget, wholesome family film starring his actress-singer wife bombs at the box office. The desperate Farmer hits upon a desperate scheme: He'll buy the film from the studio, re-shoot several scenes to include R-rated material, then re-release the movie himself. But things don't go entirely according to plan...
VICTOR/VICTORIA 1982
Victoria (Julie Andrews) is a poverty-stricken soprano trying to find work in turn-of-the-century Paris. With the help of a worldly-wise nightclub singer, she invents her alter-ego Victor, a female impersonator who is hired to sing at a fashionable night spot. "You want me to be a woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman?" Interwoven throughout the comedy and musical numbers are some surprisingly astute observations about gender perceptions, discrimination and the battle of the sexes.
THE MAN WHO LOVED WOMEN 1983
David Fowler (Burt Reynolds), a successful sculptor whose fast and loose lovelife slams him head-on into a mid-life crisis when his insatiable hunger for women begins to render him socially, artistically, and sexually impotent. His quest to end his losing streak leads him to the couch of attractive psychiatrist Marianna (Julie Andrews), to whom David must explain everything to--beginning with his first sexual encounter--in an attempt to regain control of his life.
THAT'S LIFE 1986
Harvey (Jack Lemmon) and Gillian Fairchild (Julie Andrews) face a very difficult weekend. Harvey, celebrating his 60th birthday, is stressed and depressed. Gillian is awaiting the results of a throat biopsy. Their lives are further complicated by their three grown children, a ditsy neighbor, a fortune teller, and an alcoholic priest.
DUET FOR ONE 1987
Stephanie (Julie Andrews), a world-famous violinist suddenly afflicted with crippling multiple sclerosis. Forced to watch helplessly while her talent ebbs away, Stephanie discovers that her marriage is crumbling, too, when her composer-conductor husband (Alan Bates) escapes into an affair with his secretary.
Convinced that her life is worthless without her talent, Stephanie drifts into bitterness and isolation. She ignores the advice of her psychiatrist (Max von Sydow), and continues on her self-destructive course. Alone and desperate, she finally has no choice but to confront and conquer her despair -- or die trying.
A FINE ROMANCE 1992
Debonair Cesario Garibaldi (Marcello Mastroianni) is crushed when he discovers his wife is having an affair with the suave Dr. Piquet. But meeting Mrs. Pamela Piquet (Julie Andrews) makes all the pain go away!
RELATIVE VALUES 2000
1950's England. Nigel (Edward Atterton), the eligible Earl Of Marshwood, announces his engagement to the beautiful Miranda Frayle (Jeanne Tripplehorn). Nigel's mother Felicity (Julie Andrews) takes the news with a stiff upper lip but privately she's appalled to hear her son and heir is to marry, of all things, a Hollywood actress!
On the other side if the Atlantic meanwhile, Miranda's ex, movie star Don Lucas (William Baldwin), toasts the happy couple with a bottle of Jack Daniels before setting off for England determeined to reclaim the love of his wife.
THE PRINCESS DIARIES 2001
Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway) is a bright but terribly shy and gawky teenager whose goal in life is to survive each school day with a minimum of attention and embarrassment.
Unfortunately, her wish to be invisible is thwarted when her estranged grandmother Queen Clarisse Renaldi (Julie Andrews) arrives and delivers the shocking news that she's a real-life princess -- heir to the throne of Genovia! Furious and incredulous, the reluctant royal agrees to take "princess lessons" and make the biggest decision of her life -- in three weeks. And so begins a comical transformation towards poise and princess-ness when she finds herself in the middle of a media storm, jealous schoolmates and a plot to take over her country.
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE 2002
After her husband (Dan Aykroyd) leaves her, a woman (Kathy Bates) travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox (Jonathan Pryce), she's adored all her life. There, she meets the lover (Rupert Everett) of the dead pop star, and convinces him to come back to Chicago with her to figure out who killed the singer.
SHREK 2 2004
Shrek (Mike Myers) and Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) getting invited to her parents' home for a post-wedding celebration. However, her mother Queen Lillian (Julie Andrews) and father King Harold (John Cleese) have no idea that they are both ogres--and her parents may have a surprise of their own in store for Shrek and Fiona. Donkey (Eddie Murphy) will be returning, as well as Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow).
THE PRINCESS DIARIES 2: ROYAL ENGAGEMENT 2004
Mia (Anne Hathaway) is ready to assume her role as princess of Genovia. But no sooner has she moved into the Royal Palace with her beautiful, wise grandmother Queen Clarisse (Julie Andrews) than she learns her days as a princess are numbered - Mia's got to lose the tiara and immediately take the crown herself. As if getting ready to rule wasn't enough, the stakes for Mia have never been higher - with Genovian law stating that princesses must be married before being crowned, Mia's in for a parade of suitors who'd all like to be her king.

Julie Andrews Quotes

"Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it."
"I'm not Mary Poppins any more, not that I ever was."
"In the old days people used to tell me their daughter loved Mary Poppins, or the Sound of Music. Now when people's children approach me it's to tell me I'm their grandmother's favorite actress. When it's my "grandmother loves you" ... then I know I'm in trouble."
"I have made some terrible mistakes in the past, but whether I have done wrong or right I've carried on."
"Endurance is absent among many performers today, I think it's an attribute we should all strive to attain."
"I think my Englishness or something intimidates people."
"Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth."
"Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly."
"All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time."
"I'm so lucky and feel so blessed in my life. I'm most proud of my family."
"In Hollywood, even a short marriage is a commendable achievement."
"I didn't have a fairy godmother who waved some wand and instantly transformed me. It was a great deal of hard work."
"As a child, I had buck teeth, a wonky eye and bandy legs. I was the most awkward, gawky thing well into my teens and I have the photos to prove it."
"Singing has never been particularly easy for me."

Julie Andrews Trivia

Upon receiving her Best Actress Oscar for Mary Poppins in 1964 Julie said: "I know you Americans are famous for your hospitality, but this is ridiculous!"
At $163 million - much of which was gained through re-releases - The Sound of Music (1965) is the highest-grossing film of the 1960s.
She was proposed to by Bing Crosby.
Even though her official nickname is Jools, she is also referred to as The Iron Butterfly, a nickname she shares with Dolly Parton.
Kayti Edwards, granddaughter of Julie's husband Blake, posed nude as Mary Poppins for Hustler.
Having completing her role in Disney's The Princess Diaries (2001) she will quit acting to concentrate on getting her singing voice back.
Filed a malpractice suit against New York's Mount Sinai Hospital and two of its doctors, charging that they botched an operation on her vocal cords in 1998, resulting in the loss of her singing voice.
Uses the pen-name Julie Edwards.
Paul Newman called her the last of the really great dames.
Started legal actions against Globe magazine and England's Daily Mail and OK! for having reported that she was addicted to prescription drugs and was being treated at a clinic in Arizona for addiction.
Is spokesperson for a national campaign called the Declaration of Independence from Osteoporosis.
As a tribute to the actress, Disney studio renamed a sound stage, at its complex in Burbank, The Julie Andrews stage. Sound Stage Two is where she filmed Mary Poppins and returned nearly four decades later to make The Princess Diaries.
Was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the millennium New Year Honours List.
Over the years, she has been seen trying to shed the squeaky clean image that has followed her since her Sound of Music and Mary Poppins days. She appeared in her husband director Blake Edwards' risque comedy 10 and she went topless in the comedy SOB.
Has raised five children - Emma from her first marriage, Jennifer & Geoffrey from Blake's first marriage, and Amy and Joanna, who are adopted Vietnamese children.
The Sound of Music costar Christopher Plummer remarked about Julie: "Working with her is like being hit over the head with a Valentine's Card."
When her mother Barbara married Ted Andrews, Julia changed her name to Julie Andrews to honor her stepfather.
In 1956, Julie appeared in one of the first television movies, entitled High Tor co-starring Bing Crosby.
She had major difficulties with her adopted children Amy and Joanna - including rebellion and drug abuse.
Julie and Carol Burnett are good friends. There is a rumour going around that they are lesbian lovers due to a trick they attempted to play on producer Mike Nichols. He was coming to meet them at Julie's hotel room, and they wanted to play a joke on him, so as the elevator door opened they embraced and kissed - only to find tourists on the elevator but no Nichols!
Wrote two children's books: Mandy and The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles.
Before he had met Julie, her later husband Edwards was at at party where people were conjecturing on and on about what made Julie successful, and at just the right moment, he said, "I can tell you exactly what it is. She has lilacs for pubic hair." The next day he got a call from Joan Crawford telling him it was the funniest line she'd ever heard.