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Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews

In 1969, when MGM cancelled their proposed Irving Berlin musical biography "Say it With Music" in which she was set to star, she sued the studio and collected her $1,250,000 salary.

In 2002, she was voted the 59th greatest Briton ever in a BBC poll.

In the 1960s she sported a bumper sticker on her car reading "Mary Poppins is a junkie".

Is the only actress to be nominated for (and later win) the Oscar in the Lead Actress category in a Walt Disney film (Mary Poppins (1964)).

Learned to play the guitar specifically for the role of "Maria" in The Sound of Music (1965).



Measurements: 34B-25-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).

Mother of Emma Walton.

Mother-in-law of Steve Hamilton.

Played the same role of "Victoria Grant" in the Broadway musical adaption of Victor Victoria (1982). She turned down a Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Musical.

Possessed a five-octave coloratura soprano range until a vocal nodule surgery mishap ruined her singing voice.

Received a standing ovation at The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) (TV) when she appeared to present a short film celebration sequence.

Received the Screen Actors Guild lifetime achievement award on January 28, 2007.

Recepient of a 2011 Lifetime Achievement Grammy [December 23, 2010].

She adopted two children from Vietnam with Blake Edwards, Amy Edwards (b. 1974) and Joanna Edwards (b. 1975).

She has a rose named after her.

She has two great-grandchildren, Shaely and Kaden, from step-granddaughter Kayti.

She was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001.

She was the youngest person ever to appear in a Royal Command Performance. She performed for King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth/Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret.

Sings scales rather than songs in the shower.

Spent some time in a psychiatric clinic, to help her cope with the trauma resulting from her throat surgery.

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