Julie Andrews: Mary Poppins And The Sound Of Music

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Julie Andrews is an Oscar-winning actress and singer famous for her role as in Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music. Julie Andrews was born Juliet Elizabeth Wellsona Tober first 1935 in Walton-on-Thomas England. Coming from a musical family; her mother was a pianist and her stepfather was a singer, so she was bound to be a popular star on stage and screen for multiple years. Andrew's career had success in the late 1940s, soon later moving to America, she had a huge role in the musical The Boyfriend during the mid-50s. In 1956, Andrews started in My Fair Lady as Eliza Doolittle which granted her a Tony award nomination for best actress in a musical. Soon after she had yet another huge role in the musical Camelot in 1960, which earned her the

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