"of the Travers–Disney correspondence is part of the Travers collection of papers in the Mitchell Library of New South Wales, Australia. The relationship between Travers and Disney is detailed in ""Mary Poppins She Wrote"", a biography of Travers, by Valerie Lawson. The biography is the basis for two documentaries on Travers, ""The Real Mary Poppins"", and Lisa Matthews' ""The Shadow of Mary Poppins"". Their relationship during the development of the film was also dramatized in the 2013 film ""Saving Mr. Banks"". Julie Andrews, who was making her feature film acting debut after a successful stage career, got the prime role"
"the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the title role. She starred in ""The Sound of Music"" (1965), playing Maria von Trapp, and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Between 1964 and 1986, she starred in ""The Americanization of Emily"" (1964), ""Hawaii"" (1966), ""Torn Curtain"" (1966), ""Thoroughly Modern Millie"" (1967), ""Star!"" (1968), ""The Tamarind Seed"" (1974), ""10"" (1979), ""Victor/Victoria"" (1982), ""That's Life!"" (1986), and ""Duet for One"" (1986). In 2000, Andrews was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the performing arts. In 2002, she was"
"also autobiographies) under her name, as well as the pen names Julie Andrews Edwards and Julie Edwards. Julie Andrews Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews (; born 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, and author. Andrews, a child actress and singer, appeared in the West End in 1948 and made her Broadway debut in ""The Boy Friend"" (1954). She rose to prominence starring in Broadway musicals such as ""My Fair Lady"" (1956), playing Eliza Doolittle, and ""Camelot"" (1960), playing Queen Guinevere. In 1957, Andrews starred in the premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein's written-for-television musical ""Cinderella"", a live, network broadcast seen"
"37th Academy Awards The 37th Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1964. For the first time, an award was presented in the field of makeup. The Best Picture winner of 1964, director George Cukor's ""My Fair Lady"", was about the transformative training of a rough-speaking flower girl into a lady. The musical had run for many years on the stage in both NYC and London. Audrey Hepburn, the female lead of the film, was controversially not nominated for Best Actress. The unpopularity of her replacing Julie Andrews – who had originated the role on Broadway and, coincidentally, the Best Actress"
"Sound of Music"", Andrews appeared as a guest star on the NBC-TV variety series ""The Andy Williams Show"". She followed this television appearance with an Emmy Award-winning special, ""The Julie Andrews Show"", which featured Gene Kelly and the New Christy Minstrels as guests. It aired on NBC-TV in November 1965. In 1966, Andrews starred in ""Hawaii"", the second highest-grossing film of its year. Also in 1966, she starred opposite Paul Newman in ""Torn Curtain"", which was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The following year, she played the title character in ""Thoroughly Modern Millie"" (1967), for which she received a Golden Globe"
"theatre audiences spellbound."" Julie Andrews portrayed Lawrence in the musical biographical film ""Star!"", released to cinemas in 1968. It was loosely based on the period of her life from her days as an unknown aspiring performer until her wedding to Richard Aldrich. Richard Crenna appeared as Aldrich. The real Aldrich, who in the 1960s no longer worked in the entertainment business, was a consultant on the film. Noël Coward was portrayed by Daniel Massey. ""Star!"" was a box office flop. Its failure damaged the movie career of Julie Andrews, who three years earlier had been the most visible movie actress"
"personally requested the young English actress Wendy Hiller play Doolittle, a part she had previously played on stage opposite Leslie Howard as Higgins. Her performance served as the definitive film portrayal until Audrey Hepburn played the role in the highly successful 1964 film musical ""My Fair Lady"". Julie Andrews originated the musical version of Doolittle on stage in ""My Fair Lady"", with Rex Harrison as Higgins. Sally Ann Howes took the role of Eliza Doolittle in 1958 when Julie Andrews left. Harrison went on to reprise his role in the 1964 film alongside Audrey Hepburn as Doolittle. At the 37th"
"just one theater per city at inflated ticket prices (""Charge high admissions; / Let people wait; / That will make them think they're / Seeing something great!""), as well as Warner Brothers' decision to replace Andrews with Audrey Hepburn in its movie adaptation of ""My Fair Lady"". Andrews had been a great success as Eliza Doolittle in the original Broadway production, but she was passed over for the film role. Despite the high-profile snub, Andrews made an Oscar-winning debut in ""Mary Poppins"" – released four months before ""My Fair Lady"" – and solidifying her big screen success with ""The Sound"
"as the 1964 Royal Film Performance and had its UK premiere on 24 February 1964 at the Odeon Leicester Square in the presence of H.R.H. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the 21st Golden Globe Awards, Doris Day was nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical but lost to Shirley MacLaine in ""Irma la Douce"". Ellen Wagstaff Arden (Doris Day), a mother of two young girls named Jenny and Didi, was believed to be lost at sea following an airplane accident. Her husband, Nick Arden (James Garner), was one of the survivors. After five years of searching for her, he"
"At this time, Julie Andrews was the number one box office star in motion pictures. ""Thoroughly Modern Millie"" would be her last film of the 1960s to make money. Her next two films, ""Star!"" (1968) and ""Darling Lili"" (1970), would prove to be colossal financial disasters. Andrews would not star in another hit film until 1974 when she co-starred with Omar Sharif in ""The Tamarind Seed"". The film opened to good reviews and good box office. Bosley Crowther of ""The New York Times"" called the film ""a thoroughly delightful movie,"" ""a kidding satire, in a rollicking song-and-dance vein,"" ""a joyously"
"my thanks to a man who made a wonderful movie and who made all this possible in the first place, Mr. Jack Warner."" ""My Fair Lady"" was in direct competition for the awards. Andrews starred opposite James Garner in ""The Americanization of Emily"" (1964), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress in a Leading Role. A comedy-drama war film set in London during World War II, Andrews has described it as her favourite film, a sentiment shared by her co-star Garner. In 1965, Andrews starred in ""The Sound of Music"", which was the highest-grossing"
"the narrator and photographer, Janice. A member of the Actors Studio, Sands' performance in the Studio's 1964 production of James Baldwin's ""Blues for Mr. Charlie"" was a highlight of that show, and one which would be sorely missed during its subsequent London engagement when Sands had already committed to co-starring with Alan Alda in the original Broadway production of ""The Owl and the Pussycat"" (1964) for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Sands was sought eight years later to provide a track for the Original New York Cast album of ""Free"
"stage to feed her lines to the repeatedly rewritten play. During the 1980s, Moore and her production company produced five plays: ""Noises Off"", ""The Octette Bridge Club"", ""Joe Egg"", ""Benefactors"", and ""Safe Sex"". Moore made her film debut in 1961's ""X-15"". Following her success on ""The Dick Van Dyke Show"", she appeared in a string of films in the late 1960s (after signing an exclusive contract with Universal Pictures), including 1967's hit ""Thoroughly Modern Millie"", as a would-be actress in 1920s New York who is taken under the wing of Julie Andrews' title character, and the 1968 films ""What's So"
"the 1960s, Walt Disney's current animated films (""One Hundred and One Dalmatians"", ""The Sword in the Stone"", the live-action/animated combo ""Mary Poppins"", and ""The Jungle Book"") generated hefty revenue for the studio, as did the regular reissues of earlier animated films. ""Poppins"", in particular, won five Academy Awards (and received with the studio's first Best Picture nomination) and topped the 1964 box office charts while launching the film career of its star, Julie Andrews, who won an Oscar. ""Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color"", now on NBC, became a Sunday night television institution that kept Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy,"
"nomination. At the time, ""Thoroughly Modern Millie"" and ""Torn Curtain"" were the biggest and second biggest hits in Universal Pictures history, respectively. Andrews next appeared in two of Hollywood's most expensive flops: ""Star!"" (1968), a biopic of Gertrude Lawrence; and ""Darling Lili"" (1970), co-starring Rock Hudson and directed by her second husband, Blake Edwards. In 1970, Andrews was the first choice to play the English witch Eglantine Price in Disney's ""Bedknobs and Broomsticks"", with the role eventually going to Angela Lansbury. Andrews continued working in television. In 1969, she shared the spotlight with singer Harry Belafonte for an NBC-TV special,"
"for ""Mary Poppins"" at the 37th Academy Awards (1964) while Hepburn was not even nominated, despite ""My Fair Lady's"" accumulation of eight out of a possible twelve awards. Regardless, critics greatly applauded Hepburn's ""exquisite"" performance. Crowther wrote that, ""The happiest thing about [""My Fair Lady""] is that Audrey Hepburn superbly justifies the decision of Jack Warner to get her to play the title role."" Gene Ringgold of ""Soundstage"" also commented that, ""Audrey Hepburn is magnificent. She is Eliza for the ages"", while adding, ""Everyone agreed that if Julie Andrews was not to be in the film, Audrey Hepburn was the"
"but lost to """". ""The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes"" was Clouse's second film to be nominated for this award, the first being the 1962 film ""The Cadillac"". The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes is a 1964 short film directed by Robert Clouse. Teddy Buckner composed the film score. Janee Michelle had her film acting debut in the film. John A. Alonzo, who would later become best known for his camerawork for ""Chinatown"", served as the cinematographer for ""The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes"". The film was screened at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival."
"Victoria Summer Victoria Summer (born 15 December 1981) is an English actress, model and singer. After beginning her career in horror films Summer transitioned into more mainstream roles starting with the Brian Herzlinger film ""How Sweet It Is"". She played Julie Andrews in ""Saving Mr. Banks"", a 2013 film about the making of ""Mary Poppins"". Summer started her career with a scholarship to the Arts Educational School in London and appeared in the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2002. Summer landed her first role in the 2006 low budget horror film ""The Zombie Diaries"", which was picked up"
"bonus features, including a new documentary, ""The Sound of a City: Julie Andrews Returns to Salzburg"". A March 2015 episode of ABC's 20/20 entitled ""The Untold Story of the Sound of Music"" featured a preview of the documentary and interviews by Diane Sawyer. The Sound of Music (film) The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produced and directed by Robert Wise, and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, with Richard Haydn and Eleanor Parker. The film is an adaptation of the 1959 stage musical of the same name, composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar"
"and cinephiles, as well as a culling of over 900 existing ""greatest film"" lists. The original story, ""Chinese Finale"", was presented as an episode of ""Alcoa Theatre"" in March 1960 with Hilda Plowright as Miss Andrews and Jan Sterling as Dr. Mary Cartwright. John Ford considered both Katharine Hepburn and Jennifer Jones for the role of Dr. Cartwright, and Rosalind Russell lobbied for the part, but eventually Patricia Neal was cast. Ford began the film on 8 February 1965 on the MGM backlot, but after three days of filming, Neal had a stroke. Anne Bancroft took over the role of"
"occasional work on the stage or as a teacher during that period. It also contributed to her divorce. After she was removed from the blacklist in 1962, she rebuilt her acting career in films, after which she starred in 71 TV episodes of ""Peyton Place"" (1965–1966), followed by lead roles in films such as ""Valley of the Dolls"" (1967), ""In the Heat of the Night"" (1967), and ""Shampoo"" (1975), for which she won her first Oscar. In 1964, she won the Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress for her performance in ""The Maids"". During her career, she was"
"musical ""Love From Judy"". She took the stage name Windsor in 1953, inspired by the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Her first film role was in ""The Belles of St Trinian's"" released in 1954. She joined Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, coming to prominence in their stage production ""Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be"" and Littlewood's film ""Sparrers Can't Sing"" (1963), achieving a BAFTA nomination for Best British Film Actress. She also appeared in the film comedy ""Crooks in Cloisters"" (1964), the fantasy film ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"" (1968) and in the sitcoms ""The Rag"
"notably for playing Desdemona in ""Othello"" opposite Laurence Olivier and earning her first Oscar nomination for her performance in the 1965 film version. She appeared opposite Olivier in Ibsen's ""The Master Builder"", and played comedic roles in ""The Recruiting Officer"" and ""Much Ado About Nothing"". Her other films at this time included ""Go to Blazes"" (1962), ""The V.I.P.s"" (1963), ""The Pumpkin Eater"" (1964), ""Young Cassidy"" (1965), ""Hot Millions"" (1968), and ""Oh! What A Lovely War"" (1969). Smith won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the title role of the 1969 film ""The Prime of Miss Jean"
"the Manhattan Theatre Club. In 2014, Barrie performed in ""I Remember Mama"" Off-Broadway, receiving an Outer Critics Circle nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She appeared in the Joshua Harmon play ""Significant Other"" at the Booth Theatre on Broadway in 2017. She had appeared in the play's premiere in the Roundabout Theatre Company's Off-Broadway production in 2015. Barrie made her film debut uncredited in ""Giant"" (1956). Her first credited role was as Edna in ""The Caretakers"" in 1963. The following year, Barrie received her first leading role in film with ""One Potato, Two Potato"", portraying Julie Cullen Richards,"
"Fonda (""Coming Home"", 1978), Julie Andrews (""S.O.B."", 1981), Kate Winslet (""Titanic"", 1997), Gwyneth Paltrow (""Shakespeare in Love"", 1998), Reese Witherspoon (""Twilight"", 1998), Rene Russo (""The Thomas Crown Affair"", 1999), Katie Holmes (""The Gift"", 2000), and Halle Berry (""Swordfish"", 2001). In an interview in March 2007, Halle Berry said that her toplessness in ""Swordfish"" was ""gratuitous"" to the movie, but that she needed to do the scene to get over her fear of nudity, and that it was the best thing she did for her career. Having overcome her inhibitions, she went on to a role in ""Monster's Ball"", which included"
"""Limehouse Blues"" number which Lawrence encored when she made her 1924 Broadway debut in ""André Charlot's Revue"": Lawrence's Broadway performance of the ""Limehouse Blues"" number proved to be a ""showstopper"", making her a Broadway star: ""'Limehouse Blues' immediately became popular. We heard it in every night club in New York [City]. In England we never plugged songs as they do in the United States, and I was surprised and extremely flattered to find everyone singing and playing 'Limehouse' wherever I went."" The 1968 Gertrude Lawrence biopic ""Star!"" featured the film's star Julie Andrews – in muted Oriental makeup – recreating"
"with wanting to be famous or anything like that. It's just that I love acting."" In the early 1960s, she worked increasingly in television, with the occasional film role such as ""Panic Button"" (1964). Parker's best-known screen role was playing Baroness Elsa Schraeder in the 1965 Oscar-winning musical ""The Sound of Music"". The Baroness was famously and poignantly unsuccessful in keeping the affections of Captain Georg von Trapp (played by Christopher Plummer) after he falls in love with Maria (played by Julie Andrews). In 1966, she played an alcoholic widow in the crime drama ""Warning Shot"", a talent scout who"
"Shadow of Your Smile"" which became a huge hit, winning the 1965 Oscar for Best Original Song. However, Mercer and Mandel did collaborate on the 1964 song, Emily, from the motion picture, ""The Americanization of Emily"" starring Julie Andrews. In 1969, Mercer helped publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond found the National Academy of Popular Music's Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 1971, Mercer presented a retrospective of his career for the ""Lyrics and Lyricists Series"" in New York, including an omnibus of his ""greatest hits"" and a performance by Margaret Whiting. It was recorded live as ""An Evening with Johnny"
"subsequently re-released on CD on the Polydor label in 1987. The West End production opened on April 29, 1964, at the Lyric Theatre, where it ran for 189 performances. The cast included Gary Raymond, Rita Moreno, Anne Rogers and Gary Miller. A London cast recording was released by Angel Records. MGM bought the screen rights for the musical in 1967 with plans to make it into a film starring Julie Andrews and to be directed by Harold Prince. After a year of delays, MGM moved forward with the film with a revised production in 1969. Julie Andrews was still set"
"by her understudy, Glenn Close. Ure first appeared on screen when she transferred her fragile, captivating portrayal of ""Alison Porter"" from stage to screen in the 1959 film adaptation of ""Look Back in Anger"". In 1960 she appeared in the film ""Sons and Lovers"" as Clara Dawes, earning nominations for both the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1963, after an absence of three years, she returned to film with a performance in the sci-fi drama ""The Mind Benders"". She followed with roles in ""The Luck of Ginger Coffey"" (1964) and ""Custer of the"
"1994 and is also biographical, about a young boy named Adam with an actress mother who struggles with dyslexia. She is also the author of two books about her battle with colorectal cancer, ""Second Act"" and ""Don't Die of Embarrassment"", and has said that speaking out about early detection is ""more important than acting."" Barbara Barrie Barbara Barrie (born Barbara Ann Berman, May 23, 1931) is an American actress of film, stage and television. She is also an accomplished author. Her film breakthrough came in 1964 with her performance as Julie in the landmark film ""One Potato, Two Potato"", for"
"Star! (film) Star! (re-titled Those Were the Happy Times for its 1969 re-release) is a 1968 American biographical musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews. The screenplay by William Fairchild is based on the life and career of British performer Gertrude Lawrence. The film opens in 1940, with Lawrence in a screening room watching a documentary film chronicling her life, then flashes back to Clapham in 1915, when she leaves home to join her vaudevillian father in a dilapidated Brixton music hall. Eventually she joins the chorus in André Charlot's West End revue. She reunites with close"
"Shelley Winters Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American actress whose career spanned almost six decades. She appeared in numerous films, and won Academy Awards for ""The Diary of Anne Frank"" (1959) and ""A Patch of Blue"" (1965), and received nominations for ""A Place in the Sun"" (1951) and ""The Poseidon Adventure"" (1972). Other roles Winters appeared in include ""A Double Life"" (1947), ""The Night of the Hunter"" (1955), ""Lolita"" (1962), ""Alfie"" (1966), and ""Pete's Dragon"" (1977). In addition to film, Winters also appeared in television, including a years-long tenure on the"