Julie Andrews: An Intimate Biography

Julie Andrews: An Intimate Biography

<p>The extraordinary career of Dame Julie Andrews spans more than forty years. Her first film, <i>Mary Poppins</i>, was Disney's most successful film, and in 1965 <i>The Sound of Music</i> rescued Twentieth Century Fox from bankruptcy. Three years later, <i>Star!</i> almost put the studio back under, and the leading lady of both films fell as spectacularly as she had risen. But Julie Andrews is nothing if not a survivor; and despite many setbacks―including the tragic loss of her singing voice in 1997 after a botched operation―she's still a performer, recently starring in <i>Shrek</i> and <i>The Princess Diaries</i>. Richard Stirling's deeply researched biography―based on many years of contact with Julie―is a frank but affectionate portrait of an enduring icon of stage and screen.</p>