Who doesn't love Julie Andrews? And who can hear her name without thinking of The Sound of Music? Or Mary Poppins? Or perhaps My Fair Lady, for those old enough to have seen her performance on Broadway?
Her focus this time is her movie career. In addition to the two prominent films already mentioned, she also starred in The Americanization of Emily, Torn Curtain, Thoroughly Modern Millie, 10, S.O.B., Victor/Victoria and a number of other films. The book also covers her television specials, especially those with Carol Burnett, and her concert tours. A second career as the author of children's books is also mentioned.
When not in the spotlight, however, she has lived a life with as many downs as ups, just like the rest of us have. Unlike most of us, she relies heavily on analysis to guide her through life's trials.
Her second marriage to director Blake Edwards, in whose movies she often starred, was mostly happy, despite his chronic hypochondria and occasional bouts of depression. Children from previous marriages were blended with two adopted daughters from from Vietnam, yet their respective work schedules often separated them from their family, as well as from each other.
It didn't help that they often maintained homes in Hollywood, London and Switzerland at the same time, while their children were in different schools here, there and everywhere. Then, too, Blake's former wife was suicidal and Julie's parents and siblings had serious problems that she often had to deal with. So not an easy life. Home did require some work.
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