''Julie Andrews is, quite simply, a phenomenon. She has
probably brought more joy to more people than any other star of her
generation'' - Richard Attenborough. Julie Andrews is the last of
the great Hollywood musical stars - her extraordinary career spans
more than forty years. Her first film, Mary Poppins, was Disney''s
most successful film, and in 1965 The Sound of Music rescued
Twentieth Century Fox from bankruptcy. Three years later, Star!
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 tragedy of losing her singing voice in 1997 after a botched
operation - she''s still a performer, recently starring in Shrek and
The Princess Diaries. 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.
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Richard Stirling is an actor who has appeared many times on
television and on screen - including parts in Great Expectations,
The Secret Agent and Mrs Dalloway. He has interviewed Julie Andrews
for magazines several times over the years, and curated a film
tribute to her at the National Film Theatre in London for her 70th
birthday in 2005. He lives in London.