Julie Andrews

English dancer, author, singer, and actress Dame Julie Andrews DBE is now 85 years old. She was a child actress and singer who appeared in the West End back in 1948 and made her debut on Broadway in the 1954 musical The Boy Friend. She rose to a degree of prominence after her roles in the Broadway musicals My Fair Lady (1965), where she played Eliza Doolittle, and in the 1960 production of Camelot, where she played Queen Guinevere. Andrews was eventually billed “Britain’s youngest prima donna.”

Even at her advanced age, she still hasn’t stopped doing what she loves most. This only proves that nothing can ever stop your passion, right? In December 2020, she was the voice of the narrator Lady Whistledown in Bridgerton, a period drama series on Netflix. She even declined a cameo appearance to avoid stealing the limelight on Emily Blunt in Mary Poppins Returns.

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