What is Julie Andrews?
{{Infobox person | honorific-prefix = [[Dame]] | name = Julie Andrews | honorific_suffix = <small>[[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire|DBE]]</small> | image = Julie Andrews Park Hyatt, Sydney, Australia 2013.jpg | caption = Andrews in 2013 | birth_name = Julia Elizabeth Wells | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|10|01|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Walton-on-Thames]], [[Surrey]], England | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | nationality = British | occupation = Actress, singer, [[author]], theatre director, [[dancer]] | years_active = 1945–present <small>(stage)</small><br />1949–present <small>(screen)</small> | spouse = {{marriage|Tony Walton|10 May 1959|14 November 1967}}<br />{{marriage|[[Blake Edwards]]|12 November 1969|15 December 2010}} <small>(his death)</small> | children = 3}} '''Dame Julie Andrews''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DBE}} (born '''Julia Elizabeth Wells'''; 1 October 1935) is a British [[actress]], [[dancer]], [[singer]] and [[writer]]. She was born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. Andrews was a child actress and singer. She appeared on the [[West End theatre|West End]] in 1948. She made her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in ''[[The Boy Friend]]'' in 1954. She starred in the stage [[musical]]s ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' and ''[[Camelot (musical)|Camelot]]'' with real success. In 1957, she appeared on television in the musical ''[[Cinderella (musical)|Cinderella]]''. She has also been author to two of her own memoirs. Andrews made her movie debut in ''[[Mary Poppins (movie)|Mary Poppins]]'' in 1964. She won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for this performance. She appeared in ''[[The Sound of Music (movie)|The Sound of Music]]'' in 1965. Between 1964 and 1967, Andrews appeared in ''[[The Americanization of Emily]]'', ''[[Hawaii (movie)|Hawaii]]'', ''[[Torn Curtain]]'', and ''[[Thoroughly Modern Millie]]''. In the 1970s, Andrews had a few [[commercial]] disappointments before appearing successfully in ''[[10 (movie)|10]]'' (1979) and ''[[Victor/Victoria]]