The voice behind 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Sound of Music,' plus a long career on stage and in books.
If you want the pure Julie Andrews sound, put on 'Feed The Birds' or 'The Hills Are Alive.' That's the range, from quiet warmth to wide-open wonder.
She gave us the songs that define a certain kind of musical joy, whether it's the gentle lullaby of 'Feed The Birds' or the exuberant sing-along of 'Do Re Mi.' Those numbers from 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Sound of Music' are still how a lot of people first learn to love a tune. After a vocal cord surgery in 1969, she came back to Broadway and later lent her voice to animated films, showing a durability that goes beyond one era.
She started on Broadway as Eliza Doolittle in 'My Fair Lady' at 19. The film musicals of the mid-60s made her a household name, followed by a return to stage work in the 1970s and later voice roles like in 'Shrek 2.'
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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