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106-636: In the early 19th century, the land on which Old Sturbridge Village stands was a farm owned by David Wight which included a sawmill, a gristmill, and a millpond. The millpond was dug in 1795 and still powers the mills today. In 1795, Wight's son went to Boston to conduct some business on behalf of his father. While in Boston, he bought tickets to the Harvard Lottery which was a fund-raising technique for Harvard College. He won $ 5,000 (equivalent to $ 97,404 in today's dollars). He gave his father money to pay off

212-435: A "catalyst" for her career. Eve Benda recognised her special talent and predicted her stardom. Andrews was anxious about moving to New York; at the time, she was both breadwinner and caretaker for her family, and took the part upon her father's encouragement. She stated that at the time, she had "no idea" how to research a role or study a script, and cites Cy Feuer 's direction as being "phenomenal". The Boy Friend became

318-595: A CBS special with Carol Burnett . In 1960, Lerner and Loewe again cast her in a period musical as Queen Guinevere in Camelot , along with Richard Burton (as King Arthur ) and newcomer Robert Goulet . Andrews called the work "monumental" due to the heavy set costuming and detailed literary themes. Camelot premiered at the Majestic Theatre to "adequate" reviews, which Andrews credited to off-set production issues and comparisons to My Fair Lady . The musical

424-476: A CBS-TV special with 30 major stars raising funds for Cambodian Famine victims through Operation California (now Operation USA, on whose Board she serves). Later that year, she starred in Little Miss Marker as " English rose " Amanda Worthington (a label she had first been given in the 1960s). In Blake Edwards's S.O.B. (1981), she played Sally Miles, a character who agrees to "show my boobies" in

530-618: A Dual Language School. Grades 6–12 are at Southbridge Middle School and Southbridge High School . Southbridge residents can also attend Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School in Charlton . In addition to the public schools, a parochial private school, Trinity Catholic Academy , serves Pre-K through eighth grade. On January 26, 2016, the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education placed Southbridge School District in state receivership. Southbridge

636-523: A better introduction to film. Mary Poppins became the biggest box-office draw in Disney history. Variety lauded Andrews's performance as a "signal triumph. ... She performs as easily as she sings, displaying a fresh type of beauty". The film was nominated for thirteen Academy Awards and won five, including the Academy Award for Best Actress for Andrews's performance. She also received

742-494: A career is impossible [...] but nobody sets out to make a failure, either". Andrews was the first choice to play the English witch Eglantine Price in Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971); Angela Lansbury was cast. Andrews continued working in television. In 1969, she shared the spotlight with singer Harry Belafonte for an NBC-TV special, An Evening with Julie Andrews and Harry Belafonte . In 1971, she appeared as

848-559: A change which she disliked. The Andrews family was "very poor" and "lived in a bad slum area of London" at the time, stating that the war "was a very black period in my life". According to Andrews, her stepfather was violent and an alcoholic. He twice tried to get into bed with his stepdaughter while drunk, resulting in Andrews fitting a lock on her door. As the stage career of her mother and stepfather improved, they were able to afford better surroundings, first to Beckenham and then, as

954-577: A guest for the Grand Opening Special of Walt Disney World, and that same year she and Carol Burnett headlined a CBS special, Julie and Carol At Lincoln Center . In 1972–73, Andrews starred in her own television variety series, The Julie Andrews Hour , on the ABC network. The show won seven Emmy Awards but was cancelled after one season. Between 1973 and 1975, Andrews continued her association with ABC by headlining five variety specials for

1060-614: A hit, with Andrews receiving praise; critics called her the stand-out of the show. In 1955, Andrews signed to appear with Bing Crosby in the television film , High Tor . It filmed in November 1955 in Los Angeles and was Andrews's first screen project, which she described as "daunting". High Tor was televised the following March before a live audience for the Ford Star Jubilee , receiving lukewarm reviews. Near

1166-571: A household in the city was $ 33,913, and the median income for a family was $ 41,863. Males had a median income of $ 36,008 versus $ 25,685 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 18,514. About 13.0% of families and 15.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.8% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over. Southbridge is one of thirteen Massachusetts municipalities that have applied for, and been granted, city forms of government but wish to retain "The town of" in their official names The Southbridge Public Library

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1272-466: A musical stage adaptation of The Great American Mousical , based on the 2006 children's book she wrote with her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton . The musical was written by Zina Goldrich (music) and Marcy Heisler (lyrics), with book by Hunter Bell . Andrews first directed the play for its premiere in 2012 at Goodspeed Musicals ' Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, Connecticut . In 2024, she directed

1378-403: A scene in the film-within-a-film. A dual role of Victoria Grant and Count Victor Grezhinski in the film Victor/Victoria (1982) reunited her with Garner once again. Her performance earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical , as well as a nomination for the 1982 Academy Award for Best Actress , her third Oscar nomination. In 1983, Andrews was chosen as

1484-575: A second, sold-out production at Legacy Theatre in Branford, Connecticut . In 2015, Andrews made a surprise appearance at the Oscars, greeting Lady Gaga who paid her homage by singing a medley from The Sound of Music . This became a social media sensation, trending all over the world. Lyndon Terracini announced in August 2015 that Andrews would direct My Fair Lady in 2016 for Opera Australia at

1590-459: A very pure, white, thin voice, a four-octave range – dogs would come from miles around." After Cone-Ripman School, Andrews continued her academic education at the nearby Woodbrook School, a local state school in Beckenham. Beginning in 1945, and for the next two years, Andrews performed spontaneously and unbilled on stage with her parents. "Then came the day when I was told I must go to bed in

1696-419: Is frequently host to a naturalization ceremony on the fourth of July. In 2018, 152 new United States citizens were naturalized at Old Sturbridge Village. The Village is a popular wedding location. Old Sturbridge Village has been used as a set in many historical movies, TV shows, and documentaries, including Hawaii (1966) starring Julie Andrews , Reading Rainbow (1984), Glory (1989), Slavery and

1802-530: Is served by Southbridge Municipal Airport (3B0), a public owned airport. Runway 02/20 has a 3501 x 75 feet asphalt surface. Julie Andrews Dame Julie Andrews (born Julia Elizabeth Wells on 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, and author. She has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over eight decades, including an Academy Award , a BAFTA Award , two Emmy Awards , three Grammy Awards , and six Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for three Tony Awards . One of

1908-634: Is water. Southbridge is drained by the Quinebaug River . The principal road in Southbridge is Route 131 , known as Main Street through downtown and East Main Street past the "AO Rotary" and through Sandersdale, a village on the town's east side. North-south roads include Eastford Road and Elm Street ( Route 198 ), and Worcester Street-Mechanic Street-North Woodstock Road ( Route 169 ).Also Gulpwood road leads up to Charlton and Dudley Southbridge

2014-491: The 53rd Grammy Awards . In her memoir, Home Work (2019), Andrews discussed being offered the role of Aunt Emma by Martin Scorsese for his film The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). She declined, citing a recent surgery and saying she wasn't "ready to go back to work" but "would've loved to have done it". At the age of 77, Andrews undertook her first tour of Australia and New Zealand in 2013, hosted by Nicholas Hammond who

2120-533: The Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Musical Series . Recently she co-created and hosted Julie's Greenroom (2017), and voiced Lady Whistledown in the Netflix series Bridgerton (2020–present). Andrews has co-authored numerous children's books with her daughter and two autobiographies, Home: A Memoir of My Early Years (2008) and Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years (2019). Julia Elizabeth Wells

2226-546: The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical , while Andrews and her co-stars won the 1965 Grammy Award for Best Album for Children . As a measure of "sweet revenge", as Poppins songwriter Richard M. Sherman put it, Andrews closed her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes by saying, "And, finally, my thanks to a man who made a wonderful movie and who made all this possible in

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2332-736: The Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year by the Harvard University Theatrical Society. That year, she co-starred with Burt Reynolds in The Man Who Loved Women . Her next two films were That's Life! and Duet for One (both 1986), which earned her Golden Globe nominations. In December 1987, Andrews starred in an ABC Christmas special, Julie Andrews: The Sound Of Christmas , which went on to win five Emmy Awards. Two years later, she

2438-817: The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, the Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, and a performance with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra . These were her first public singing performances in a dozen years, due to her failed vocal cord surgery. In January 2009, Andrews was named on The Times ' list of the top 10 British Actresses of all time. The list included Helen Mirren , Helena Bonham Carter , Judi Dench , and Audrey Hepburn . Also in 2009, Andrews received

2544-528: The London Hippodrome , singing the difficult aria "Je suis Titania" from Mignon as part of a musical revue , called "Starlight Roof", on 22 October 1947. She played at the Hippodrome for one year. Of her role in "Starlight Roof", Andrews recalled: "There was this wonderful American person and comedian, Wally Boag , who made balloon animals. He would say, 'Is there any little girl or boy in

2650-747: The London Palladium . Andrews performed alongside singer Danny Kaye , dancers the Nicholas Brothers , and the comedy team George and Bert Bernard . Andrews subsequently followed her parents into radio and television. She performed in musical interludes of the BBC Light Programme comedy show Up the Pole and was a cast member in Educating Archie , from 1950 to 1952. She reportedly made her television début on

2756-774: The NBC holiday special, Christmas In Washington . Having played a Cockney flower seller in My Fair Lady , Andrews had an orangey-salmon pink rose named after her at London's Chelsea Flower Show in 1992. Stating she was "ever so flattered", portions of the sales of the "Julie Andrews Rose" were donated to charity. In 1993, she starred in a limited run at the Manhattan Theatre Club in the American premiere of Stephen Sondheim 's revue, Putting It Together . Between 1994 and 1995, Andrews recorded two solo albums –

2862-1205: The Rodgers and Hammerstein television musical Cinderella (1957). Andrews made her feature film debut as the title character in Walt Disney 's Mary Poppins (1964) and won the Academy Award for Best Actress . The following year, she starred in the musical film The Sound of Music (1965), playing Maria von Trapp and winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical . Andrews starred in various films, working with directors including her husband Blake Edwards , George Roy Hill , and Alfred Hitchcock . Films she starred in include The Americanization of Emily (1964), Hawaii (1966), Torn Curtain (1966), Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), Star! (1968), The Tamarind Seed (1974), 10 (1979), S.O.B. (1981), Victor/Victoria (1982), That's Life! (1986), and Duet for One (1986). She later returned to films, acting in The Princess Diaries (2001), The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004), as well as Eloise at

2968-478: The Sydney Opera House . In 2016, Andrews created the preschool television series Julie's Greenroom with her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton and Judy Rothman . Andrews is joined by her assistant Gus ( Giullian Yao Gioiello ) and "Greenies", a cast of original puppets built by The Jim Henson Company . The series premiered on Netflix in 2017. In 2017, Andrews also reprised her role as Marlena Gru in

3074-576: The Town of Southbridge . The area was initially inhabited by the Nipmuck and Mohegan tribes, with the Quinebaug River dividing their territories. As early as 1638, John Winthrop Jr. purchased Tantiusques , a tract for mining "lead" centered at what is now Leadmine Road in Sturbridge (it was thought at the time that where there was lead, there should be silver nearby). In fact the mineral deposit

3180-598: The titular role of Disney 's musical film Mary Poppins . Walt Disney had seen her performance in Camelot and subsequently offered her the role; Andrews initially declined because of pregnancy, returning to London to give birth, but Disney firmly insisted, saying, "We'll wait for you." After the birth of her daughter, she received a call from P. L. Travers , author of the Mary Poppins book series, who told her, "Well, you're much too pretty of course. But you've got

3286-590: The " Happiest Homecoming on Earth ", travelling to promote the celebration, recording narration and appearing at several events at the park. On 17 March 2005, Andrews appeared onstage during the curtain calls for the musical of Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward Theatre in London's West End, where she gave a speech recalling her own memories from making the film and praised the cast for their new interpretation. In 2004, Andrews voiced Queen Lillian in

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3392-687: The 1930s they had been joined by Poles , Greeks , Italians and others. Southbridge has a long history of manufacturing optical products, earning it the unofficial title "Eye of the Commonwealth", in reference to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Under the Wells family, the American Optical Company ("AO") became the world's largest manufacturer of ophthalmic products, and at its height employed more than 6,000 people around

3498-560: The 1988–1989 school year, however, all kindergarten and 1st grade classes have been at Eastford Road School; all of grades 2–3 at Charlton Street School; and all of grades 4–5 at West Street School. In the mid 2010s Schools were shifted so that Eastford Road School housed Pre-K–1, and the Charlton Street School housed grades 2–5 in traditional neighborhood style, while the West Street School has been turned into

3604-515: The 2004 sequel, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement . In the film, Andrews sang on film for the first time since having throat surgery. The song, " Your Crowning Glory ", a duet with Raven-Symoné , was set in a limited range of an octave to accommodate her recovering voice. The film's music supervisor, Dawn Soler, recalled that Andrews "nailed the song on the first take. I looked around and I saw grips with tears in their eyes". Andrews continued her association with Disney when she appeared as

3710-456: The American audience could understand her, a change which was reversed at the West End performance a year later. Andrews describes her performances as Eliza as "the great learning period" of her life. Richard Rodgers was so impressed with Andrews's talent that concurrent with her run in My Fair Lady she was featured in the Rodgers and Hammerstein television musical Cinderella , which

3816-818: The BBC programme RadiOlympia Showtime on 8 October 1949. Andrews appeared on West End theatre at the London Casino , where she played one year each as Princess Badroulbadour in Aladdin and the egg in Humpty Dumpty . Andrews also appeared on provincial stages in Jack and the Beanstalk and Little Red Riding Hood , as well as starring as the lead role in Cinderella . In 1952, she voiced Princess Zeila in

3922-782: The Blitz , while Andrews's mother joined her husband in entertaining the troops through the Entertainments National Service Association . Andrews lived briefly with Wells and her brother, John in Surrey. In 1940, Wells sent her to live with her mother and stepfather, who Wells thought would be better able to provide for his talented daughter's artistic training. While Andrews had been used to calling her stepfather "Uncle Ted", her mother suggested it would be more appropriate to refer to her stepfather as "Pop", while her father remained "Dad" or "Daddy" to her,

4028-458: The British public. In 2001, Andrews received Kennedy Center Honors . The same year, she reunited with Sound of Music co-star Christopher Plummer in a live television performance of On Golden Pond (an adaptation of the 1979 play ). Andrews appeared in The Princess Diaries , her first Disney film since Mary Poppins . She starred as Queen Clarisse Marie Renaldi and reprised the role in

4134-476: The English dub of the Italian animated movie La Rosa di Bagdad (renamed The Singing Princess ), in her first film and first venture into voice-over work. On 30 September 1954, the eve of her 19th birthday, Andrews made her Broadway debut as Polly Browne in the London musical The Boy Friend . Andrews was recommended to director Vida Hope for the part by actress Hattie Jacques , whom Andrews regards as

4240-848: The Fenno House, the Friends Meetinghouse, the Pliny Freeman House, the Printing Office, and the District School. On August 18, 1955, gale-force winds and a torrential downpour from Hurricane Diane created flood waters that broke dams in surrounding towns and flooded the Village, stranding 15 staff members. The Freeman Farmhouse was flooded and the covered bridge was swept off its foundation. Helicopters kept staff members supplied for three days until

4346-549: The Making of America (2005), and ‘’ Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman ’’ (2009). Filmmaker Ken Burns 's Hampshire College undergraduate thesis was an educational film made at Old Sturbridge Village called Working in Rural New England . Burns remains a patron and supporter of the museum. Old Sturbridge Village now awards a yearly "Ken Burns Lifetime Achievement Award" to individuals who have made a significant contribution to

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4452-565: The NBC primetime special Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love where she paid tribute to her friend Carol Burnett. The same year, she also made a featured taped appearance on the primetime CBS special Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic , wherein she told the story of working alongside Van Dyke in the 1964 film Mary Poppins . Andrews married set designer Tony Walton on 10 May 1959 in Weybridge , Surrey. They first met in 1948 when Andrews

4558-590: The New Christy Minstrels as guests. It aired on NBC-TV in November 1965. In 1966, Andrews starred in Hawaii , the highest-grossing film of its year . Also in 1966, she starred opposite Paul Newman in Torn Curtain , which was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and shot at Universal Studios Hollywood . Hitchcock gave Newman and Andrews relative free rein in dialogue during production. She credits

4664-712: The Plaza and Eloise at Christmastime (both 2003). She also lent her voice to the Shrek franchise (2001–2010) as Queen Lillian and the Despicable Me franchise (2010–present) as Felonious Gru 's mother Marlena. Andrews is also known for her collaborations with Carol Burnett , including the specials Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall (1962), Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center (1971) and Julie and Carol: Together Again (1989). She starred in her variety special, The Julie Andrews Hour (1973), for which she received

4770-451: The UK by train to sing for the troops alongside Andrews; they slept in the luggage racks. Clark later said "It was fun—and not a lot of kids were having fun". Andrews had her career breakthrough when her stepfather introduced her to managing director Val Parnell , whose Moss Empires controlled prominent performance venues in London. At the age of 12, Andrews made her professional solo debut at

4876-663: The Village. They changed its name to Old Sturbridge Village and opened it on June 8, 1946. Attendance climbed, mostly through word of mouth. In a 1950 article in The Saturday Evening Post , the village was featured as "The Town That Wants to be Out of Date". By 1955, it acquired the Meetinghouse from the Fiskdale neighborhood of Sturbridge, the Salem Towne House from Charlton, Massachusetts ,

4982-404: The actors who portrayed the cinematic von Trapp family members, on Oprah to commemorate the film's 45th anniversary. A few days later, her 24th book, Little Bo in Italy , was published. In February 2011, Andrews received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and, with her daughter Emma , a Grammy for best spoken-word album for children (for A Collection of Poems, Songs and Lullabies ), at

5088-453: The afternoon because I was going to be allowed to sing with Mummy and Pop in the evening", Andrews explained. During her initial shows, Andrews stood on a beer crate to sing into the microphone, performing a solo or a duet with her stepfather, while her mother played piano. She later stated that "it must have been ghastly, but it seemed to go down all right". Fellow child entertainer Petula Clark , three years her senior, recalled touring around

5194-419: The animated blockbuster Shrek 2 (2004), reprising the role for its sequels, Shrek the Third (2007) and Shrek Forever After (2010). Also in 2007, she narrated Enchanted , a live-action Disney musical comedy that both parodied and paid homage to Disney films. On 1 May 2005, Disneyland debuted a new fireworks show, Remember... Dreams Come True , for Disneyland's 50th anniversary, with Andrews being

5300-444: The audience who would like one of these?' And I would rush up onstage and say, 'I'd like one, please.' And then he would chat to me and I'd tell him I sang. ... I was fortunate in that I absolutely stopped the show cold. I mean, the audience went crazy." On 1 November 1948, a thirteen-year-old Andrews became the youngest solo performer ever to be seen in a Royal Variety Performance before King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at

5406-626: The biggest box office draws of the 1960s, Andrews has been honoured with the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2007, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2022. She was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000. A child actress and singer, Andrews appeared in the West End in 1948 and made her Broadway debut in The Boy Friend (1954). Billed as "Britain's youngest prima donna ", she rose to prominence in Broadway musicals starring as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady (1956) and Queen Guinevere in Camelot (1960). She also starred in

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5512-530: The book, entitled The Very Fairy Princess , reached number 1 on The New York Times Best Seller List for Children's Books. On 21 May 2010, her film Shrek Forever After was released; in it Andrews reprises her role as the Queen. On 9 July 2010, Despicable Me , an animated film in which Andrews lent her voice to Marlena Gru, the thoughtless and soul-crushing mother of the main character Gru (voiced by Steve Carell ), opened to rave reviews and strong box office. On 28 October 2010, Andrews appeared, along with

5618-586: The box office receipts were successful. On her promotion tour for the film, she also spoke of Operation USA and the aid campaign to the Haiti disaster. On 8 May 2010, Andrews made her London comeback after a 21-year absence (her last performance there was a Christmas concert at the Royal Festival Hall in 1989). She performed at The O2 Arena , accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and an ensemble of five performers. Earlier (on 15 December 2009 and on many other occasions), she appeared on British television saying that rumours that she would be singing at

5724-408: The business, which continued to expand. In 1926, AB began to shop for antiques, and this influenced Cheney to collect early American timepieces and Channing to collect fine furniture. By the early 1930s, AB had more than 45 rooms full of antiques in his Southbridge home. The Wells family and others formed the Wells Historical Museum in 1935, gave it title to the various collections, and charged it with

5830-451: The care and exhibition of the artifacts. In July 1936, the museum's trustees met to determine how the collections would best be presented to the public. AB wanted to create a small cluster of buildings in a horseshoe around a common, but his son George B. proposed creating a live village with operating shops and a source of water power. Within a week of the meeting, the museum purchased David Wight's farm and soon after hired Malcolm Watkins as

5936-637: The center of town, with the town green as its focal point. Countryside consists of outlying farms and shops. The Mill Neighborhood features various commercial structures that rely upon the millpond for their power. The Center Village contains: The Countryside section contains: Mill Neighborhood features: Old Sturbridge Village has several buildings devoted to displaying their assorted collections of early American antiques. The Village hosts history- and seasonal-themed events such as homeschool days, kids' summer camps, Christmas by Candlelight, Fourth of July, Halloween, and Thanksgiving. Old Sturbridge Village

6042-513: The character of Eliza ... [and made] her part of [her] soul". Andrews referred it as the best acting lesson she had ever received, later cementing the role with her "own touches and flourishes" and continuing to work on the character throughout her two-year run. On 15 March 1956, My Fair Lady opened on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre . The play was a huge success with both the audience and critics, though soon after opening she learned she needed to tone down her learned cockney accent so that

6148-546: The city was 81.2% White , 2.6% Black or African American , 0.5% Native American , 1.9% Asian , 0.0% Pacific Islander , and 2.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 26.6% of the population. There were 7,077 households, out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.6% were married couples living together, 15.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.1% were non-families. 29.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who

6254-400: The decision was made for financial purposes, stating, "In my business, I have to know who brings people and their money to a cinema box office. Audrey Hepburn had never made a financial flop." Andrews later reflected that she understood her experience on Broadway "was within a very small pond" but wished she had been able to record her performance for posterity. In 1963, Andrews began work in

6360-457: The director with teaching her extensively about lenses and camera-work. During a press interview, she "made the mistake" of expressing her unhappiness with her performance and subsequently received a "terse" letter from Hitchcock, which Andrews later cited as an "important lesson". The film received mixed reviews upon release. The following year, Andrews played the titular character in Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967). Andrews described work on

6466-674: The end of her one-year run with The Boy Friend , Andrews was approached to audition to Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe for the role of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady . She was offered the part during her third reading. She later wrote that she felt she could "be Eliza, could find and understand her" if only someone were to "gently unravel the knotted ... string inside my stomach". During rehearsals, director Moss Hart spent forty-eight consecutive hours solely with Andrews, where they "hammered through each scene"; Andrews later stated that "the good man had stripped [her] feelings bare ... moulded, kneaded, and helped [her] become

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6572-709: The enormity" of the production. In 1957, Andrews released her debut solo album, The Lass with the Delicate Air , which harked back to her British music hall days. The album includes performances of English folk songs as well as the World War II anthem, " London Pride ", a patriotic song written by Noël Coward in 1941 during the Blitz , which Andrews herself had survived. Between 1956 and 1962, Andrews guest-starred on The Ed Sullivan Show (15 July 1956), and also appeared on The Dinah Shore Chevy Show , What's My Line? , The Jack Benny Program , The Bell Telephone Hour , and The Garry Moore Show . In June 1962, Andrews co-starred in Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall ,

6678-460: The film The King's Daughter for Gravitas Ventures . She recorded her narration in 2020. A few weeks later she was announced to be the narrator. On 9 June 2022, Andrews was honoured by the American Film Institute with a Lifetime Achievement Award, where she reflected on her career and received tributes by multiple artists. The same year, she reprised her role as Gru's mother in Minions: The Rise of Gru . In April 2023, Andrews participated in

6784-413: The film as a "pleasant distraction" for "allowing her to be something of a clown", as her stepfather died shortly before filming. The film was a box office success; critics described Andrews as "very much the leading lady" and "absolutely darling" as well as "deliciously spirited and dry". The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, and Andrews scored a Golden Globe nomination for her performance. At

6890-478: The film was a commercial bomb, the New York Times praised Andrews's performance, calling her an "unmitigated delight" and "perfect centerpiece" of the film, praising "her coolness and precision as a comedienne and a singer". She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical , while the film won both the Golden Globe and Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Of these films, Andrews later wrote that "nonstop success in

6996-412: The first curator of the museum, which they called Quinnebaug Village in honor of the river. Architect Arthur Shurcliff was called in to help lay out a suitable country landscape. By 1941, the Fitch House, the Miner Grant Store, and the Richardson House (now the Parsonage) were on the common and the Gristmill was in operation. After a pause for World War II, George B.'s wife Ruth became acting director of

7102-424: The first place, Mr. Jack Warner." My Fair Lady was in direct competition for the awards. Andrews starred opposite James Garner in the comedy-drama war film The Americanization of Emily (1964). Andrews took the role partly to avoid typecasting as a nanny. Bosley Crowther of The New York Times called Andrews "irresistible ... with a brush of sentiment" in both her comedic and emotional scenes. Andrews

7208-426: The first saluted the music of Richard Rodgers and the second paid tribute to the words of Alan Jay Lerner. In 1995, she starred in the stage musical version of Victor/Victoria . It was her first appearance in a Broadway show in 35 years. Opening on Broadway on 25 October 1995 at the Marquis Theatre , it later went on the road for a world tour. When she was the only Tony Award nominee for the production, she declined

7314-427: The first settlers was Moses Marcy, who owned a home on the site of what is now Notre Dame church and was elected to Congress , and the Dennison family. Water power from the Quinebaug River made Southbridge a good location for sawmills and gristmills in the 18th century, and textile mills in the 19th century. After the Civil War , many immigrants of Irish and French Canadian descent came to work and live there; by

7420-440: The honorary George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement. In January 2010, Andrews was the official United States presenter for the Great Performances From Vienna : The New Year's Celebration 2010 concert. This was her second appearance in this role, after presenting the previous year's concert. Andrews also had a supporting role in the film Tooth Fairy , which opened to unfavourable reviews although

7526-500: The host and narrator of the show. In January 2007, Andrews was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Screen Actors Guild 's awards and stated that her goals included continuing to direct for the stage and possibly to produce her own Broadway musical . She published Home: A Memoir of My Early Years , which she characterised as "part one" of her autobiography, on 1 April 2008. Home chronicles her early years in Britain's music hall circuit and ends in 1962 with her winning

7632-501: The mortgage on his farm and logged the timber of the cedar swamp which today is the millpond. After the logging was complete, they dug the pond with a team of oxen and a scoop. This entire process took two and a half years. George Washington Wells started a small spectacle shop in Southbridge, Massachusetts , in the 1840s which became the American Optical Company . His sons Channing, Albert (called "AB"), and Cheney followed him into

7738-478: The museum's premises the following fall. 42°06′31.88″N 72°05′55.31″W  /  42.1088556°N 72.0986972°W  / 42.1088556; -72.0986972 Southbridge, Massachusetts Southbridge is a city in Worcester County, Massachusetts , United States. The population was 17,740 at the 2020 census . Although Southbridge has a city form of government, it is legally known as

7844-686: The musical in which she made her 1954 Broadway debut, at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, New York . Her production, which featured costume and scenic design by her former husband Tony Walton, was remounted at the Goodspeed Opera House in 2005 and went on a national tour in 2006. From 2005 to 2006, Andrews served as the Official Ambassador for Disneyland 's 18-month-long, 50th-anniversary celebration,

7950-652: The nanny in two television films based on the Eloise books , a series of children's books by Kay Thompson about a child who lives in the Plaza Hotel in New York City. Eloise at the Plaza premiered in April 2003, and Eloise at Christmastime was broadcast in November 2003; Andrews was nominated for an Emmy Award . The same year she made her debut as a theatre director, directing a revival of The Boy Friend ,

8056-589: The network. She guest-starred on The Muppet Show in 1977, and the following year, she appeared again with the Muppets on a CBS television variety special. The programme, Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring , aired in March 1978, to mixed reviews and mediocre ratings. She made only two other films in the 1970s, The Tamarind Seed (1974) and 10 (1979), both successful at the box office and by critics' reviews. In February 1980, Andrews headlined "Because We Care",

8162-485: The nomination saying that she could not accept because she felt the entire production was snubbed. A botched vocal surgery in 1997 led to the loss of Andrews's singing voice, occasioning her refusal to sing on camera for several years. Despite this, Andrews kept busy with many projects. In 1998, she appeared in a stage production of Dr. Dolittle in London. As recounted on the Julie Andrews website, she performed

8268-508: The nose for it." Disney rented a house in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles , for her family to reside in during production. Andrews relied largely on instinct for her portrayal, conceptualising her background and giving the character a "particular walk" and a turned-out stance to suit her ladylike sensibility. Andrews referred to production as "unrelenting" given the physical exertion and technical details, saying that she "could not have asked" for

8374-416: The performance were not true and that she would be doing a form of " speak singing ". However, she sang two solos and several duets and ensemble pieces. The evening, though well received by the 20,000 fans present, who gave her standing ovation after standing ovation, did not convince the critics. On 18 May 2010, Andrews's 23rd book (this one also written with her daughter Emma) was published. In June 2010,

8480-485: The preservation of history through the arts. Recipients have included Norm Abram , Cokie Roberts , John Williams , Tom Brokaw , Sam Waterston , Doris Kearns Goodwin , and Laura Linney . In July 2017, Old Sturbridge Village CEO Jim Donohue, who had previously founded the first charter school in Rhode Island, announced the opening of Old Sturbridge Academy Charter School, which would open in modular classrooms on

8586-511: The production of Star! , intensely analysing her choices for the character. Choreographer Michael Kidd worked closely with Andrews during the complicated musical numbers, which Andrews regarded as physically and mentally gruelling, coupled with her divorce from her first husband, Tony Walton . The New York Times singled out the film as "not one of [Andrews]'s best", while Variety wrote her "carefully built-up" performance "sagged" with "overdone hoydenishness". Despite reviews, her performance

8692-480: The role of Mary Poppins. For a Walt Disney video release, she again portrayed Mary Poppins and narrated the story of The Cat That Looked at a King in 2004. From July until early August 2008, Andrews hosted Julie Andrews' The Gift of Music , a short tour of the United States where she sang various Rodgers and Hammerstein songs and symphonised her recently published book, Simeon's Gift . Appearances included

8798-671: The second Despicable Me sequel Despicable Me 3 . In 2018, Andrews voiced Karathen, a leviathan , in James Wan 's Aquaman . That same year, she declined a cameo appearance in Mary Poppins Returns to avoid stealing the limelight now belonging to star Emily Blunt . Beginning in December 2020, Andrews voiced the narrator Lady Whistledown in the Netflix period drama series Bridgerton . In 2022, Andrews narrated

8904-500: The time, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Torn Curtain were the biggest and second-biggest hits in Universal Pictures history, respectively. Andrews next appeared in two of Hollywood's most expensive flops: Star! (1968), a biopic of Gertrude Lawrence ; and Darling Lili (1970), co-starring Rock Hudson and directed by her second husband, Blake Edwards . Andrews "went through her usual period of insecurity" during

9010-493: The town now has a significant Hispanic and Puerto Rican population. The American Optical Company shut down in 1984, and Southbridge is still struggling from the loss of these and other manufacturing jobs. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 20.9 square miles (54 km ), of which 20.4 square miles (53 km ) is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km ), or 2.40%,

9116-510: The voice of Polynesia the parrot and "recorded some 700 sentences and sounds, which were placed on a computer chip that sat in the mechanical bird's mouth. In the song 'Talk to the Animals,' Polynesia the parrot even sings." The next year Andrews was reunited with James Garner for the CBS made-for-TV film, One Special Night , which aired in November 1999. In the 2000 New Year Honours List , Andrews

9222-692: The war ended, back to the Andrews's hometown of Hersham . The family took up residence at the Old Meuse, in West Grove, Hersham, a house (since demolished) where Andrews's maternal grandmother had served as a maid. Andrews's stepfather sponsored lessons for her, first at the independent arts educational school Cone-Ripman School (previously ArtsEd , now Tring Park School for the Performing Arts ) and thereafter with concert soprano and voice instructor Madame Lilian Stiles-Allen . Andrews said of Stiles-Allen, "She had an enormous influence on me", adding, "She

9328-405: The waters receded. The damage was estimated to be $ 250,000 in 1955, but Village employees managed to re-open the Village in just nine days. Old Sturbridge Village has more than 40 structures, including restored buildings purchased and relocated from around New England, as well as some authentic reconstructions, and the entire village is divided into three main sections. The Center Village represents

9434-406: The world. Many of its workers were exempted from the draft during World War II since they were doing vital defense work, including making Norden bombsights and even some work on the atomic bomb . By the early 1960s, the mill town had a movie theatre, an AM radio station (WESO), and an airport. New immigrants from Puerto Rico , Laos , and Vietnam began arriving in the 1970s and 1980s, and

9540-452: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.98. In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.4% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.2 males. The median income for

9646-800: Was a boy of 14 when they appeared together in The Sound of Music . In place of singing, she planned a series of speaking engagements in Australia's five mainland state capitals. The following year she took the show on a tour of England, which was hosted by Aled Jones . The tour began with a May date at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham and included an appearance at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. Andrews has twice directed

9752-511: Was appearing at the London Casino in the show Humpty Dumpty . In 1962, their daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton , was born. They divorced in 1968. In November 1969, Andrews married director Blake Edwards , who had been her companion for at least two years, becoming stepmother to his children, Jennifer and Geoffrey. In the 1970s, Edwards and Andrews adopted two Vietnamese daughters, Amy (later known as Amelia) Leigh and Joanna Lynne. They were married for 41 years, until Edwards's death at

9858-543: Was born on 1 October 1935 in Walton-on-Thames , Surrey , England. Her mother, Barbara Ward Wells (née Morris; 25 July 1910 –1984) was born in Chertsey and married Edward Charles "Ted" Wells (1908–1990), a teacher of metalwork and woodwork , in 1932. Andrews was conceived as a result of an affair her mother had with a family friend. Andrews learned of her true parentage from her mother in 1950, although it

9964-512: Was formed out of portions of three of its neighboring towns: Sturbridge to the west, Charlton to the north, and Dudley to the east. The other neighboring town is Woodstock , Connecticut to the south. As of the census of 2010, there were 16,719 people, 7,077 households, and 4,522 families residing in the city. The population density was 858.9 inhabitants per square mile (331.6/km ). There were 7,511 housing units at an average density of 368.9 per square mile (142.4/km ). The racial makeup of

10070-484: Was founded in 1870. In fiscal year 2008, the town of Southbridge spent 1.03% ($ 426,025) of its budget on its public library—approximately $ 25 per person, per year ($ 32.94 adjusted for inflation to 2022). The Jacob Edwards Library is the public library for the town of Southbridge. It is a member of Central Massachusetts Regional Library System (CMRLS) and C/W MARS . Southbridge has two public elementary schools, formerly "neighborhood schools" serving grades K–5. Since

10176-565: Was graphite which the Winthrops commercialized employing Nipmuck miners. Southbridge was first settled by Europeans in 1730. In 1801 a poll parish, named the Second Religious Society of Charlton, and popularly called Honest Town, was formed from the west part of Dudley , the southwest part of Charlton and the southeast part of Sturbridge . In 1816 this parish was incorporated to become the township of Southbridge. Among

10282-706: Was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to the performing arts and received the award from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace . In 2002, Andrews was among the guests at the Queen's Golden Jubilee Hollywood party held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel . She also appears at No.59 on the 2002 poll of the " 100 Greatest Britons " sponsored by the BBC and chosen by

10388-498: Was my third mother – I've got more mothers and fathers than anyone in the world". In her memoir Julie Andrews – My Star Pupil , Stiles-Allen records, "The range, accuracy and tone of Julie's voice amazed me ... she had possessed the rare gift of absolute pitch ", though Andrews herself refutes this in her 2008 autobiography Home . According to Andrews, "Madame was sure that I could do Mozart and Rossini , but, to be honest, I never was". Of her own voice, she says, "I had

10494-660: Was nominated a second time for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress in a Leading Role . Andrews later wrote that the "gift" and "privilege" of portraying her first three film roles would have been "enough to satisfy" her for a lifetime. After completing The Sound of Music , Andrews appeared as a guest star on the NBC-TV variety series The Andy Williams Show . She followed this television appearance with an Emmy Award-winning special, The Julie Andrews Show , which featured Gene Kelly and

10600-596: Was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress in a Leading Role . Andrews later described it as her favourite film, a sentiment shared by her co-star Garner. Andrews starred in The Sound of Music (1965), which was the highest-grossing film of its year. Andrews later said she was "ashamed" to admit that she thought the musical "rather saccharine" before being cast. Rehearsals took place in London before filming commenced in Salzburg , Austria, in 1964. Filming

10706-497: Was not publicly disclosed until her 2008 autobiography. With the outbreak of World War II , her parents went their separate ways and were soon divorced. Each remarried: Barbara to Ted Andrews, in 1943, and Ted Wells in 1944 to Winifred Maud (Hyde) Birkhead, a war widow and former hairstylist at a war work factory that employed them both in Hinchley Wood , Surrey. Wells assisted with evacuating children to Surrey during

10812-526: Was once again nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical . Andrews regards her friendships with Kidd and director Robert Wise as her "greatest gifts" from the film. Edwards pitched the concept of Darling Lili to Andrews two years prior to the start of production in 1968. She prerecorded original songs for the film with Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer . Andrews cited Darling Lili' s tepid reviews as being caused by studio marketing and postproduction issues. While

10918-894: Was rather slow; due to weather conditions in Salzburg, the cast were "lucky" if they got a single shot's worth of scenes. Andrews stated she relied on lyrics to anchor her to the film's songs and utilised vocal interpretation to "convey" Maria's character by "[hanging] onto words and the images they conjured". Andrews wrote that her senses were "suffused" with Austria, saying that the music "still" and "always lives in her soul". The film received mixed reviews, though critics highlighted Andrews's performance; Crowther again praised her for her "air of radiant vigour ... plain-Jane wholesomeness and her ability to make her dialogue as vivid ... as she makes her songs". For her performance as Maria von Trapp , Andrews won her second Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical . She

11024-531: Was reunited for the third time with Carol Burnett for a variety special which aired on ABC in December 1989. In 1991, Andrews made her television dramatic debut in the ABC made-for-TV film, Our Sons , co-starring Ann-Margret . Andrews was named a Disney Legend within the year. In the summer of 1992, Andrews starred in her first television sitcom; the short-lived Julie aired on ABC for only seven episodes and co-starred James Farentino . In December 1992 she hosted

11130-452: Was substantially revised both before and during the show's Broadway run. Casting for the film adaptation of My Fair Lady began in 1962; Alan Jay Lerner hoped for Andrews to reprise her role, but Warner Brothers studio head Jack Warner decided Andrews lacked sufficient name recognition; the part was played by the established film actress Audrey Hepburn , with the bulk of the singing dubbed by Marni Nixon . As Warner later recalled that

11236-537: Was written especially for her. Cinderella was broadcast live on CBS on 31 March 1957 under the musical direction of Alfredo Antonini and had an estimated 107 million viewers. The show was broadcast live in colour from CBS Studio 72, at Broadway and 81st Street in New York: CBS' only East Coast colour studio. Andrews was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role. She described the performance as "incredibly hard" and stated it took her "years to realise

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