The TV special marked the first time that Andrews and songwriters Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II made magic together.
Julie Andrews won an Oscar for playing the spoonful-of-sugar-serving nanny in the Disney musical classic—which also happened to be her big-screen debut!
Stationed in London during World War II, James Garner's U.S. Naval officer falls in love with his widowed driver, Emily, before he's reported dead during the battle of Omaha Beach. (Don't worry, that's not a spoiler.)
Fraulein Maria changes the von Trapp family's life forever with the help of "Do Re Mi" and a few of her favorite things. Andrews scored her second straight Oscar nomination for Best Actress for playing the would-be nun turned governess of seven unruly children.
Fresh out of secretarial school, Millie Dillmount is ready to take New York by storm in the Roaring Twenties. If only her beads would hang straight!
Dudley Moore could only be distracted by Bo Derek for so long when Julie Andrews was in the picture all along in the classic midlife-crisis comedy, one of Andrews' handful of big-screen collaborations with director-husband Blake Edwards.
A down-on-her-luck singer in the Depression-era 1920s can't get a job until she starts posing as a female impersonator. As Victor, she's a hit!
Considering she easily passes for royalty in real life, who better to play Queen Clarisse of Genovia, grandmother and mentor to Anne Hathaway's awkward Mia?
Royal again! Andrews voices Princess Fiona's queen mum in the hit Dreamworks sequel and in Shrek the Third and Shrek Forever After.
We love that Andrews narrated this live-action Disney film, a romantic send-up of the traditional Disney princess tale.
Andrews steals every scene as Head Fairy opposite Dwayne Johnson's hockey player who's ordered to pull tooth-fairy duty in this sweet comedy.
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