Overview

• Julie Andrews marks her 90th birthday today, celebrated as one of Hollywood’s most beloved performers.
• She became a global phenomenon with Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music, earning a Best Actress Oscar for Mary Poppins.
• Her accolades span seven Golden Globes, three Emmys, two Grammys, a BAFTA and a damehood.
• After a 1997 vocal-cord operation curtailed her singing, she pivoted to non-singing roles and voice work, including narrating Netflix’s Bridgerton.
• Former Sound of Music co-stars Angela Cartwright and Debbie Turner recall her warmth off camera, as the surviving Von Trapp actors plan to attend this month’s 60th-anniversary Salzburg gala, where she is not expected to appear.