JULIE ANDREWS | 86

The 1965 The Sound of Music remains to be a crowd favorite when it comes to the musical drama film genre. Playing the role of Maria von Trapp, actress Julie Andrews did an excellent performance; she even won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress! She became famous when she portrayed Eliza Doolittle and Queen Guinevere in the stage plays My Fair Lady and Camelot, respectively. In 1964, she won the Academy Best Actress because of her extraordinary performance in her feature film debut in Mary Poppins. She rose to fame after those performances, and she was flooded with stage play roles and acting projects.

In many decades of her singing and acting career, Andrews lost her voice in 1997 due to a surgery mishap. However, despite the loss of her singing voice, she continues to receive many acting projects, including The Princess Diaries. Also, a book to her credit was published recently, and it was entitled Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years.