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Julie Andrews: 79 and still fabulous

English actress Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews might be almost 80 but the queen of musicals is still "practically perfect in every way".
Julia Andrews

English actress Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews might be almost 80 but the queen of musicals is still “practically perfect in every way”.

Making her feature film debut in Mary Poppins (1964), Andrews won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She received her second Academy Award nomination for The Sound of Music (1965), and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

The talented thespian and singer also received three Grammys and two Emmys in her career.

Let’s look back at her fabulous career in celebration of her 79th birthday!

Julie Andrews two years ago.

Julie Andrews played a man and a woman in Victor Victoria.

Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music in 1964.

Julie Andrews attends the premiere of ‘Saving Mr. Banks’ in 2013.

Julie Andrews in 1965.

Dick Van Dyke as Bert, Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins, Karen Dotrice as Jane Banks and Matthew Garber as Michael Banks in the Disney musical ‘Mary Poppins’.

Julie Andrews on set during filming of ‘Darling Lillies’ in Paris, France in 1968.

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