Biography
Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews, DBE (born Julia Elizabeth Wells; 1 October 1935) is a British film and stage actress, singer, and author. She is the recipient of Golden Globe, Emmy, Grammy, BAFTA, People's Choice Award, Theatre World Award, Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award honours. Andrews was a former British child actress and singer who made her Broadway debut in 1954 with The Boy Friend, and rose to prominence starring in other musicals such as My Fair Lady and Camelot, and in musical film...
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Complete Filmography

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024
as Self (archive footage)
A tribute to the celebrated and enigmatic actress, with her life story told by those who knew her best, celebrating her much-loved appearances across ...

The Untold Story of Mary Poppins: A Special Edition of 20/20
2024
as Self
ABC takes viewers on a magical journey to celebrate the 60th anniversary of one of Walt Disney’s most beloved films.

Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
2024
as Self
While known for cinema classics such as Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Days of Wine and Roses and the Pink Panther series, the iconic director, screenwriter ...

Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Featuring unprecedented access to Jim Henson's personal archives, filmmaker Ron Howard brings us a fascinating and insightful look at a complex man wh...

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023
as Self
CBS presents DICK VAN DYKE 98 YEARS OF MAGIC, an unforgettable special celebrating the legendary career of the iconic entertainer for his 98th birthda...

Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
2023
as Self
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the entertainment company with interviews, rare footage and photos, and never-before-heard stories from those w...

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
as Self - Guest
Paying tribute to a beloved national icon for her birthday, NBC celebrates Carol Burnett’s illustrious career with a star-studded event featuring an A...

Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022
as Gru's Mom (voice)
A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers,...

The King's Daughter
2022
as Narrator
King Louis XIV's quest for immortality leads him to capture and steal a mermaid's life force, a move that is further complicated by his illegitimate d...

Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years
2021
as Self
Archival footage provides a glimpse into the life of Cameron Mackintosh; the storied producer famous for Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Cats an...

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
2020
as Self
In a heartfelt tribute to Hollywood legend Garry Marshall, his family and friends share their favorite memories of the creative genius behind some of ...

My Music: A Classic Christmas
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Gavin MacLeod and Marion Ross host a Christmas celebration that features classic performances of popular holiday standards and traditional carols perf...

Julie Andrews Forever
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Julie Andrews starred in Hollywood productions that have become iconic movies, winning an Oscar for her performance as Mary Poppins, a symbol of the m...

Aquaman
2018
as Karathen (voice)
Half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry is taken on the journey of his lifetime to discover if he is worth of being a king.

Despicable Me 3
2017
as Gru’s Mom (voice)
Gru and his wife Lucy must stop former '80s child star Balthazar Bratt from achieving world domination.

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
as Self / Millie Dillmount (archive footage)
Not only did Mary Tyler Moore “turn the world on with her smile,” as her show’s theme song declared, she also influenced a generation of women to beco...
The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special
2015
as Self
Reporter Diane Sawyer and Julie Andrews visit filming locations from The Sound of Music (1965). Also included is an interview with Christopher Plummer...

The Sound of a City: Julie Andrews Returns to Salzburg
2015
as Self
Julie Andrews Returns to Salzburg 50 Years After 'The Sound of Music touring the memorable locations from the 1965 film.

And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

The Very Fairy Princess
2014
Writer
While her friends and family may not believe in fairies, Geraldine knows, deep down, that she is a VERY fairy princess. But it isn't all twirls and ti...

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between ma...

Despicable Me
2010
as Gru's Mother (voice)
Villainous Gru lives up to his reputation as a despicable, deplorable and downright unlikable guy when he hatches a plan to steal the moon from the sk...

Shrek Forever After
2010
as Queen Lillian (voice)
A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he's duped and sent to a ...

Tooth Fairy
2010
as Lily
When minor-league hockey player Derek Thompson -- who has a penchant for knocking out his opponents' teeth every time he plays -- disillusions a fan, ...

Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
2009
as Self
Commemorating the centennial of Mercer's birth, this documentary is part biography, part archive, and part recontextualization, taking Mercer's tunes ...

Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Mary Poppins (archive footage)
By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovat...

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
as Self (archive)
In the 1980s we got our MTV but seemed to have lost much of the musical film in the process. But the genre is resilient. A handful of masterpieces alo...

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
2009
as (archive footage)
Documentary looking at the history of Hollywood musicals in the 1960s. This decade saw independent film companies becoming more prominent as the bigge...

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009
as Self
The troubled fraternal relationship between songwriters Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, the Oscar and Grammy-winning Sherman Brothers, famou...
Pip's Predicament: A Pop-Up Adventure
2008
as Narrator (voice)

Enchanted
2007
as Narrator (voice)
The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the str...

Shrek the Third
2007
as Queen Lillian (voice)
The King of Far Far Away has died and Shrek and Fiona are to become King & Queen. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace a...

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
as Self (segment "Lerner & Loewe Medley") (archive footage)
Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein are your hosts for this third compilation of great m...

The Cat That Looked at a King
2004
as Mary Poppins
This short film is a combination of live-action and animation. It is done in the style of the chalk drawings seen in the original "Mary Poppins" film ...

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
2004
as Self
Using archival, never-before-released footage and newly shot interviews, this is a definitive behind-the-scenes look at Walt Disney's moviemaking magi...

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
2004
as Queen Clarisse Renaldi
Mia Thermopolis is now a college graduate and on her way to Genovia to take up her duties as princess. Accompanied by her friend Lilly, Mia continues ...

On the Set: The Princess Diaries 2 – Royal Engagement
2004
as Self
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Garry Marshall's film, "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement".

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
as Self
The top 100 songs of the past 100 years chosen by the American Film Institute are presented by host-actor John Travolta.

Shrek 2
2004
as Queen Lillian (voice)
Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father, the Queen and King. But not everyone is happily ever after. Shrek...

Eloise at Christmastime
2003
as Nanny
Eloise is a precocious but lovable six-year-old girl who lives in New York's Plaza Hotel. The owner's daughter is getting married, but Eloise discover...

Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
as Self (segment "A Little Night Music")
The golden age of the annual Tony Awards ceremony lasted from 1967 to 1986 — the period during which Alexander H. Cohen and his wife, Hildy Parks, wer...

Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show
2003
as Queen Gueneviere / Eliza Doolittle (archive footage)
Relive the dazzling show stopping songs, dances and production numbers from some of your favorite Broadway musicals. Great Broadway Musical Moments fr...

Eloise at the Plaza
2003
as Nanny
Eloise is a precocious but lovable six-year-old girl who lives in New York's Plaza Hotel. Her caretaker "Nanny" watches over her while her mom is away...

Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
2002
as Self
Veteran radio, theatre, television and film actor Christopher Plummer has played a thousand parts, but beneath that elegant stage presence lies the re...

Unconditional Love
2002
as Self
After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox, she's adored all her life. There, she meets the l...

I Love Muppets
2002
as Self
Gonzo the Great talks about the Muppets creator Jim Henson and what he did before the television show was made in 1976.

A New Princess
2001
as Self
A behind the scenes look at the making of the classic film, featuring royal interviews with both cast and crew.

Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
2001
as Narrator (voice)
Produced exclusively for the Disney-MGM Studios in 2001 for the 100 Years Of Magic celebration, this short film was shown at the end of the park's "On...

The Princess Diaries
2001
as Queen Clarisse Renaldi
A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country becaus...

On Golden Pond
2001
as Ethel Thayer
Character-driven story about an elderly man coming to terms with his age, and the nearing of death; a middle-aged woman attempting to enter into a fat...

My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs
2001
as Self - Host
Live from Carnegie Hall and hosted by Julie Andrews, a host of glittering Broadway stars sing Broadway's best and most enduring love songs. This prod...

Relative Values
2000
as Felicity Marshwood
A comedy of discriminating taste and dirty little secrets. In 1952 England, Nigel, the Earl of Marshwood, woos Hollywood star Miranda, upsetting both ...

My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
1999
as Self - Host
On Sept. 28, 1998, some of the greatest divas in musical theater -- including Marin Mazzie, Judy Kuhn and Audra McDonald -- took the stage at New York...

One Special Night
1999
as Catherine
Builder Robert is visiting his ailing wife in a nursing home and is having problems getting a taxi home due to an intense snow storm. One of the docto...

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999
as Self
Even big stars need to stand in front of the director and audition for their roles, and some of the best screen tests are from the early years of lege...

Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998
as Self - Host
'Hey, Mr Producer!' features selected scenes from the productions of the world's most successful musical producer, Cameron Mackintosh - classic songs ...

Welcome to Woop Woop
1998
as Maria (archive footage)
A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a strange town whose inhabitants are an oddball collection of...

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997
as Narrator
The first half century of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation from its beginnings under Hungarian immigrant William Fox to it emergence as a major ...

The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
1996
as Self
The childhood, adolescence, and incredible adult years of Al Hirschfeld, celebrated creator of thousands of line drawings of famous people - many in t...

More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
1995
as Self
This 30th anniversary documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "My Fair Lady," the classic musical about a poor young...

Victor/Victoria
1995
as Victoria Grant/Victor
Out-of-work singer Victoria Grant meets a just-fired, flamboyant gay man in a club in 1920s Paris. He convinces her to pretend to be a man who is a fe...

Julie Andrews: The Making of Broadway, The Music of Richard Rodgers
1995
as Self
A look behind the scenes at the 1994 recording sessions for the acclaimed album of Julie Andrews singing the great songs of Richard Rodgers. Musical h...

Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
1995
as Self – Host
In commemoration of the 100th birthday of lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, performers present classic Hammerstein songs.

Julie Andrews - Sound of Orchestra
1993
as Self

A Fine Romance
1991
as Mrs. Pamela Piquet
An Italian gentleman and a doctor's wife plot to break up their spouses' tryst in Paris.

Our Sons
1991
as Audrey Grant
When James admits to his mother that he is gay it strains her liberal attitude. A San Diego businesswoman, Audrey believes she is a modern, open-minde...

Julie Andrews Sings Her Favorite Songs
1990
as Self
This lively one-woman show is an exuberant overview of the singing career of the multi-talented British stage and screen star Julie Andrews. Mixing pe...
Julie Andrews in Concert
1990
as Self
A broadcast of Julie Andrews' one-woman show, "An Evening With Julie Andrews," recorded live on stage at the Wiltern Theatre. In the show, Andrews rev...

Julie and Carol: Together Again
1989
as Self
Carol Burnett and Julie Andrews join forces for their third TV Special. Following the format of their first two specials, Julie and Carol: Together Ag...

Julie Andrews – Live In Concert
1989
Live concert recorded at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles.

Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas
1987
as Self
Julie Andrews joins John Denver, Placido Domingo, and The King's Singers for a Christmas journey through time in the city of Salzburg, Austria. Writte...

Duet for One
1986
as Stephanie Anderson
When Stephanie, a famous violinist, contracts multiple sclerosis her life begins to fall apart. Her career ends, her husband leaves her for another wo...

That's Life!
1986
as Gillian Fairchild
A wealthy architect struggles with a severe case of male menopause at the approach of his 60th birthday.

Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
1986
as (archive footage)
What better way to say goodnight than with Disney's Greatest Lullabies? Soothing refrains from masterfully crafted shorts and features you come to kn...

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986
as Self (archive footage)
For the first time in their careers, all the Muppets (except the ones that couldn't make it, like the Doozers, Gorgs and most of the Fraggles) have ga...

Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
1985
as Self
Gonzo hosts this collection of some of the weirdest moments from The Muppet Show at his trailer home, assisted by Camilia and visited by Kermit The Fr...

Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration
1985
as Self
Broadcast on NBC February 18, 1985, the Disneyland 30th Anniversary Celebration was hosted by John Forsythe and Drew Barrymore. The special is a look...

Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
1985
as Self
Children's Songs and Stories (with the Muppets) was released by Playhouse Video in 1985, as part of a series of compilations featuring songs and sketc...

The Man Who Loved Women
1983
as Marianna
A womanizing sculptor seeks help from a psychiatrist to cure him of his obsession with women.

Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
as Charwoman
The Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and the authorities call in Chief Inspector Clouseau from France. His plane disappears en-ro...

Victor/Victoria
1982
as Victoria Grant / Count Victor Grezhinski
A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.

S.O.B.
1981
as Sally Miles
A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes ...

Little Miss Marker
1980
as Amanda
Sorrowful Jones is a cheap bookie in the 1930s. When a gambler leaves his daughter as a marker for a bet, he gets stuck with her. His life will change...

10
1979
as Samantha Taylor
A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed.

Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
1978
as (self)

An Evening with Julie Andrews Live in Japan
1977
as Self
Concert recorded live at Osaka Festival Hall on 21st September 1977.

The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976
as Ainsley Jarvis (singing voice) (uncredited)
Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid...

Peter Pan
1976
as Singer "Once Upon a Bedtime"
Peter Pan is a 1976 musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, produced for television as part of the Hallmark H...

Julie: My Favourite Things
1975
as Self
A Julie Andrews special with The Muppets and Peter Sellers.

A Salute to Sir Lew Grade
1975
as Self
An All-Star salute to Sir Lew Grade, featuring Julie Andrews, Tom Jones, and the last public performance by John Lennon.

The Tamarind Seed
1974
as Judith Farrow
During a Caribbean holiday, a British civil servant finds herself falling in love with a Russian agent.

Julie and Dick at Covent Garden
1974
as Self
The program, deftly taped on a studio sountstage simulating the cobbled streets, stately, facadest colorful produce and quaint shops of the Drury Lane...

Julie's Christmas Special
1973
as Self - Host
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without some traditional Christmas favourites such as Julie’s Christmas Special. This special aired on ABC-TV on Decem...

Julie on Sesame Street
1973
as Self
Julie on Sesame Street was one of a series of Julie Andrews TV specials, produced by ATV and distributed by ITC. It was broadcast on ABC on November 2...
Walt Disney: A Golden Anniversary Salute
1973
Tribute to Walt Disney Productions' 50th anniversary on ABC's Wide World of Entertainment

Julie
1972
as Self
Writer/director Blake Edwards chronicles his wife Julie Andrews' decision to star in a TV variety show while balancing her home and family life.

Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center
1971
as Self
Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center is a 1971 concert featuring Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett, their second out of three specials after Julie and Caro...

The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
1971
as Self
A celebrity-filled look at the opening festivities for Walt Disney World in Florida.

Darling Lili
1970
as Lili Smith
World War I. Lili Smith is a beloved British music hall singer, often providing inspiration for the British and French troops and general populace sin...

Star!
1968
as Gertrude Lawrence
Gertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness.

Thoroughly Modern Millie
1967
as Millie Dillmount
Millie Dillmount, a fearless young lady fresh from Salina, Kansas, determined to experience Life, sets out to see the world in the rip-roaring Twentie...

Hawaii
1966
as Jerusha Bromley Hale
Abner Hale, a rigid and humorless New England missionary, marries the beautiful Jerusha Bromley and takes her to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii, ...

Torn Curtain
1966
as Sarah Sherman
During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin sol...

The Julie Andrews Show
1965
as Self - Host
The Julie Andrews Show is a television special that was broadcast by NBC in November 1965. This was Andrews' first solo American TV Special, although...

The Sound of Music
1965
as Maria
In the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain wi...

Salzburg Sight and Sound
1965
as Self
Charmian Carr, who played Liesl in The Sound of Music, takes a tour of the Austrian town of Salzburg, where the location shots of the movie were made....

Mary Poppins
1964
as Mary Poppins
Mr Banks is looking for a nanny for his two mischievous children and comes across Mary Poppins, an angelic nanny. She not only brings a change in thei...

The Americanization of Emily
1964
as Emily Barham
American sailor Charlie Madison falls for a pretty Englishwoman while trying to avoid a senseless and dangerous D-Day mission concocted by a deranged ...

Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall
1962
as Self
Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall is an American musical comedy television showcase starring Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett, broadcast on CBS on June ...

The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
1962
as Self / Eliza Doolittle / Guenevere
A musical special celebrating the fruitful collaboration of Broadway lyricist/librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe. Stars from the ...

The Fabulous Fifties
1960
as Self
The Fabulous Fifties, CBS, combines style, humor, and imagination. It was rich in touches of quality showmanship and equally rich in the memories of a...

The Gentle Flame
1959
as Trissa

Cinderella
1957
as Cinderella
Julie Andrews was nominated for an Emmy for portraying the titular scullery maid who finds true love with a prince in this legendary adaptation of one...

High Tor
1956
as Lise
High Tor is a 1936 play by Maxwell Anderson. Twenty years after the original production, Anderson adapted it into a television musical with Arthur Sch...
The Pink Panther
N/A
Producer
A live-action/CGI hybrid feature film centered on the iconic cat. Will focus on a smooth operating inspector who, thanks to a traumatic event, now has...