Julie Andrews

Fresh Air

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4.4 • 34.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Julie Andrews is this year's recipient of the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award. The star of Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music says because of those roles, many of her fans have a certain image of her. "They think I am this very squeaky clean, upper class lady that came from such a family — and it's so far from the truth." She'll tell us about growing up part of a vaudeville family, surviving the blitz during WWII, and we'll hear about why she's no longer physically capable of singing.

Also David Bianculli reviews Evil, the latest series by the creators of The Good Wife and The Good Fight on Paramount +.

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0:23.1	This is Fresh Air. I'm David B. and Cooley, Professor of television studies at Rowan University
0:27.7	in New Jersey, Infateri Gross. Now then, the qualifications.
0:33.9	Item 1, a cheery disposition. I am never cross. Item 2, rosy cheeks. Obviously.
0:43.1	Item 3, play games all sorts. Well, I'm sure the children will find my games extremely diverting.
0:50.6	That's Julie Andrews in 1964's Mary Poppins, interviewing for the job of a nanny, a very magical
0:57.4	nanny as it turns out. Mary Poppins was the first film starring Julie Andrews,
1:03.1	and it earned her an Academy Award. Here she is accepting that award.
1:07.6	Oh, this is lovely. I know you American.
1:10.9	It's a famous for your hospitality, but this is really ridiculous.
1:14.9	Andrews' second movie was released the following year, 1965. This time, she was a none-turned-governess,
1:22.8	a very life-affirming governess.
1:25.1	Oh, I did it.
1:27.1	All right, everybody. Over here.
1:29.1	Where are we going to do?
1:31.1	Let's think of something to sing for the Baroness when she comes.
1:33.1	Father doesn't like us to sing.
1:35.1	Well, perhaps we can change his mind. Now, what songs do you know?
1:39.1	We don't know any songs.
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